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AENOR N Mark for personal and collective protective equipment

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).

Products covered

The AENOR N Mark for personal and collective protective equipment covers the following products:

Security networks (UNE-EN 1263)
Peripheral border protection systems (UNE-EN 13374)

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

Greater knowledge of the product resulting from the exhaustive control required by the AENOR Mark
Optimisation of production processes and ongoing improvement
Products that do not comply with relevant standards or regulations can be detected before they enter the market
Decreases production costs as a result of greater control during the manufacturing process
There are commercial grounds to introduce the product into new markets and facilitate access to works

Public Administrations

Guarantee that the designated product will comply with applicable regulatory requirements
Transparency of the AENOR certification process
Balance among the interest parties regarding decisions on the certified products
Simplifies the standardisation processes of some products

Decision-makers and control agents

Guarantee that the product has been verified previously to ensure its compliance with applicable minimum requirements
Enables a reduction in controls of the materials during intake
Decreases the time it takes to perform the work
Products with long-lasting confidence. Product assessments are ongoing, guaranteeing compliance with the initial certified provisions

Society at large

Confidence from knowing that the product has undergone prior verification
Credibility: the product and associated manufacturing process are assessed by a renowned certification entity

Certification process

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:

a) the quality management system is audited in accordance with the UNE-EN ISO 9001 requirements that are directly related to the production process.
b) The manufacturer's manufacturing process and production controls are inspected to ensure the product complies with the requirements of the standard.
c) Samples are taken and sent to an accredited laboratory, which performs the tests included in the standards. The manufacturer sends samples identified by the auditor to the laboratory.

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.