ENEC

ENEC - The European Safety Mark
The idea At the instigation of European manufacturers' associations, European testing and certification centres agreed to evaluate the safety requirements to be met by electrical products throughout Europe in a uniform manner. The result of this initiative was the ENEC Accord and the ENEC Mark (E N E C = European Norms Electrical Certification). Presently, the accord regulates the certification of lighting, office equipment and components.

The purpose
You obviously want to do everything to ensure your products can be sold and distributed successfully. The ENEC Accord and the single testing and certification process it foresees provides you with access to markets within the EU and beyond - EFTA members and many Eastern European countries also recognise the ENEC mark. No longer need you go through the time-consuming and costly business of applying for individual certification in each country. The ENEC certificate gives you the certainty that your products offer "European-level" safety which has been officially verified by an independent testing and certification body.

The procedure
The compliance of your product with relevant European standards is a requirement for the awarding of an ENEC certificate. Manufacturing companies need to have a QM system in place (e.g. based on DIN EN ISO 9002). The testing centre performing certification then checks at regular intervals that the requirements to be met according to the given system are complied with.

The partner
Product verification and certification in accordance with European standards, such as those on which the ENEC testing procedure is based, have long featured amongst the range of services TÜV Rheinland Product Safety GmbH offers. We are experts in our field! Needless to say, the one-stop full-service concept we have put into practice means your entire project is co-ordinated by a locally based TÜV consultant. Ideally, you should contact us as soon as you start planning the development of a new product, thus ensuring compliance with the relevant standards from the very outset.