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and bring your electrical products safely onto the International market
Certification Experts is your full-service compliance partner and guides you through the complete International compliance process according to CB standards. With over 25 years of experience, our team of experts will help you to access International markets.
To be able to enter International markets, you need to ensure that your product is safe. The CB scheme is the world’s first international system for the mutual acceptance of product safety test reports and certificates for electrical and electronic equipment, devices and components.
Most manufacturers want to access not only Europe, but multiple markets. Each market has their own set of regulations. For this, it is important to consider which products require which certification. Herein, time and knowledge of regulations must be taken into account during the process, along with taking into account that when wanting to place a product onto various markets, there will be more standard deviations to take into account.
Certification under the CB Scheme means that your product is certified for multiple international markets, and in this process it eliminates the need for duplicate certifications. Our team will guide you through all processes and ensure testing in order for your products to be able to obtain International compliance. As your full-service compliance partner, we will ease this lengthy and complicated process.
Obtain access to the International market
To be able to access International markets, the Certification Body (CB) scheme was developed. It was created by the International Electrotechnical Commission for Electrical Equipment (IECEE) to help manufacturers streamline the process of obtaining national safety certifications for their products in different markets. This is an international scheme for mutual acceptance of test reports and certificates covering the safety of electrical and electronic equipment, devices and components.
What does it mean to be CB approved?
CB is an abbreviation for Certification Body. A CB certificate is considered to be the equivalent of the CE mark which is used in the European Union. CB labels are certified by IECEE. Herein, they offer certification for electrical and electronic equipment, devices and components. There are 17 categories of electrical products covered by the CB Scheme, which include:
There is also another category, in which the products fall under the term ‘miscellaneous’. These products are:
Certification under the CB Scheme means that your product is certified for multiple international markets, and in the process this also eliminates the need for duplicate certifications. However, the CB certification is not legally mandatory, unless legislated by the government or mandated by industry or trade associations.
How can you obtain a CB certificate?
In order to obtain a CB certificate, a National Certification Body (NCB) must approve an independent third-party test assessment. A NCB is an organisation that has been granted permission to operate the Certification Bodies (CBs) scheme within their country. Through an NCB appointed Certification Body Test Laboratory (CBTL), this can be achieved. In the case you have a testing facility at your manufacturing site, an authorised CB Testing Engineer known as a Local Technical Representative (LTR) can perform or witness your product testing. This means that you cannot obtain a CB scheme with a self-declaration of conformity. Additionally, each participating country has one or more organisations that are accepted by the IECEE as National Certification Bodies (NCBs).
Which countries accept the CB scheme?
Argentina Australia Austria Bahrain Belarus Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France | Germany Greece Hungary India Indonesia Israel Italy Japan Kenya Korea, Rep. of Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan Poland | Portugal Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Serbia Rep. of Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Vietnam |
National Deviations
The CB scheme can be used as a base for certifying electrical and electronic equipment, devices and components, however certain countries have national differences. This means that the compliance process is different. These national differences may therefore be evaluated either by the National Certification Body (NCB) and Certification Body Test Laboratory (CBTL) issuing the CB Test Certificate and Test Reports, or by the recognizing NCB to whom the CB Test Certificate and Test Reports are presented with national certification. In order to prevent possible additional testing as well as required additional test samples that the applicant requests, country deviations must be addressed by the original issuing NCB and CBTL.
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CB scheme with National Certification Body (NCB) and Certification Body Test Laboratory (CBTL)
technical documentation and indicate all the national and international production sites for the electrotechnical product
sample to the test facility
by the Certification Body Test Laboratory (CBTL)
to validify compliance with IEC standards
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