Quality assurance by ECB recognized cooperation partners
The certification procedure of the European Certification Body is based on three parts. All three together ensure that the certified product characteristics are in accordance with the European standards.
The certification procedure comprises:
- Type test
- Certification
- External quality surveillance
Type test and certification
The type test carried out at the ECB recognized laboratories and the certification are exclusively based on the requirements of the relevant European standard. Over and above that, no other requirements need to be met.
The type test and certification are above all based on the following European standards:
The recognized high security locks for installation in ECB•S certified secure storage units are documented in the Lock Guide ECB•S R01.
The type test and certification are above all based on the following European standards:
| Document No. |
Title |
Date of publication |
| EN 1143-1 |
Safes, ATM safes, strongroom doors and strongrooms |
January 2009 |
| EN 1143-2 |
Deposit systems |
December 2001 |
| EN 14450 |
Secure safe cabinets |
March 2005 |
| EN 1627 EN 1628 EN 1629 EN 1630 |
Pedestrian doorsets, windows, curtain walling, grilles and shutters |
May 2011 |
| EN 1047-1 |
Data cabinets and diskette inserts |
October 2005 |
| EN 1047-2 |
Data rooms and data containers |
April 2009 |
| EN 1300 |
High security locks |
June 2004 |
| EN 15659 |
Light fire storage units |
April 2009 |
| EN 14470-1 |
Fire safety storage cabinets for flammable liquids |
April 2004 |
| EN 14470-2 |
Fire safety storage cabinets for pressurised gas cylinders |
August 2006 |
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The recognized high security locks for installation in ECB•S certified secure storage units are documented in the Lock Guide ECB•S R01.
External quality surveillance
In accordance with its Certification Guideline, the ECBcarries out periodical external quality surveillance audits at the manufacturing plants during which it is ascertained whether production is based on the approved Technical Documentation according to the ECB•S certificate. In addition, the auditor ascertains whether the manufacturing company uses a certified quality management system according to ISO 9001 (EN ISO 9001) as a basis of production.
