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2. Assessing conformity to European standards
2.1 European agreements and trademarks
The development of international trade has led to the need for a degree of coordination in the award of national marks of conformity, to prevent these marks from becoming obstacles to international trade, as manufacturers have to apply for the national mark of each country in which they wish to sell their product.
The first condition for such coordination is that the standards themselves are harmonized, i.e. identical in different countries. Indeed, a mark of conformity to standards is only likely to be recognized in another country if the standards of both countries contain identical prescriptions. The harmonization of standards is developing effectively in the electrical field (see article
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Assessing conformity to European standards
International agreements. IEC certification systems
Organizations
AELE Association Européenne de Libre Echange
AFNOR Association française de Normalisation
CECC Comité des Composants Électroniques du CENELEC
CEE Communauté Économique Européenne
CEI/IEC Commission Électrotechnique Internationale
CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation
CENELEC...
Websites
You may also wish to consult the following websites.
For France :
standardization www.ute-fr.com
certification www.lcie.fr
For Europe :
...Standardization
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization CENELEC
- Normes relatives à la gestion de la qualité et à l'assurance de la qualité - Série NF EN ISO 9000 - 08-1994
- Critères généraux concernant les essais, la certification et l'accréditation - Série NF EN 45000 - 12-1989
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