1 What is CSA Certified CSA Canadian Standards Association (Canadian Standards Association) short It was founded in 1919, is Canada's first industry standard designed for the development of a non-profit institutions. The market in North America, electronics, appliances and other products need to obtain safety certification. CSA is currently Canada's largest safety certification organization, but also the world's best-known security certification organizations. It pairs of machinery, building materials, electrical appliances, computer equipment, office equipment, environmental protection, health care fire safety, sports and entertainment, etc. for all types of products safety certification. CSA has thousands of vendors around the world provide a certification service, 100 million every year on the CSA mark with the product in North American markets 2, CSA in Canada and the United States flag Before 1992 by the CSA-certified products can only be marketed in Canada, while the products you want to enter the U.S. market, but also the United States must obtain the relevant certification. CSA International is now the U.S. federal government has been recognized as a nationally recognized testing laboratory. This means that Canada and the United States according to the standard of your product testing and certification, while ensuring that your certification by the Federal, state, provincial and local government recognition. With the CSA effective product safety certification, you want to enter the world's most tenacious and the vast North American market will be easy in. CSA can help your products quickly and effectively into the United States and Canadian market. CSA International will apply for certification process by eliminating the duplication of procedures to help manufacturers save time and money. For the vendors, have to do is make an application, provide a set of samples and payment of a fee, but has received safety signs can be federal, state, provincial, and from New York to Los Angeles local levels and recognition. CSA International will work with firms to work together to provide a high-quality, secure and reliable certification program. In North America and around the world, CSA people with integrity and skill to win people's trust CSA International has four labs in Canada. From 1992 to 1994, they all have access to "The U.S. Government Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration" (OSHA) official recognition. According to OSHA rules, to gain this recognition, it can be recognized as a national testing laboratory, for a series of products according to more than 360 U.S. ANSI / UL standards for testing and certification. The CSA International testing and certification of products, were identified as fully in line with standard requirements can be sold in the market between the U.S. and Canada To obtain certification in North America not only saving time and money, provinces, simply complete an application, provide a sample, to pay one-time costs. With the CSA, step to help you break into the China market. CSA in this convenient testing and certification services, excluding access to the two different authentication required for duplication of testing and evaluation. This will undoubtedly reduce the manufacturers in product certification, tracking, testing and re-testing costs, while saving valuable time, and without the need for manufacturers and certification bodies to deal with a variety of troubles, so as to achieve a multiplier effect 3, CSA Application Procedure Description 1. Will provide a preliminary application form duly completed, together with all related products (including all electrical components and plastic materials) together with the specification and technical data to the CSA International. 2. CSA International will be determined according to the specific circumstances of product certification costs, and then notify the applicant company by fax. 3.3., Upon application, the company confirmed, it will send a formal application form and notice, the notice includes the following requirements: a. after the signing of a formal application form, wire transfer certification costs (which can be paid in RMB) to the office. b. notices will test the sample sent to a designated location. 4. The designated laboratory will carry out certification work on time. 5. Certification testing is completed, the applicant will be issued a preliminary report (Findings Letter), setting out in detail as follows: a. what is required to improve the product mix in order to meet the standards. b. should be used to complete the certification report, other information. c. Please review the certification records of applicant company (Certification Record) content of the draft d. CSA certification marks, as well as to obtain the required marks method. e. product required for the factory testing (Factory Tests). 6. CSA International will apply for the company's answer to the above fifth to be assessed. 7. At the same time as CSA International will be the preparation of a product reference and track the inspection report with the certification (Certification Report). 8. By this stage, in some cases, CSA International to the factory to factory to the initial assessment (Initial Factory Evaluation), referred to as IFE. 9. Finally CSA International will be recorded, together with the certification (Certification Record) issued a certificate (Certification of Compliance) authorize the application in its products with CSA certification mark. 10. Applicant wants to CSA International to sign a service agreement (Service Agreement), to indicate to the factory two sides agreed to CSA International for product-tracking test. Applicant company to pay an annual fee each year (Annual Fee) to maintain the agreement.
