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= Introduction =

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This page provides some information to the Vendor about how to prepare for the CEC Assessment.

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It lists some evidences typically requested during the CEC Assessment.

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Note that the CEC Assessor is not limited to request only the evidences listed below, and that it is within the CEC Assessor's sole discretion to decide which evidences need to be provided to give the CEC Assessor sufficient confidence.

= Audit Schedule =

Also see [[X0200 - Overview of the CEC Certification Process>>doc:StartPage.X0200 - Overview of the CEC Certification Process.WebHome]] for an overview of the CEC Certification Process.

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A typical CEC Assessment follows this schedule:

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|=When?|=What?

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|Prior to the audit|Vendor provides the completed cecAP

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| |CEC Assessor schedules the CEC Assessment

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00:15 h administrative items:

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* Verification of audit scope, production sites, products

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cecAP worksheet AP Program:

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* RE020 - Change Management

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** Change Control Procedure

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** Change Notification Procedure

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** Evidences that these procedures are applied to changes of product, process, and material supply

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* RE030 - Material Supply

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** Procedure for Material Planning Process

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** Evidence that the need for the Materials required to produce the CEC certified products in the planned quantities is periodically determined, communicated to material and component suppliers, and sufficient availability confirmed by material and component suppliers

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* RE040 - Maintain required approvals

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** Product Qualification Procedure

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** Summary report indicating full compliance of the product with the applicable CQM requirements

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** Measurement records

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** CSI letter

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* RF020 to RF050

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** If you used the CEC LCA support service, the only evidence needed is the completed cecLQRF

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** If you did not use the CEC LCA support service, but calculated the indicators yourself or using external support, access to the full documentation of the calculations and systems used is required.

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cecAP worksheet AP Metrics:

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Note: The below list applies in case you have used the CEC LCA support service. If you did not use the CEC LCA support service, but calculated the indicators yourself or using external support, full access to the system used to conduct the calculations is required.

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* RF110 - Total Electricity Consumption

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** List of electricity bills covering the 12 month period reported in the cecLQRF

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** Individual electricity bills

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* RF120 - Non-renewable Energy Consumption

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** Renewable Energy Certificates, if any were purchased

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** Confirmation from the electricity provider about renewable content of the electricity provided, if any renewable electricity was purchased

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** Records of renewable electricity generated on site

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** Note that the LCA calculation system we use to calculate the cumulative energy demand values includes assumptions for the standard electricity gridmix for countries and some regions within countries. If this is the only renewable content claimed, you do not need to provide any evidences beyond the cecLQRF.

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* RF130 - Total Material Consumption

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* RF140 to RF160 - Non-renewable, non-recycled, not-from-reclaimed-waste Material Consumption

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* RF210 - Halogen Content of the Finished Product

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* RF305 - Production Waste into landfill or incineration

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* RF310 - Total Production Waste