Introduction

CEC Claims automatically expire after a set period of time.

To prevent a CEC Claim from expiring, the Vendor can follow one of two processes:

• CEC Certificate Renewal process
• CEC Certificate Extension process

The two processes are described below:

CEC Certificate Renewal process

The CEC Certificate Renewal process is the default process to extend the validity of a CEC Certificate.

The CEC Certificate Renewal process consists of a CEC re-Assessment of the product and site against the CEC Baseline valid at the time of re-assessment, and following successfully passing this CEC re-Assessment the certificate is re-issued with an expiry date extended by 12 months.

CEC Certificate Extension process

The CEC Certificate Extension process is intended as an exceptional solution in case a CEC Certificate is about to expire and the Vendor cannot accommodate a CEC Assessment near the time of expiry of the CEC Certificate.

The CEC Certificate Extension process omits a re-assessment of site and product, and results in the certificate being re-issued with an expiry date extended by 6 months.

The CEC Certificate Extension process is only available under certain conditions:

• The CEC Certificate the Vendor requests the CEC Certificate Extension for, has either been:
  • Initially granted less than 12 months ago, or
  • Renewed less than 12 months ago as the result of a CEC Certificate Renewal process;
• The Vendor confirms that the product and the site listed on the CEC Certificate are substantially unchanged since the lastest CEC (re-)Assessment;

Note that this implies that a CEC Certificate Extension cannot be directly followed by another, but that after a CEC Certificate Extension has been granted once, it must be followed by the full CEC Certificate Renewal process to prevent the CEC Certificate from lapsing.