1. What is the CB certificate? The
CB (Certification Body) process is established based on the international agreement of IECEE "World System for Qualification Testing and Certification of Electrical Products". It is an agreement between national certification bodies within the system, dedicated to mutual recognition of the results of electrical product audits. The countries participating in the CB system come from institutions in 53 countries including major industrialized countries, all of which are part of the CB certification process-it is considered to be the domestic certification of many countries in the EU (including those countries that have not yet become official member states) basis. The CB report is a standardized report, which lists the requirements of the relevant IEC standards in the form of an itemized list. The report provides the results of all required tests, measurements, verifications, inspections, and evaluations. These results should be clear and unambiguous. The report also contains photos, circuit diagrams, pictures and product descriptions. According to the rules of the CB system, the CB test certificate is only valid when it is provided with the CB test report.
2. The role and significance of the CB certificate The
full Chinese name of the IECEE CB system is "IECEE Mutual Recognition System for Electrical Product Test Certificates". The system is based on the principle of mutual recognition (two-way acceptance) of test results between member institutions to obtain certification or approval. It is a wide-ranging, effective, and rapidly developing international product certification mutual recognition system. So far, 45 national member institutions have joined the CB system, 59 certification bodies have become NCB, and 159 laboratories have become CB testing laboratories (CBTLs). China NCB is CQC (China Quality Certification Center). For manufacturers, obtaining the CB certificate and CB report can in principle save the time and cost of applying for other certifications. For example: after obtaining a CB certificate, apply for CCC, CQC, GS, VDE, UL and other certifications. In principle, you only need to supplement a small amount of national difference tests to obtain the corresponding certificate. Even with the CB report, it can be directly exported to Southeast Asia, and some countries in Africa that have not established national compulsory certification, such as Malaysia and Indonesia. [
3. CB certification application procedure
1. The applicant submits an oral or written preliminary application.
2. The applicant will send/send/fax/email the relevant materials: product manual and circuit diagram to the laboratory, and provide one set/each sample.
3. The laboratory determines the inspection standards and inspection items within one day and sends out the quotation.
4. The applicant confirms the quotation. Fill in the international certification application form, and send/send the application form, related materials, samples and test spare parts to the laboratory. 5. The laboratory issues a fee notice to the applicant, and the applicant pays the certification fee in advance according to the fee notice.
6. The laboratory reviews technical documents and conducts product testing.
7. If the technical documentation is incomplete or the test is unqualified, the laboratory will promptly notify the applicant, allowing the applicant to supplement the documents and make corrections to the product, knowing that the test is qualified again, and the test report will reflect the actual results after the product.
8. If there are a lot of rectification contents in Article 7 above, and the re-inspection items will take a long time for rectification, a certain rectification fee will be involved, and the laboratory will issue a supplementary fee notice to the applicant.
9. The applicant shall pay the rectification fee according to the supplementary fee notice.
10. The laboratory provides the applicant with test reports or related technical documents (TCF) and certificates