Electrical or electronic equipment carrying the CB symbol shows that it has been tested and complies with IEC International Standards. Once a manufacturer has obtained a CB Test Report and CB Test Certificate they can submit the results to a National Certification Body (NCB) within the IECEE member country where they wish to trade.
In turn, the NCB tests for compliance with relevant national safety standards. However, with CB certification in place, there is often little need for additional testing, enabling the NCB to authorize permission to trade almost immediately.
This practice simplifies and speeds up market entry for manufacturers, whilst also saving them time and money spent obtaining country-specific safety certification.
It also assures key stakeholders, from end-customers to government organizations, as to the safety and reliability of a final product.
SABERSAUDI helps your electrical and electronic products meet the strictest levels of safety and performance in compliance with the IEC standard and gain access to the relevant marketplace.
By offering testing and certification services that address the safety and overall performance of components, devices, and equipment for homes, offices, workshops, health facilities, and more.
Our IECEE CB Scheme testing and certification services help you demonstrate the safety of your electrical and electronic products to international safety standards so that they can quickly and easily be approved at local or national levels around the world.
Under the IECEE CB Scheme, SABERSAUDI can support you with obtaining your CB test certificate and CB test report as well as evaluate national differences of various member countries which reduce further costs, completion time and access to national markets.
Already have a CB Certificate?
We can accept and issue CB test reports and certificates for a wide array of electronic and electrical products and parts. If you already have a CB certificate, we can submit your results to a specific NCB or NCBs for national certification, so you can begin trading in different markets virtually straight away.
Get your products into more countries faster and more easily than ever before. With more than 300 accreditations, recognitions, and strategic partnerships around the world, we can test and certify to the requirements of any market you choose.
The IECEE CB Scheme, or CB process, is an international system for mutual recognition of test results and certificates in the field of electric and electronic component, production equipment and product safety. It is based on a multilateral agreement among participating countries and certification organizations. The primary goal of the IECEE CB Scheme is to facilitate international trade of electrotechnical products; it offers manufacturers a simplified way to receive worldwide country-specific certificates.
The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) uses the term IECEE for the “IEC System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrical and Electronic Components, Equipment and Products.” The abbreviation “CB” means “Certification Body.”
The CB process is based on the use of international IEC standards. When national standards are not completely harmonized with IEC standards, national regulatory requirements and special national conditions can be taken into account with the CB process. A prerequisite is, that these standards have been formally explained and detailed for further publishing and submitted to the IECEE office.
Every country that is a member of the IEC can name its own national certification body for the CB process. This first requires harmonization of national standards with the IEC standards. Any discrepancies or differences to the IEC standards have to be openly declared and submitted to the IECEE office for publication. Furthermore, every national certification body (National Certification Body – NCB) has to apply for recognition of the specific IEC standards that they want to apply in the CB process. Every applicant will be assessed on-site by a team of member experts (NCBs and CBTLs) in order to verify compliance with requirements in ISO/IEC 17065. IECEE currently has 52 member bodies and about 276 CB Testing Laboratories – CBTLs. A CBTL is a testing laboratory recognized by the CB process and therefore able to carry out testing and to issue CB testing reports for one or more product categories. A CBTL can work for several NCBs, but is officially under the jurisdiction of one NCB or belongs to one NCB. CBTLs are also evaluated on-site to receive recognition.
The CB Scheme offers benefits to manufacturers who want to export their products to countries that participate in the CB process. Among these advantages is the choice of NCB, centralized product testing from one NCB, including additional testing required to bring products into circulation in other target markets, as well as the use of CB test reports and certificates to obtain country-specific approval marks. NCBs participating in the CB process are required to give priority to certification applications based on existing CB certificates. Certifications based on the CB process therefore save time and money.
An extensive product palette is included in the CB process: IT and office equipment, household appliances and devices, lighting, measurement devices or electrical medical devices.
The CE mark represents product compliance with all applicable legal regulations in the European domestic market. The manufacturer or an authorized agent located in the European Union affixes the CE mark and declares thereby on their own authority that the product meets all valid requirements of EU law, independent of the input of an impartial third party to the compliance evaluation process.
In the CB process, an NCB, as an impartial third party, tests the compliance of the electrotechnical product with the applicable, published IEC standards. If the product is in compliance with the relevant IEC standards, the NCB issues a CB certificate based on the CB test report.
Dealers and importers can provide a copy of the certificate. The product is also recognizable by the test mark. A list of all NCBs participating in the CB process is available on the IECEE website.
