Send an email to contact@alienor-certification.uk and we will help you check if the certificate is valid. Characteristics that the document should possess: the logos of Alienor Certification Ltd, UKAS, Approved Body number, and signatures. 

Not necessarily.

A manufacturer must ensure the standards or technical specifications they apply help demonstrate compliance with the Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSR).

While a Designated Standard may help map EHSR to performance, design and information requirements – and hence make the evaluation process simpler – a manufacturer may submit a product for type-examination that uses any source of standard, external or internally developed – provided this is in a coherent Technical Specification.

However, this must have been satisfactorily reviewed by the Approved Body as meeting the EHSR of the relevant legal instrument. Obviously, this is also subject to a recognised independent test laboratory being able to test against the requirements of the Technical Specification being put forward.  

Where there is an absence of a Designated standard, the PPE models can undergo Type Examination against a Technical Specification or Protocol put forward by the manufacturer.

Alienor Certification Ltd cannot offer advice or consultation in developing this Technical Specification/Protocol, but will state it in the Review of Application stage. 

Once developed, this must then be reviewed by Alienor Certification Ltd to ensure that the EHSRs of the relevant legal instrument are met. If all this is satisfactory and the PPE models can be tested against the Technical Specification, then the process would continue in the normal way.

For PPE product certification within the UK and EU, changes to the product standard do not affect the certification unless it can be shown that the original standard did not cover the Requirements of the legislation.  

Although changes to the standard do not invalidate the certification, manufacturers should take note of any changes and consider the implications for their product. 

The certification body and manufacturer are encouraged to consider developments in standards and the market such that continued compliance can be supported. This activity is considered to be a change in the state of the art.

You could apply for an additional certificate or wait until it is time for the renewal of certificate. 

It is our policy to give as quick a turnaround as possible, consistent with requirements for due care and accuracy. In any case, when we provide a quote, we include an estimate of the deadline.

The time taken from receipt of samples to the issue of test report varies considerably – depending upon many factors, including current workload, pre-conditioning times, problems with the product or communications during the test programme, etc. 

Please  contact us  and we will advise further.

The cost of a certification varies considerably on the state of the product, the existence or not of test reports and variations of the product.  

For a quote, please supply specific information, such as a product specification, technical documentation, scope of any quality management system (sites, activities, employee numbers, shift patterns etc), which we will then evaluate.

Please  contact  us and we will advise further.

Please contact our Quality Manager, by email to:  c.hammami@alienor-certification.fr

 Complaints should be addressed to our Quality Manager. Our website provides this facility.

All complaints are acknowledged, registered, recorded and investigated independently and impartially.

The outcome of the investigation is communicated to the complainant.

An appeals procedure is in place, should the need arise.

Yes, goods can carry both, UKCA and CE marking so long as they are fully compliant with both UK and EU legislation.

If the product is sold both in the UK and in the European Union, you will require both markings on the product. Both markings must remain visible and legible and maintain the required proportions.

** Provisions from the UK government:

-Manufactured products placed on the GB market until 31 ^st of December 2024 can carry the UKCA marking, the CE marking, or both markings.

-From the 1 ^st of January 2025, products placed on the GB market can only carry the UKCA marking (or both markings, if the product is also sold in the EU).