What do we certify?
From April 21, 2018, the legal basis for the EU Type-examination are the requirements of the Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC.
ITT CERTEX participates in the work of the European Coordination of Notified Bodies for Personal Protective Equipment /See the web site >>>/.
Detailed scope of accreditation is available at the website of the Polish Center for Accreditation - PCA /Download >>>/.
ITT CERTEX Ltd. — Notified Body No. 2534 /Nando data base>>>/ — performs conformity assessment procedure for:
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Group of products
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Module | Regulation (EU) 2016/425 |
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Clothing Gloves Footwear Equipment providing respiratory protection (RPE) |
EU Type-examination | Module B |
| Clothing Gloves Footwear Equipment providing respiratory protection (RPE) |
Conformity to type based on internal production control plus supervised product checks at random intervals, (category III) | Module C2 |
The basic elements of the process EU type-examination are:
- submission of an application for certification with documentation and standard product – EU-Type examination - /Download >>>/,
- formal assessment of the completeness the content of the technical file – is set out in Annex III of the Regulation (EU) 2016/425 (Read the Regulation (EU) 2016/425 >>>)
- registration of an application,
- product testing ,
- assessment (evaluation of test reports, evaluation of the product conformity with an essential requirements, evaluation of product labelling),
- decision,
- issuance of a certificate.
EU Type-examination certificates are valid for 5 years.
The conformity to type based on internal production control plus supervised product checks at random intervals (module C2) for the products category III consist of:
- testing of samples taken at the place of production of a personal protective equipment, in order to verify compliance with the essential requirements and the type of product as described in the EU Type-examination certificate,
- assessing the stability of the conditions of production, including the final inspection and testing manufactured PPE.
Forms can be found in the section EU-Type examination - /Download>>>/.