On 27th March, Bellis released the official notice that the Certification Body shall conduct the factory inspection on-site at the product manufacturing facility, When performing EAEU certification of series manufactured products.
Details of the official notice are as follows:
1. Factory Inspection Reports
- From February 2024, factory inspection reports issued by foreign Certification Bodies in accordance with CIG023 cannot be accepted by BELLIS Certification Body.
- EAEU TR (EAC) Bellis Certificates issued before February 2024 for series manufactured products based on CIG023 factory inspection reports remain valid until their expiry date.
2. In case a certification application is submitted for products manufactured at two or more factories
- The on-site factory inspection is performed at the factory which produces the biggest range of certified products or most complex products.
- As the periodic surveillance, the on-site factory inspection is performed on the secondary factory twice during the 5 year validity period of the EAEU TR (EAC) Certificate.
- The first periodic surveillance is performed not earlier than 18 months from the EAC Certificates issue (inspection of 1st factory) date.