Version 1.4 by Uwe Trueggelmann on 2025-01-07
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1 = Introduction =
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3 This page provides some information to the Vendor about how to prepare for the CEC Assessment.
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5 It lists some evidences typically requested during the CEC Assessment.
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7 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.
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9 = CEC Assessment =
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11 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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13 A typical CEC Assessment follows this schedule and requires at least these evidences:
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16 |=When?|=What?
17 |Prior to the audit|Vendor provides the completed cecAP
18 | |CEC Assessor schedules the CEC Assessment
19 |Start of CEC Assessment|(((
20 00:15 h administrative items:
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22 * Verification of audit scope, production sites, products
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24 |Start of CEC Assessment + 00:15 h|(((
25 cecAP worksheet AP Program:
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27 * RE020 - Change Management
28 ** Change Control Procedure
29 ** Change Notification Procedure
30 ** Evidences that these procedures are applied to changes of product, process, and material supply
31 * RE030 - Material Supply
32 ** Procedure for Material Planning Process
33 ** 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
34 * RE040 - Maintain required approvals
35 ** Product Qualification Procedure
36 ** Summary report indicating full compliance of the product with the applicable CQM requirements
37 ** Measurement records
38 ** CSI letter
39 * RF020 to RF050
40 ** If you used the CEC LCA support service, the only evidence needed is the completed cecLQRF
41 ** 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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43 |Start of CEC Assessment + 01:45 h|(((
44 cecAP worksheet AP Metrics:
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46 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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48 * RF110 - Total Energy Consumption
49 ** List of electricity bills covering the 12 month period reported in the cecLQRF
50 ** Individual electricity bills
51 ** Evidence for the transport of materials and components as reported in the cecLQRF, at least a list of deliveries and how they were transported from the manufacturer of the material to the site. For antenna inlays ensure that the transport of the material from the plastic film manufacturer to the inlay manufacturer is also included.
52 * RF120 - Non-renewable Energy Consumption
53 ** Renewable Energy Certificates, if any were purchased
54 ** Confirmation from the electricity provider about renewable content of the electricity provided, if any renewable electricity was purchased
55 ** Records of renewable electricity generated on site
56 ** 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.
57 * RF130 - Total Material Consumption
58 ** Measurement records supporting the data you provided in the cecLQRF (dimension, mass)
59 ** Yield records
60 * RF140 to RF160 - Non-renewable, non-recycled, not-from-reclaimed-waste Material Consumption
61 ** Unless the material is CEC certified:
62 *** Documented information from the material supplier regarding renewable, recycled, recovered waste content of the material
63 *** 3rd party confirmation of renewable, recycled, recovered waste content of the material, if available
64 * RF210 - Halogen Content of the Finished Product
65 ** Unless the default values provided in the cecLQRF were used, measurement records
66 * RF305 - Production Waste into landfill or incineration
67 ** If you claim that your production waste is recycled, then you need to provide the following:
68 *** Records showing the amount of production waste shipped to the recycling provider, summary and individual delivery notes
69 *** Confirmation from the recycling provider of the amounts received
70 *** Confirmation from the recycling provider of the amounts actually recycled
71 *** Evidences that the recycling provider actually recycles the materials received, such as photos or videos, about the recycling process and the resulting products demonstrating that the production waste supplied from the Vendor is actually processed by the recycling provider and into what.
72 * RF310 - Total Production Waste
73 ** Records showing the total amount of production waste for the time period reported in the cecLQRF
74 * RF320 - Product Mass
75 ** Weight Measurement record
76 * RF400 - CO2e Footprint
77 ** If you used the CEC LCA Support Service then the cecLQRF suffices as evidence, otherwise full access to the system that has determined the CO2e Footprint reported in the cecAP is required during the assessment.
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79 |Start of CEC Assessment + 03:30 h|(((
80 Recap of findings and required additional evidences
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82 |Start of CEC Assessment + 04:00 h|Closure of CEC Assessment
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84 Vendor provides additional evidences.
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86 Vendor provides corrective action plan.
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88 |After completion of the corrective actions at the Program Level|CEC issues CEC Certificate
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91 = Evidences to typically prepare for the CEC Assessment =
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