INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION IECEx On Line CoC System, New Features, Updates, Reminders September 2013 Wal Robson IECEx Secretariat wal.robson@iecex.com 1
IECEx On Line Certificate System Update Membership Present Schemes Countries (31) Equipment Scheme (ExCBs 44 + ExTLs 50) Service Facilities Scheme (ExCBs 13) Conformity Mark License System (ExCBs 14) Personnel Competence (ExCBs 7) Each Scheme has more ExCBs under review 2
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IECEx CoC Major Updates 5
IECEx CoC Major Updates A major update completed this year includes the following: Preventing CoCs to be made current if - The field Approved for issue on behalf of the IECEx Certification Body is empty. The field Position is empty. They do not have a linked ExTR or QAR. The linked ExTR or QAR is still in draft form. 6
IECEx CoC Major Updates Error messages If an attempt is made to make a CoCs current when the field Approved for issue on behalf of the IECEx Certification Body is empty, the following message is displayed. 7
IECEx CoC Major Updates Error messages If an attempt is made to make a CoCs current when the field Position is empty, the following message is displayed. 8
IECEx CoC Major Updates Error messages If an attempt is made to make a CoC current when it does not have a linked ExTR the following message is displayed. 9
IECEx CoC Major Updates Error messages If an attempt is made to make a CoC current when it does not have a linked QAR the following message is displayed. 10
IECEx CoC Major Updates Error messages If an attempt is made to make a CoCs current when The linked ExTR is still in draft form the following message is displayed. 11
IECEx CoC Major Updates Error messages If an attempt is made to make a CoCs current when The linked QAR is still in draft form the following message is displayed. 12
IECEx CoC Major Updates Improve messages and navigation between programs when an ExCB attempts to navigate to a Scheme for which they are not endorsed. Example SIRIM are endorsed for Certified Services and Personnel. If when logged on to one of these Schemes they attempt to navigate to Equipment or Mark the following appears- 13
IECEx CoC Major Updates Improve export to Excel features Equipment Scheme 14
IECEx CoC Major Updates Improve export to Excel features Equipment Scheme 15
IECEx CoC Major Updates Improve export to Excel features Equipment Scheme 16
IECEx CoC Major Updates Improve export to Excel features Certified Services Scheme 17
IECEx CoC Major Updates Improve export to Excel features Certified Services Scheme 18
IECEx CoC Major Updates Improved export to Excel features-examples of files Equipment Export to Excel file Certified Services Export to Excel file Conformity Mark Export to Excel file Personnel Export to Excel file 19
IECEx CoC Major Update under development Printing Certificates to PDF directly from the Website - Equipment Certificates This feature is under development. It has reached the testing stage. The following is an example of expected output. 20
IECEx CoC Major Update under development Printing Certificates to PDF directly from the Website - Equipment Certificates 21
IECEx Reminder of Features introduced previously Document ExTAG/245/INF IECEx On Line Website Update: ExCBs QARs out of date and ExCBs CoCs with QARs out of date. Document ExTAG/164/INF Scheduling of Surveillance Assessments + Re Assessments for the IECEx 02 Certified Equipment Scheme. Operational Document OD 009 IECEx Certified Equipment Scheme, Procedures for the Issuing of IECEx Certificates of Conformity, IECEx Test Reports and IECEx Quality Assessment Reports Operational Document OD 011 (Series) Guidance on Use of the IECEx Internet based On Line Certificate of Conformity System Operational Document OD 033 Unit Verification Certificates 22
Locating ExTAG Documents on Website WWW.iecex.com, go to Members Area/Committee Docs click on ExTAG Open ExTAG/245/INF Use same procedure for ExTAG/164/INF 23
WWW.iecex.com, go to Members Area/Committee Docs click on Operation (OD) Locating Operational Documents on Website Locate OD from list and open Use same procedure for other ODs 24
IECEx Website New Look 25
IECEx Reminder of Features introduced previously Following request from ExCBs the Secretariat arranged for two major features to be added to the IECEx On-line website to provide separate listings for the following: ExCBs, QARs out of date ExCBs, CoCs with QARs out of date Each ExCBs are only able to view their own lists. Guidance is provided in Document ExTAG/245/INF 26
ExCB view QARs out of date 27
ExCB view QARs out of date 28
ExCB view CoCs, with QARs out of date 29
ExCBs, QARs out of date All ExCBs have been requested to review their list of out of date QARs and arrange for the surveillance audits of manufacturers (where these have not been done), as a priority and then update the on-line QARs When the QAR is updated and no longer out of date, it will be automatically removed from the QAR, out of date list 30
ExCBs, QARs out of date Also when the QAR is updated any associated CoCs will be removed from the ExCBs, CoCs with QARs out of date list automatically. Note: A CoC may have multiple QARs attached and more than one QAR may need to be updated before the CoC is automatically removed from the list. 31
ExCBs, QARs out of date It is noted that some QARs will never be updated. The reasons for this include the following: The CoC has been cancelled. Another ExCB has taken over the surveillance of the manufacturer. The ExCB has raised another QAR to supersede the original QAR. In such cases ExCBs are requested to advise the IECEx Secretariat and if it can be shown that the QAR will never be updated and all Current CoCs linked to the now out of date QAR have been updated and linked to a valid QAR, the Secretariat can remove the QAR from the ExCBs QAR, out of date list. 32
Secretariat can remove the QAR from the ExCBs QAR, out of date list. 33
ExCBs, QARs out of date Also when a QAR has been removed from an EXCBs ExCBs, QARs out of date list any linked CoCs will be removed from the ExCBs, CoCs with QARs out of date list. 34
ExCBs, QARs out of date In accordance with Document ExTAG_245_Inf, the Secretariat has been working with ExCBs providing assistance with the review of Out of date QARs and removing them from the ExCBs Out of date list as they will no longer be updated. A list of the ExCBs, QARs concerned and CoCs reviewed are contained in the following Table. ExCB No of QARs No. of CoCs ExCB No of QARs No. of CoCs BAS 7 29 SP 1 1 BKI 5 46 TPS 1 2 BVS 3 20 TSA 2 3 CCVE 1 2 TUN 2 12 CQM 2 2 TUR 3 24 CSA 5 15 UL 5 20 FME 2 2 ULD 7 22 FMG 2 6 ITS 2 5 KTL 1 2 LCIE 4 17 Totals QARs=70 CoCs=276 PTB 3 21 SIM 3 6 SIR 9 19 35
IECEx Reminder of Features introduced previously Document ExTAG/164/INF Scheduling of Surveillance Assessments + Re Assessments for the IECEx 02 Certified Equipment Scheme. The Document Draws ALL ExCBs ATTENTION to the requirements of IECEx Operational Document OD 025, regarding the need to conduct Surveillance assessments of manufacturers within the 3 year validity period of IECEx Quality Assessment Reports (QARs) The process for handling the situation where a manufacturer decides to change ExCB for their site assessments and hence new QAR Changing ExCBs for QARs is considered a technical change to the certification. 36
IECEx Reminder of Features introduced previously Operational Document OD 009 IECEx Certified Equipment Scheme, Procedures for the Issuing of IECEx Certificates of Conformity, IECEx Test Reports and IECEx Quality Assessment Reports OD 009 indicates that it is the responsibility of the ExCB creating the original CoC to keep it up to date. The following is an extract from OD 009 Certification Maintenance begins, with the ExCB issuing the IECEx Certificate of Conformity being responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the certificate- 37
IECEx Reminder of Features introduced previously Operational Document OD 011 (Series) Guidance on Use of the IECEx Internet based On Line Certificate of Conformity System OD 011 consists of five parts as follows: OD 011, Guidance on Use of the IECEx Internet based On-Line Certificate of Conformity System Part 1: General Information Part 2: Creating IECEx Equipment Certificates of Conformity CoCs Part 3: Creating IECEx Service Facility Certificates of Conformity CoCs Part 4: Creating IECEx Conformity Mark Licenses Part 5: Creating Certificates of Personnel Competence CoPCs 38
IECEx Reminder of Features introduced previously The IECEx Secretariat has been asked questions related to a feature introduced previously. This is Unit verification CoCs. Therefore as a reminder all information is available on the website in the following documents: IECEx Operational Document OD 033 Document ExTAG/214/INF Document Special Addendum to OD 011 Part 2 39
IECEx Reminder of Features introduced previously Operational Document OD 033 Unit Verification Certificates The OD contains the following Section 1 Procedures for issuing an IECEx Unit Verification Certificate Section 2 Changes to products covered by IECEx Unit Verification Certificates Annex A Documentation checklist for applications IECEx Unit Verification Certificate In addition some important items to remember are as follows: An IECEx Certificate covering Unit Verification can be issued for a Defined number of items under a single production run. IECEx Unit Verification Certificates do not cover future production runs. No limit to the number of Units permitted to be covered, BUT all serial numbers or other individual identifications SHALL be listed on the IECEx certificate. A Full and complete ExTR to be issued, according to IECEx 02. New issues of Issued Unit Verification CoCs are NOT permitted. 40
IECEx On Line Certificate System Update IECEx Secretariat support activity Adding U to Equipment CoC Editing of CoCs Reset to Draft to allow editorial corrections Deletion of unwanted draft CoCs, ExTRs and QARs Cancellation/Suspension of CoCs - On-going Secretariat Surveillance review of CoCs and out of date QARs 41
IECEx On Line Certificate System Update The assistance requested by ExCBs include the following: a) Requests (133) to add U to Equipment Component CoCs. This provides a very good opportunity for the Secretariat to continue the review of CoCs at an early stage of creation. b) Requests (77) to reset CoCs to draft to allow editing after the initial 14 day editing period. This is only allowed after a detailed review of the CoC. c) Requests (5) to Suspend CoCs or reset Suspended CoCs to Current. d) Requests (37) to Cancel CoCs. e) Requests (198) to delete unwanted CoCs, ExTRs and QARs. f) Correction of ExTRs. g) Change of ExCB name, address or logo, requiring changes to the ExCB profile. h) Scope extensions. i) Change of CoC number (with help from IEC IT Administrator). 42
IECEx On Line Certificate System Update The IECEx Secretariat wishes to thank all ExCBs for their prompt assistance and cooperation to date and their understanding of the value in maintaining an up to date On Line Certificate System. Also do not hesitate to contact the IECEx Secretariat for any assistance. 43
IECEx On Line Certificate System Update THANK YOU Any questions? 44