The AENOR N Mark for personal and collective protective equipment certifies that these products comply with national and European standards and AENOR regulations
AENOR product certification facilitates the use of individual and collective protection equipment to different agents related to employee safety.
The AENOR N mark for personal and collective protective equipment is accredited by the National Accreditation Entity (ENAC).
The AENOR N Mark for personal and collective protective equipment covers the following products:
As a compliance assessment entity, AENOR is a leading product certifier. The AENOR Mark has been used to certify more than 100,000 products in more than 40 countries and is one of the world's five most widely used product quality marks.
The AENOR Mark is a voluntary mark that allows the company to demonstrate that its product complies with certain provisions compiled in a UNE, EN, ISO standard or technical specification. This demonstration of compliance during the manufacturing and testing of the final products, based on a rigorous control performed by AENOR, will allow licensees of the Mark to put their products on the market with a high standard of quality, instilling confidence in the users of these certified products.
As such, the AENOR Mark is beneficial to:
The manufacturer
Public Administrations
Decision-makers and control agents
Society at large
APPLICATION
The AENOR Mark is voluntary. Companies that want AENOR to certify their product must submit their application in accordance with the formats established by AENOR. This application must include information about the company and the characteristics of the products for which certification is sought.
Once AENOR technical staff have analysed the documents, compliance assessment activities will be performed in order to verify that the products comply with the applicable standards:
AUDIT/INSPECTION
A visit is made to the production centre to carry out the following procedures:
TESTING
The laboratory performs the tests established by the standard and sends its report to AENOR.
GRANTING PROCEDURE
Using all the information on the activities performed, the Technical Certification Committee (independent body comprising all the interested parties: manufacturers, the Administration, users, monitoring entities and AENOR) will either propose to AENOR that the Mark be granted, or request that one of the activities be repeated due to non-compliance.
Once the Certificate has been granted, the process will continue as the monitoring activities required to keep it must be performed. Samples will be taken, and audits, inspections and tests will be performed on an annual basis. The results are assessed every year by the Technical Certification Committee which decides whether to maintain or remove the Mark.
Once an organisation passes the certification process, it obtains:
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GlobalEPD Declarations
Environmental product declarations (EPD)
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