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C ERT A LARM - The Quality Mark for Fire & Security

Explore the progress of CertAlarm in establishing a unified certification scheme across Europe for fire safety and security products and services. Learn about European standards, EU legislation, accreditation, and the benefits of CertAlarm for manufacturers, installers, and end users.

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C ERT A LARM - The Quality Mark for Fire & Security

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  1. CertAlarm and its progress on a pan-European certification scheme Anja Kinsky 18.06.2015 http://www.certalarm.org CERTALARM - The Quality Mark for Fire & Security

  2. Content • Who is CertAlarm? • Developments in Europe • How does CertAlarm work? • Evolution of CertAlarm • Conclusion Anja Kinsky

  3. Who is CertAlarm? Our goal One test, one mark – for a safer Europe. Anja Kinsky

  4. 2) Developments in Europe (in the Fire Safety & Security Sector) • European standards • EU Legislation • European Accreditation • Situation today Anja Kinsky

  5. 2a) European Standards • EN 54-series Fire • EN 14604 Smoke alarm devices • EN 50130-series Environmental • EN 50131-series Intruder and hold-up alarms • EN 50132-series CCTV • EN 50133-series Access control • EN 50134-series Social alarm • EN 50136-series Alarm transmission • EN 60839-11-1:2013 Electronic access control systems • EN 60839-11-2:2015 Alarm and electronic security systems • EN 62676-1-1:2014 Video surveillance systems for use in security applications • PR EN 16763 Services Almost complete (and due to innovation it will stay “almost complete” forever)

  6. 2b) EU Legislation • Directive 2006/123/EC (Service Directive) • Regulation 764/2008 (Mutual Recognition) • Regulation 765/2008 (Accreditation and market surveillance) • Regulation 267/2010 (Block Exemption for the Insurance Sector) • Regulation 305/2011 (Construction Products) Anja Kinsky 2

  7. 2b) EU Legislation • New regulation/directive (EC initiative on harmonisation of the Certification of alarm systems components) Anja Kinsky

  8. 2c) Accreditation of Certification(The Quality Umbrella in Europe) Multilateral Agreement (MLA) Accreditations Certifications Products Processes Services Anja Kinsky

  9. 2d) Situation today No competition in the past: • One Certification Body and one Test Lab per country • Retesting for each country • Certification per country • Services certified per country Today more competition in: • Testing and certification to ENs

  10. 2d) Situation today However • still many additional country-specific requirements (e.g. VdS, LPCB, NF-a2p, SBSC, INCERT) • still monopolistic behaviour of Certification Bodies and Test Labs in countries (e.g. Germany, UK, France, Sweden, Belgium) • not yet EU wide competition in Certification of Service Suppliers 9

  11. 2d) Situation today For manufacturers • Loss of R&D effort through national requirements • Long lead times • High certification costs • Risk of losing market shares to US companies and emerging countries • Lower economy of scale For installers • Reduced introduction of innovative products • Higher costs For end users • Solutions not optimized to their needs 11

  12. 3) How does CertAlarm work? One Test and/or Inspection, one Certificate and one Quality Mark for the whole of Europe based on: 1. Endorsement by EA 2. Participation of all stakeholders 3. Outsourcing 4. EN standards 5. Quality 6. Competition

  13. 3) How does CertAlarm work? • Structure • Partners • Quality • Certification Process • Certification Costs • Benefits Anja Kinsky

  14. 3a) Structure CertAlarm Partner ContractedCertification Body (CCB) in anycountry CertAlarm Partner Recognised Test Laboratory (RTL) in anycountry CertAlarmRegistered Manufacturer in anycountry Free choice of CCB Free choice of RTL, mutual recognition of product testing

  15. 3b) Partners CertAlarmis working with CCBs (Contracted Certification Bodies) and RTLs (Recognized Test Laboratories) The current partners are: • ALTER (TüV Nord), Spain, CCB & RTL • Applus, Spain, CCB & RTL • Applica, Norway, CCB & RTL • Intertek, UK, CCB & RTL • KriwanTestlabor, Germany, RTL • Telefication (Kiwa), The Netherlands, CCB & RTL • Element, UK, RTL • Others to join soon

  16. 3c) Quality The quality level of the CertAlarm Scheme is what the market is asking for. For products: Type 5 according to ISO/IEC 17067:2013. For services (in the future): Type 6 according to ISO/IEC 17067:2013. Anja Kinsky

  17. 3d) Certification Process(for products) Anja Kinsky

  18. 3d) Certification Costs CertAlarm costs and charges for a manufacturer are broken into 3 categories which are • Registration fee (once-only): 3.213,00 € • Certification fee: fixedbytherespective CCB or RTL • Label fee for using the CertAlarmmark(please get in touch with your CertAlarm contact for more details)

  19. 3e) Benefits Five good reasons to choose CertAlarm: • Increased Certainty • Higher Quality • Lower Costs • Higher Speed • Safer Products

  20. 3d) Our manufacturers and what they say 22 registered manufacturers incl. Tyco, UTC, Siemens, Bosch and ATEIS “The CertAlarm scheme ensures consistent accreditation across our Zettler Generation 6 fire detection product range and gives our customers confidence that they are selecting a solution which meets recognised EN54 approvals“, Eric Tassé, Head of Product Management, Fire Detection. Anja Kinsky

  21. 3d) Our manufacturers and what they say “WebWayOne has always supported independent testing of systems to European Standards. The standards themselves and the CertAlarm certificate enables us to provide our solutions under a recognised, multi national system of regulation“, Chris Carter Brennan, Managing Director, WebWayOne Ltd.

  22. 4) Evolution of CertAlarm May 2010 Launch of first CertAlarm certificates, 5 registered manufacturers March 2012Four more partners: Applus, DNV, Intertek and Kriwan Jan. 2015Two more partners: TRaC and ALTER TÜV Nord Jan. 2010Foundation of CertAlarm, 2 partners (ANPI, Telefication) Jun. 2015 New partners to join soon; EC initiative aiming at „pan- European certification“ Apr. 2013 100th CertAlarm certificate issued, 18 registered manufacturers Feb. 2011 Acceptance of CertAlarm by E-A

  23. 4) Evolution of CertAlarm Security products Acceptance of CertAlarm in 2010 CertAlarm is accepted in the market Not commonly accepted Not at present but opportunity Information to be confirmed No specific mark required

  24. 4) Evolution of CertAlarm Security products Acceptance of CertAlarm in 2012 CertAlarm is accepted in the market Not commonly accepted Not at present but opportunity Information to be confirmed No specific mark required

  25. 4) Evolution of CertAlarm Security products Acceptance of CertAlarm in 2016 CertAlarm is accepted in the market Not commonly accepted Not at present but opportunity Information to be confirmed No specific mark required

  26. 5) Conclusion CertAlarm soon • More products under existing Scheme • New Scheme for Services • Increase in number of partners, members, registered manufacturers and certificates CertAlarm is 100% in line with the targets of the EC Commission initiative It is only a matter of time until there will be one test and one mark accepted throughout Europe! Anja Kinsky

  27. THANK YOU Anja Kinsky

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