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Certification

Certification services – our signature to your success

Maintaining a competitive edge in existing markets can be difficult and entering new ones can be even more challenging. However, we can add value to your business by ensuring that your customers have confidence in your business and in your products. We help differentiate products by gaining market entry through a wide range of certification solutions.

TÜV Product Service and BABT are recognised around the world as leading certification bodies, offering a variety of quality assurance, certification and audit services. As independent third party certifiers, we can provide you with a basis for protection from product liability issues, while ensuring confidence in your products through certified endorsements.

Manufacturers and consumers throughout the world recognise the TÜV Product Service Octagon, CE0123 Mark and the BABT CE0168 Mark on products as an acknowledged sign of safety and quality.

Our Certification Services Include:

	Accreditations and appointments We hold over 100 accreditations and appointments, covering important markets such as Europe, the Americas and Asia. We are a leading UKAS accredited laboratory, DTI notified for EMC and EC appointed as a Conformity Assessment Body under the EU-Canada, EU-New Zealand and EU-Australia MRAs. We also hold many industry-specific accreditations and approvals.

	Regulatory compliance Our services cover the essential requirements for regulatory compliance across many industry sectors. For example, we are authorised as a notified body to certify products against the EU Medical Device Directives, the Radio, Telecommunication and Terminal equipment Directive, and the EMC Directive. Where standards are not available, or do not cover all the requirements, we may be able to assist with the completion of a Technical File, assess it and issue a Statement of Compliance.

	Product certification Our varied market access product certification schemes include the CB Scheme, a certification confirming products conform to local standards, the GS Mark, which demonstrates a product’s electrical safety has been independently verified. It is also possible to combine product and quality management certification status in a single octagonal modular mark that can be used on products, packaging and promotional material. We are recognised as a US Nationally Recognised Testing Laboratory (NRTL) enabling us to carry out product testing for the US and Canadian markets.

	Management systems certification We are one of the largest management systems certification bodies in Europe, North America and Asia. In addition to ISO 9001:2008 , ISO 14001 and ISO 13485, we offer our proprietary Production Quality Certification (PQC) scheme for telecom products, and have expertise with many other leading management systems including TL9000, the telecoms-specific quality assurance standard.

	Metering and billing approval We have unique experience of operating as a Metering and Billing approval body appointed by the DTI in the UK to assess Telecom operators' performance. This has the benefit of identifying sources of revenue leakage and raising operators’ and customers’ confidence in billing accuracy. We also offer an attestation service to suppliers of Communication Support Systems, allowing them to differentiate themselves from their competitors.

	BABT With a successful history now spanning over 25 years, BABT has become a globally recognised and respected assessment body. It offers a complete range of certification and regulatory services for the Radio, Telecoms and IT sectors.