Is it possible for an accredited CB, when acting also as a Notify Body, to issue a certificate of conformity to the producer for a given type of product, without mentioning the product standards or specifications against which conformity has been demonstrated?
Note for example the Lifts Directive: The Commission Communication 2016/C 138/03 published the list of harmonized standards to be used for the conformity assessment. So, the list of applicable standards is defined in the law, and anyone can access it.
If the conformity certificate is a positive one (approval without exclusions) the absence of identification of the standards becomes administrative and may be omitted as long as the assessment report contains the details of the conformity assessment, including the standards used?
March 2017
ISO/IEC 17065:2012 says that in 7.1.2 “The requirements against which the products of a client are evaluated shall be those contained in specified standards and other normative documents.” and in 3.10 “scope of certification identification of
- the product(s), process(es) or service(s) for which the certification is granted,
- the applicable certification scheme, and
- the standard(s) and other normative document(s), including their date of publication, to which it is judged that the product(s), process(es) or service(s) comply”
If manufacturer choses non-harmonised product conformity standard, in this case they should conduct risk analysis and show its (non-harmonised standard) applicability and validity.
On the other hand, in some EU directives, there is no defined harmonised standard for specific products and in this case, it is left to manufacturer’s decision to choose the most relevant product conformity standard or criteria.
In both cases, the product conformity certificate should give reference to relevant standard or criteria (normative document). For other cases (when EU Directive mandates to use any harmonized product conformity standard), there is no need to give additional reference in the product conformity certificate
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All the technical specifications and standards (harmonized or not) of these products normally is a part of their technical files.