Why do certification bodies, testing laboratories and inspection agencies have to be in an IEC member country?
Once you start getting into the management and control of the operation you need to be in a country where there is a line of responsibility to the schemes of the IEC and for that reason it hasnt been fully opened up. But that is something we are reassessing. Could the same be said for national certifying/supervisory bodies? I dont want to say too much at this stage but we are looking at ways of accommodating them. Are there any plans for expansion of the three schemes? The CAB’s policy is not to pursue expansion for the sake of expansion, but our objective is rather to remove barriers. We believe that any scheme should only be expanded into areas where there are existing national schemes that are causing barriers. If there is no national scheme, then there is no barrier. Having said that there are plenty of areas the schemes are looking at the IECEE is moving into the EMC field slowly and the IECQ is moving into photovoltaics and avionics. I tend to view the scheme on a functional basi
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