Advisory Service

In this role, CEproof staff will make one or more visits to the client to advise the team who have been tasked with progressing compliance with a Directive. It is not a pre-requisite of the service but CEproof finds that generally these meetings deal with compliance (legal) issues rather than technical.

TYPICAL ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

• When must products comply?
• What happens to products in the supply chain when a Directive comes into force?
• Scope and exclusions
• Categorisation of products
• Choice of conformity assessment modules
• Choice of Notified Body
• Documentation for supply of components
• Responsibility for sub-contracted tasks

KEY BENEFITS

• Be fully briefed about the pros and cons of your compliance options
• Harness CEproof's knowledge of the limits of flexibility with regard to current interpretations
• Avoid having to learn from your mistakes
• Utilise our high-level industry and consumer connections
• Ensure that your team have a focus for progression
• Have confidence that you are achieving compliance efficiently

TYPICAL CLIENTS

Unless asked, CEproof does not undertake a detailed analysis of the client's product(s) for the Advisory Service. Advisory Service clients generally have the resources (particularly time) to select, interpret and assess against technical (harmonised) standards as well as to execute the lists of actions following each advisory meeting. If more help is required, the Complete Compliance Service is commended.

Peer Review

CEproof conducts a desk review of the client's existing documentation (technical, legal and quality assurance).

DELIVERABLES

A report that provides:

• An opinion as to whether current methodology is fully compliant
• Suggestions on modifications that would ensure compliance
• Suggestions for enhancements that would make compliance more efficient

KEY BENEFITS

• We are on your side, not the authorities'
• Ensure that your practice is "above the law"
• Ensure that your procedures are efficient
• Harness CEproof's knowledge of Industry "Best Practice"

TYPICAL CLIENTS

Individuals or organisations that have (or are about to) affix CE marks: particularly those who applied modules that did not use a Notified Body for the certification of all stages of design, production and final testing stages.

Complete Compliance Service

In this role, CEproof staff undertake all the tasks required for compliance - short of physically changing the product - on behalf of the client. To achieve this, CEproof must undertake a series of actions, as described below. CEproof always undertakes a very thorough technical assessment of the product(s) in questions as well as dealing with the compliance issues typically discussed in the Advisory Service.

ACTIONS

• Inspection(s) of client's products
• Identification and purchase of necessary standards
• Performing of calculations as required by standards
• Organising of product testing as required by standards
• Use of risk assessment software to demonstrate equivalent safety (where necessary)
• Authoring of all mandatory documentation
• Management of the Notified Body (if required)

DELIVERABLES

• List of modifications for the product to achieve compliance
• Owner/Users' Manual text
• Technical Construction File
• Declaration of Conformity
• Notified Body Certification (if required)

KEY BENEFITS

• Worry free - leave CEproof to "get on with it"
• Have CEproof's highly qualified and experienced staff working on your side
• Harness CEproof's knowledge of the limits of flexibility with regard to current interpretations
• CEproof maintains a library of current standards (at great expense) so you don’t have to
• Fixed price. Wherever possible CEproof will offer a fixed price
• Benefit from our massive buying power with the Notified Bodies
• Utilise our high-level industry and consumer connections
• Ensure you comply with maximum efficiency
• Save the costs of employing and training staff to carry out your occasional Directive obligations
• Use our specialist risk assessment tools for justifying “alternative solutions”
• Integrate our full range of surveying, compliance and engineering support services

TYPICAL CLIENTS

CEproof conducts this service for individuals and all types of organisation.

Optional Authorised Representative Status

Directives allow the assessment, documentation and in most cases, testing, to be assigned and subcontracted to an Authorised Representative, such as CEproof. For post-construction assessment and one-off (single unit) production, CEproof is happy to assume the responsibilities of the Manufacturer's Authorised Representative. This service can also be provided for series production if CEproof is contracted to make brief inspections of each unit to ensure conformity.

DELIVERABLES

• Declaration of Conformity signed by CEproof
• CE marking plate for affixing to the product
• Retention of the Technical Construction File for the mandatory ten year period

KEY BENEFITS

• CEproof shares liability for the compliance of the product
• CEproof is the authorities' first point of contact for questions on compliance
• CEproof's logo on the CE marking plate provides a badge of authority and quality
• Confidence - if CEproof are will to sign their name to the product, it must be compliant!

NOTE

This is only applicable in conjunction with the Complete Compliance Service as this is the only service in which CEproof will have made a thorough technical review of the product and of its documentation. This service is also not possible if the client adopts a quality assurance conformity assessment module.

Software Authoring

CEproof often find that clients have a need for some specialist IT tools in order to repeat regular tasks, whether for compiance or otherwise. CEproof has written a number of custom applications for clients in the Engineering world. Please contact CEproof for a solution to your needs.

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