C0300a - Undergoing the CEC Assessment

To register an Environmental Claim for CEC Certification, follow this process:

1. Following completion of the Request CEC Certification process, the Vendor receives an expanded cecQAF from CEC Administration.
2. The Vendor enters the required additional information into the expanded cecQAF, following the guidance defined here.
3. The Vendor submits the cecQAF with the completed information to CEC Administration using the e-mail contact@cecocert.com.
4. CEC Administration reviews the cecQAF and informs the Vendor of the result, either requesting additional or corrected information, or informing the Vendor that the cecQAF is ready for the CEC Assessment.
5. Once CEC Administration determines that the cecQAF is ready for the CEC Assessment, CEC Administration schedules the CEC Assessment with the Vendor.
6. The Vendor prepares the evidences, following the guidance defined here.
7. A CEC Assessor conducts the CEC Assessment of the Vendor, and issues a list of corrective actions to the Vendor, if found necessary.
8. Once the Vendor has completed the corrective actions, the Vendor reports to the CEC Assessor accordingly.
9. The CEC Assessor reviews the evidence for completion of the corrective actions, optionally schedules and conducts a follow-up CEC Assessment with the Vendor.
10. Once the CEC Assessor determines sufficient compliance of the cecQAF, the Vendor forwards the cecQAF to CEC Indicator calculation followed by CEC Certification.