Technical review of Test Reports 2nd Annual Meeting of ANTAM New Delhi – 3 December 2015 Technical Reference Unit of ANTAM Sandro Liberatori, Natascia Maisano - ENAMA
Summary
▪ Targets of ANTAM
▪ Product Certification
▪ Certification Process
▪ Certification Layout
▪ Test Report
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Targets of ANTAM
▪ Promote regional efforts in sustainable agricultural mechanization
▪ Increase safety, quality and environmental aspects of agricultural machinery
▪ Facilitate trade by increasing market access
▪ Increase consumers’ confidence in agricultural machinery
▪ Promote harmonization of testing codes and standards of agricultural machinery
▪ Be a regional platform for Member Countries to exchange technologies, share knowledge, expertise and best practices to upgrade the existing testing capacity and promote quality of agricultural machinery
▪ Set up the new rules of the future subsidy policies in Asia for the agricultural machinery sector
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Advantages of the ANTAM Test Reports (Product Certification)
▪ Producer: to ensure the conformity of its production thanks to impartiality of judgment of an independent body and to guarantee more market visibility showing the certificate on the product.
▪ Trader: to give confidence to its customers by commercializing products with a known "added value" for increased reliability compared to other products.
▪ Farmer/Custom hire: to promote a conscious choice of what he buys according to his needs; correct information of the product reliability and the knowledge of the certification marks.
▪ Public Sector: to identify the best products on the markets to be linked with subsidies policies in order to spend in a more efficient way public funds.
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CERTIFICATION Third-party acknowledgment of the conformity object, person, or organization
to a particular standard or technical regulation
CERTIFICATION BODY accredited certification body (CB), is an organization accredited by a recognized
accrediting body for its competence to audit and issue certification confirming
that an organization meets the requirements of a standard
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PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
Certification of products (processes/services), regulated by the sectorial
standards or equivalents references, that directly ensures the compliance
of products (processes/services) to specific requirements. Provides for the
best guarantee on the continuity of product compliance.
PURPOSE OF PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
To provide confidence to the market about the ability of the producer to
obtain and maintain conformity of products. For this reason the conformity
mark may be used for a specific period of time.
Primary Objectives
- Offer to consumers confidence on the reliability of a certified product
- Ensure impartiality of judgment in the interest of all parts involved
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Certification Process
Request Targered
Offer
Safety and Functional
Test
Evaluation Deliberative Committee
Certificate Release
Test Report
Addition in the Official
List
Periodical Monitoring
Mechanism for safeguarding impartiality
Accredited
Test Center Assessment
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Guarantee for all stakeholders and Public sector
PRODUCT CERTIFICATE Document issued by a certification body under the sectorial
standards of product or equivalent references which provides for
a direct correspondence with defined requirements of the
product.
PECULIARITY The product certificate is specific for all products (of a given
family) made by the company. It has a specific term, may be
suspended, revoked or renewed, and is subject to periodic
surveillance.
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CONTENT OF THE PRODUCT CERTIFICATE
(see CEI EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012) The certification body shall provide the client with formal certification
documentation that clearly conveys, or permits identification of the following:
• the name and address of the certification body;
• the date certification is granted (the date shall not precede the date on
which the certification decision was completed);
• the name and address of the client;
• the scope of certification;
• the term or expiry date of certification, if certification expires after an
established period;
• any other information required by the certification scheme;
• the signature or other defined authorization of the person(s) of the
certification body assigned such responsibility.
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TEST REPORT together with a
label/mark identifying tested machines
▪ Identification of tested machine
▪ Summary of test results
▪ Simple display of test results
▪ Printed and published on websites
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▪ Facilitate farmer’s choice of machines
▪ Identify the best performing machines
▪ Identify safe machines
▪ Promote a quality use and trade of machines
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