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 explained below in more detail:

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 re-assessment of the product and site against the CEC Baseline valid at the time of re-assessment, and following successfully passing this re-assessment the certificate is re-issued with an expiry date extended by 12 month.

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 month.
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 Renewal process;