Certification mark

A certification mark on a commercial product may indicates several things: * The existence of a follow-up or product certification agreement between the manufacturer of a product and an organization with national accreditation for both testing and certification, * Legal evidence that the product was successfully tested in accordance with a nationally accredited standard, * Legal assurance the accredited certification organization has ensured that the item that was successfully tested is identical to that which is being offered for sale, * Legal assurance that the successful test has resulted in a certification listing, which is considered public information, which sets out the tolerances and conditions of use for the certified product, to enable compliance with the law through listing and approval use and compliance, * Legal assurance that the manufacturer is being regularly audited by the certification organization to ensure the maintenance of the original process standard that was employed in the manufacture of the test specimen that passed the test.

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Conformance mark

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