The IECEE CB Scheme, the Global System for Facilitation of Trade: The IECEE CB Scheme, the Global System for Facilitation of Trade by Pierre de RUVO Executive Secretary IECEE


Contents: THE IECEE STRUCTURE IECEE FACTS HOW TO SEEK IECEE MEMBERSHIP OBJECTIVES OF THE CB SCHEME PROCESS OF THE IECEE CB SCHEME – AIM – ACHIEVEMENTS STATISTICS Contents VALUE OF BEING MEMBER OF THE IECEE FOR AFFILIATE COUNTRIES IECEE DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK CB SCHEME – THE PASSPORT TO ACCESSS WORLDWIDE MARKET


Slide3: THE IECEE STRUCTURE IECEE FACTS HOW TO SEEK IECEE MEMBERSHIP OBJECTIVES OF THE CB SCHEME PROCESS OF THE IECEE CB SCHEME – AIM – ACHIEVEMENTS STATISTICS VALUE OF BEING MEMBER OF THE IECEE FOR AFFLIATE COUNTRIES IECEE DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK CB SCHEME – THE PASSPORT TO ACCESSS WORLDWIDE MARKET


Slide4: IEC Organization Chart COUNCIL BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CENTRAL OFFICE Geneva Switzerland ADVISORY BODIES Sales Policy Cmte. Marketing Cmte. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BOARD STANDARDIZATION MANAGEMENT BOARD BOARDS COMMITTEES SECTOR ADVISORY TECH. CMTES IECQ IECEx IECQ


The IEC Schemes: The IEC Schemes


IECEE Structure: IECEE Structure Committee of Testing Laboratories CTL Assessment Advisory Group BOARD of APPEAL Factory Inspection Committee FIC CERTIFICATION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CMC Chairman’s Advisory


Slide7: CERTIFICATION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Composition IECEE Officers CTL Chairman General Secretary and CEO of the IEC Member Body delegation (one per country) composed by 1 Head of Delegation and two Delegates


Slide8: IECEE SECRETARIAT - Geneva - CH Ms Tara Mitchell Assistant and Web-publisher Ms Katharine Pearson Assistant Peer Assessment Program Ms Cecilie Ingels Finstad Assistant Adherence to Standards Executive Secretary IECEE


IECEE Organisational Structure: IECEE Organisational Structure OFFICERS Jun XIE Vice-Chairman Fritz BEGLINGER Treasurer Pierre de RUVO Executive Secretary Gösta FREDRIKSSON Chairman


Slide10: BOARD OF APPEAL Members Bo YUMIN (CNCA) Chairman: Don MADER (UL) Joe GRYN (CSA) Trond SOLLIE (NEMKO) Yoji ONO (JQA) Ted Gaertner (KEMA) Jukka VUORINEN(SGS FIMKO) Paul TAN (PSB) Gerhard DREGER (VDE) Deputies


Slide11: CAG – Chairman’s Advisory Group The Chairman’s Advisory Group is essentially composed by the Officers, the CTL Chairman and CMC delegates that are requested to advise on topics of interest for the overall IECEE Community


Slide12: AAG – Assessment Advisory Group AAG Members are formally appointed by the Management Committee TERMS OF REFERENCE To monitor the Peer Assessment and Re-assessment To determine common understanding and approach on ISO/IEC Guide 65 and ISO/IEC 17025 To evaluate the Assessment Reports of candidate NCBs and CBTLs and make recommendations to the IECEE-CMC


Slide13: Administered Globally by the IECEE Secretariat in Geneva using a registered pool of International Lead Assessors and Technical Assessors located in 43 different countries. PEER ASSESSMENTS in the CB Scheme Well-founded “Mutual Confidence” is needed for NCBs to grant their Certification Mark on the basis of the review of Test Results without repeat testing; this is what Peer Assessments achieve.


Slide14: The evaluations made by QMS and Technical Experts, employed by the Organisations’ Members of the IECEE, ensure that the Members’ Certification Bodies and Testing Laboratories are competent in the processing of Conformity Assessment activities against essentially ISO/IEC Guide 65 and ISO/IEC 17025. PEER ASSESSMENTS


Peer Assessor Training Programme : Peer Assessor Training Programme


Slide16: Joe GRYN CTL Chairman Gianni CAMICIOTTI CTL Secretary CTL - Committee of Testing Laboratories The CTL is the Technical branch of the IECEE and plays an essential role to build confidence. Composed by experts from 200 Testing Laboratories and 60 Certification Bodies


Slide17: CTL - Committee of Testing Laboratories The main tasks of the CTL are to: detail the way in which the tests related to the IECEE have to be carried out so as to achieve the necessary reproducibility of test results, harmonize the design and use of the test equipment referred to in standards and to make recommendations to the relevant technical committee or subcommittee of the IEC for improvements of those standards, provide testing laboratories with a forum in which practical testing problems can be demonstrated and discussed


Slide18: CTL - Committee of Testing Laboratories The task of the CTL is to: Organize Proficiency Testing Programmes under the auspices of the IECEE CMC Organize Workshops to analyze the results of PT programmes and subsequent test methodology to achieve consistent test results Carry out other technical work as directed by the CMC.


MANUFACTURER TESTING LABORATORIES - MTLs: MANUFACTURER TESTING LABORATORIES - MTLs Manufacturer Testing Laboratories can also be accepted to operate within the IECEE under the responsible Certification Body NCB under strict rules and conditions.


Slide20: MANUFACTURER TESTING LABORATORIES NCB SMT TMP WMT RMT Supervised Manufacturer Testing Testing at Manufacturer Premises Witness Manufacturer Testing Recognized Manufacturer Testing


Slide21: To provide services related to Factory Audit/Inspection as a stand alone element of the Conformity Assessment Programme. This Service can be used either as an element of the Supplier Declaration of Conformity SDoC or to upgrade a Certification System 1 into a certification System 5 . FIC – Factory Audit/Inspection Committee


Slide22: System 1 Type Test Certificate System 5 Testing, Initial and FUS, certification mark Factory Audit/Inspection + Upgrades into CB-FCS + + FIC – Factory Audit/Inspection Committee


Slide23: Factory Inspection Service as a Stand Alone element of Product Certification or System 1b or 5? The customer can decide! FIC – Factory Audit/Inspection Committee


Slide24: CBTR CBTC CBFSR multiple times CBFSC CBFIR CBFIC CB-FCS Exit CB Scheme Exit CB-FIP Exit CB-FSP Exit “just report” Exit Entry 2 Entry 1 CBFIR one time “just report” Exit “just report” Exit


Slide25: HOW TO SEEK IECEE MEMBERSHIP OBJECTIVES OF THE CB SCHEME PROCESS OF THE IECEE CB SCHEME – AIM – ACHIEVEMENTS STATISTICS VALUE OF BEING MEMBER OF THE IECEE FOR AFFILIATE COUNTRIES IECEE DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK CB SCHEME – THE PASSPORT TO ACCESSS WORLDWIDE MARKET IECEE FACTS THE IECEE STRUCTURE


IECEE CB Scheme facts: IECEE CB Scheme facts 48 participating countries 62 National Certification Bodies - NCBs 242 Testing Laboratories – CB TLs 50’278 certificates issued in 2006 Over 250 000 current certificates More than 7000 manufacturers


Slide27: 19 Categories of Products


IECEE participating countries: IECEE participating countries Argentina Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Brazil Canada China Croatia Czech Rep. Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kenya Korea Rep. of Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay


National Certification Bodies: National Certification Bodies


Slide30: IECEE FACTS OBJECTIVES OF THE CB SCHEME PROCESS OF THE IECEE CB SCHEME – AIM – ACHIEVEMENTS STATISTICS VALUE OF BEING MEMBER OF THE IECEE FOR AFFILIATE COUNTRIES IECEE DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK CB SCHEME – THE PASSPORT TO ACCESSS WORLDWIDE MARKET HOW TO SEEK IECEE MEMBERSHIP THE IECEE STRUCTURE


Slide31: LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP


Slide32: LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP Level 1 as Member Body


Kenya Bureau of Standards: Kenya Bureau of Standards 2006-08-15: KEBS, Kenya joins the IECEE and becomes Member Body  


Slide34: LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP Level 2 : Recognizing NCB


Slide35: LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP Level 3 Issuing and Recognizing NCB and CBTL


Slide36: IECEE Membership WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO GET MEMBERSHIP? Member Body (MB) National Certification Body (NCB) Certification Body Testing Laboratory (CBTL)


Slide37: IECEE Member Body Who is entitled to become Member Body of the IECEE? “Membership of the IECEE is open to any country in which there is a Member National Committee of the IEC, as defined in Article 5 of the Statutes of the IEC” “Membership of the IECEE is also open to any country within a provisional period of three years after which they should consider to seek IEC Membership. “There shall be only ONE Member Body of the IECEE in a particular Country”


Slide38: Application Process for a New Candidate NCB & CBTL Application documentation batch as per OD-CB2007 provided to the IECEE Secretariat Documentation checked and posted on a Restricted Area of the website Assessment Team assigned & provided access to the documentation Schedule agreed between the Assessment Team and the assessed organisation On-site assessment Assessment Reports are published on the IECEE Website Technical Reviewers are assigned to review the Assessment Reports, any comments must be cleared before final clearance to the organisation can be granted The assessed organisation provides their proposed corrective actions to any Non-conformities found during the on-site assessment The Lead Assessor clears any outstanding non-conformities provided that the proposed corrective actions and subsequent implementation has been completed accordingly The IECEE Secretariat grants final acceptance of the assessed organisation


Slide39: IECEE FACTS HOW TO SEEK IECEE MEMBERSHIP PROCESS OF THE IECEE CB SCHEME – AIM – ACHIEVEMENTS STATISTICS VALUE OF BEING MEMBER OF THE IECEE FOR AFFILIATE COUNTRIES IECEE DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK CB SCHEME – THE PASSPORT TO ACCESSS WORLDWIDE MARKET OBJECTIVES OF THE CB SCHEME THE IECEE STRUCTURE


Objectives of the IECEE CB Scheme: Objectives of the IECEE CB Scheme A global solution for a global market Provision of a framework for global conformity assessment Partners with standards in facilitating international trade Elimination of multiple testing, except for national differences Elimination of multiple quality audits Increased access to market Reduced time to market Increased confidence Reduced costs – increased trade Acceptance by the Regulators


Global conformity assessment throughthe CB Scheme: Global conformity assessment through the CB Scheme CB Test Certificates and associated Test Reports issued by NCB in one country accepted by NCBs in other member countries for purposes of national certification CB Test Certificates and associated Test Reports accepted by several Regulatory Authorities CB Test Certificates and associated Test Reports directly accepted by Retailers, Buyers, Vendors worldwide Reduced testing and certification costs Capacity to eliminate multiple unnecessary national certifications Portable conformity assessment


The ideal target: The ideal target One test One certification One mark


Today’s IECEE achieved target: Today’s IECEE achieved target One test One international certificate One or more marks as needed


Slide44: IECEE FACTS HOW TO SEEK IECEE MEMBERSHIP OBJECTIVES OF THE CB SCHEME STATISTICS VALUE OF BEING MEMBER OF THE IECEE FOR AFFILIATE COUNTRIES IECEE DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK CB SCHEME – THE PASSPORT TO ACCESSS WORLDWIDE MARKET PROCESS OF THE IECEE CB SCHEME – AIM – ACHIEVEMENTS THE IECEE STRUCTURE


Slide45: Summary of the operations of the CB Scheme


AIM OF THE CB Scheme: AIM OF THE CB Scheme The aim of the CB Scheme is to provide Manufacturers seeking worldwide third party certification marks, the most economic and cost effective procedures within the best certification time frame.


Highlights of CB Scheme: Highlights of CB Scheme Reciprocal recognition of test results among all participating Certification Bodies, to simplify granting of certification or approval at national levels. CB Test Certificates and associated Test Reports facilitates obtaining secondary certifications. The CB Scheme is the only internationally recognized scheme for the safety of electrical equipment used in homes, offices, workshops and similar locations. Products are tested to IEC standards with provision for supplementary testing for national differences.


Advantages of CB Scheme: Advantages of CB Scheme More rapid testing and certification More universal product recognition Acceleration of Product Acceptance Direct acceptance by the Authorities in many countries Direct acceptance by the Retailers and Buyers Expanded markets Faster product movement from plants to markets


IECEE CB Scheme: IECEE CB Scheme 19 product categories ranging from Information Technology and electronic equipment, household, medical equipment, lighting to EMC, and Photovoltaics but 60% of activity is concentrated in these three areas: Household appliances Office & IT equipment Electronics / entertainment


Slide50: Market changes – Increasing flow of goods GLOBAL MARKETS INCREASING HARMONIZATION OF PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS WORLDWIDE ACCEPTANCE OF TEST RESULTS TODAY’S CERTIFICATION SERVICES ADEQUATE?


Slide51: Time to Market is essential In Manufacturing and Trade every day counts Buyers, Users and Governments need assurance of compliance


Slide52: IECEE CB-Scheme process


Slide53: CB-Scheme Direct acceptance by the market place


Upstream level Example: NCB x Issuing a CB Test Certificate: APPLICANT Application ON MFR REQUEST Upstream level Example: NCB x Issuing a CB Test Certificate + + IECEE TEST REPORT The Certification Mark of the Issuing NCB


Slide55: TESTING IEC Std+N.D. APPLICANT APPLICATION F.I.R. TEST REPORT 15 working days IECEE CB Scheme Process Recognizing Countries B Country A CBTL NCB


Slide56: APPLICANT IECEE TEST REPORT French Market SEEKING WHAT ? …..a European Certification Mark ?


Slide57: APPLICANT IECEE TEST REPORT SEEKING WHAT ? Direct access to a market ? RETAILERS BUYERS VENDORS MARKET


Slide58: APPLICANT SEEKING WHAT? Access into Regulatory Market? MARKET National Regulator IECEE TEST REPORT


Slide59: Leads to safer products on domestic market Needs to become even more efficient to provide fast time-to-market to suppliers and will make the world’s products available to your domestic professional buyer and consumer IECEE CB Scheme benefits


Slide60: IECEE FACTS HOW TO SEEK IECEE MEMBERSHIP OBJECTIVES OF THE CB SCHEME PROCESS OF THE IECEE CB SCHEME – AIM – ACHIEVEMENTS VALUE OF BEING MEMBER OF THE IECEE FOR AFFILIATE COUNTRIES IECEE DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK CB SCHEME – THE PASSPORT TO ACCESSS WORLDWIDE MARKET STATISTICS THE IECEE STRUCTURE


2006 has resulted in another great year with a significant growth of the Issued CB Test Certificates. It has to be noted that a significant number of CB Test Certificates are directly recognized by Buyers, Retailers and Regulatory Authorities to provide direct access to the global markets.: 2006 has resulted in another great year with a significant growth of the Issued CB Test Certificates. It has to be noted that a significant number of CB Test Certificates are directly recognized by Buyers, Retailers and Regulatory Authorities to provide direct access to the global markets. CB CERTIFICATES STATISTICS


Slide62: CB CERTIFICATES ISSUED


Slide63: IECEE FACTS HOW TO SEEK IECEE MEMBERSHIP OBJECTIVES OF THE CB SCHEME PROCESS OF THE IECEE CB SCHEME – AIM – ACHIEVEMENTS STATISTICS IECEE DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK CB SCHEME – THE PASSPORT TO ACCESSS WORLDWIDE MARKET VALUE OF BEING MEMBER OF THE IECEE FOR AFFILIATE COUNTRIES THE IECEE STRUCUTRE


Slide64: What is the benefit for Affiliate Countries to join the IECEE ? VALUE OF BEING MEMBER OF THE IECEE FOR AFFILIATE COUNTRIES


Slide65: BENEFITS for local Industry Opening up the worldwide Global Market for local industry Optimization of certification costs for local Industry Expanded development of technologies within the Country 3 good reasons among many others


Slide66: Protecting the Domestic Market from non-conforming products by importing safe electrical products, equipments and components 3. Attending Forums and Workshops thus sharing and exchanging with the best experts in Certification and Testing activities 4. Accessing the restricted area of the IECEE Web Site and the relevant Test Report Forms, Procedures and Operational Documents 5 good reasons among many others 2. Joining the worldwide Conformity Assessment community and attending the Management Committee meetings BENEFITS for Affiliate Countries 5. Building the structure to set a national level a Certification Body and Testing Laboratory fulfilling the highest standards worldwide


Slide67: The IECEE opens the door to the Affiliate Countries to join the… the Most Efficient Transportable Model of Conformity Assessment Worldwide. Welcome to joining…the IECEE


Slide68: …Once you are Member of the IECEE… You are entering the Worldwide reference on Conformity Assessment of Electronic and Electrical Equipment and components.


Slide69: IECEE FACTS HOW TO SEEK IECEE MEMBERSHIP OBJECTIVES OF THE CB SCHEME PROCESS OF THE IECEE CB SCHEME – AIM – ACHIEVEMENTS STATISTICS VALUE OF BEING MEMBER OF THE IECEE FOR AFFILIATE COUNTRIES CB SCHEME – THE PASSPORT TO ACCESSS WORLDWIDE MARKET IECEE DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK THE IECEE STRUCTURE


IECEE Workshops : IECEE Workshops


IECEE / ILAC Collaboration: IECEE / ILAC Collaboration As a direct result of an agreement of collaboration reached between the IEC-CAB and ILAC, IECEE has effectively completed a substantial number of joint assessments worldwide aimed at providing increasingly cost-effective and efficient services to Testing Laboratories that operate within the CB Scheme and by extension within any of the European Schemes.


IECEE / IAF Collaboration: As a direct result of an agreement of collaboration reached between the IEC-CAB and IAF, IECEE has agreed to start joint assessments worldwide aimed at providing increasingly cost-effective and efficient services to Certification Bodies that operate within the CB Scheme and by extension within any of the European Schemes. IECEE / IAF Collaboration


Slide73: PV GAP Global Mark / Seal The IECEE Policy & Strategy Forum has supported the principle to be exclusively licensed by the PV GAP to let the IECEE Members issue the PV GAP Mark and Seal directly.


Slide74: World Bank aims to increase funding for renewables by 40% The World Bank is aiming to increase its funding for renewable energy projects by up to 40%, increasing the money available from $7 billion over the last three years to $10 billion over the next three years. PV GAP Global Mark / Seal


Slide75: International EMC Egg Mark The IECEE Policy & Strategy Forum has supported the principle to undertake the International “emc-Mark” to be a dedicated certification program (as either a System 1 or a System 5) as part of the EMC services currently provided by the IECEE.


Slide76: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WiFi Wi-Fi in Business Business and industrial Wi-Fi has taken off, with the trends in implementation varying greatly over the years. Current technology trends in the corporate wireless world are: WiFi, Bluetooth, SAR


Slide77: ENERGY EFFICIENCY IEC = e3 = electrical energy efficiency


Slide78: SMART HOME


Slide79: multi-room entertainment home cinema audio & visual components lighting systems climate control systems security systems telecoms/ Intercoms systems touch control panels remote access/monitoring wireless, cabling systems distributed internet access SMART HOME


Slide80: Examples of applications of sensor integration include: Smart airbag Vehicle/driver monitoring and accident reconstruction Vehicle stability control Intelligent drive-by-wire vehicles INTELLIGENT SENSORS


Slide81: RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVICES, E.G. HYDRAULIC TURBINES IEC 60041 IEC 60308 IEC 60994


Slide82: HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES Test methods in accordance with IEC 62321 The service shall be envisaged as a horizontal testing and reporting service as opposed to a product certification scheme


Slide83: Declaration of Test Results would include following items: Issued by NCB Manufacturer’s/Trade name Test report number Product/Component/Material/Model number Standard used Issued date This product/component/material was tested to determine the levels of the six hazardous substances in accordance with the standard HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES


Slide84: Chinese RoHS Goes Into Effect Management Methods for Controlling Pollution by Electronic Information Products, Industry Order #39 issued by the Ministry of Information of the Peoples Republic of China took effect on March 1, 2007. Popularly known as Chinese RoHS, this order is similar in intent to the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive in the European Community and seeks to protect human health and the environment by controlling the use and disposal of certain toxic substances found in electronics. However, the exact provisions and steps required for compliance differ considerably from the European directive. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES


Slide85: SECURITY, E.G. FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS Burglar Alarm Equipment Fire Alarm Systems CCTV Security System Equipment Access Control Systems Alarm Systems Distributors


Slide86: IECEE FACTS HOW TO SEEK IECEE MEMBERSHIP OBJECTIVES OF THE CB SCHEME PROCESS OF THE IECEE CB SCHEME – AIM – ACHIEVEMENTS STATISTICS IECEE DEVELOPMENTS AND OUTLOOK VALUE OF BEING MEMBER OF THE IECEE FOR AFFILIATE COUNTRIES CB SCHEME – THE PASSPORT TO ACCESSS WORLDWIDE MARKET THE IECEE STRUCTURE


ACCURATE CUSTOMER SERVICE: ACCURATE CUSTOMER SERVICE …Performance requirements …Regulatory requirements Safety Requirements plus… … EMC requirements …Ergonomic, Hygienic requirements


Slide88: Because Globalization and competition are leading to rapid changes, technical barriers to trade remain a serious problem and the industry is anxious about time to market, the shortening life cycle of products and the need to reduce costs… The CB Scheme offers de facto the true “passport” for the needs of different countries. The CB Scheme answers de facto the market needs to have a Test Certificate tailored to be recognized worldwide. The CB Scheme, in its fullest extent, proves de facto that certification and testing costs can be reduced through the use of... one stop testing. The right Passport to access worldwide market


Thank you for your attention. Are there any questions?: Thank you for your attention. Are there any questions?


Further Information - IECEE: Further Information - IECEE IECEE Website: www.iecee.org Pierre de RUVO E-mail: pro@iec.ch Tel: +41 22 919 02 07