CSA is at the forefront of the expanding global economy,forging a network of facilities and contacts across the Americas,Europe and Asia. Through our international net-work,we can carry out initial product testing as well as follow-up factory inspcctions around the world.

You already know that we open doors in North America.

We work closely with European laboratories authorized to test on our behalf.With our help, European manufacturers can arrange product evaluation and testing for the North American market,in their own language and their own time zone.And our Far East centres in Hong Kong and Japan provide similar services to our many clients in Asia.

Now we can open doors in Europe.

If you are a North American manufacturer,let us handle the details involved in obtain-ing European certification for your products.CSA will:

l. Carry out testing and arrange for validations as necessary by the appropriate European agency.
2. Submit and test report for final approval.

We have reciprocal testing agreements with:

VDE in Germany,SEMKO in Sweden,IMQ in Italy,KEMA in the Netherlands,and LCIE in France (for products used in hazardous locations only).

And the CB Scheme can take you even farther.

If you are in the electromedical,laboratory,test and measurement,process control,appliance,tool,audio/video or information technology businesses,then the Certification Body (CB) Scheme may be your best route to foreign certification.Operated under the umbrella of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC),the CB Scheme is a unique international cooperative venture.Its goal is to reduce the trade barriers caused by different certiflcation criteria in different countries.

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Thirty-five National Certification Bodies from around the world,including all the major European and Pacific Rim laboratories,participate in the scheme.

As participants in the Scheme,CSA can issue test reports and certificates for the following product categories:

・IEC 950,Information Technology ・IEC 601 Series,Medical Equipment
・IEC 1010 Series,Laboratory,Measurement and Control Equipment
・IEC 335 Scries,Appliances
・IEC 65,Audio/Video
・IEC 691,Fuse Links
・IEC 745 Series,Portable Tools
・IEC 1029 Series,Bench Tools
・IEC 730 Series,Controls for Appliances
・IEC 742,Safety Isolating Transformers
・IEC 342,Fans

For North American manufacturers,this means that you can have your products tested by CSA,and know that the results will be accepted by Certification Bodies around the world.

To take advantage of the CB Scheme,you:

l. Submit product samples to CSA.We will test your product to the requirements of CB member countries and issue a CB Test Certificate and Test Report.
2. Submit the CB Test Certificate and Test Report to the appropriate National Certification Body,for product certification in that country.CSA will help you,every step of the way.

For more information, call 1-800-463-6727.
Visit our website at http://www.csa-international.org

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