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--C0241 - CEC LCA Support Query Form (cecLQF) V2 - Guidance
++C0241 - CEC Query and Assessment Form (cecQAF) Guidance

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--[[Label>>ordering||anchor="Ordering CEC Services"]]
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  = Introduction =
  The cecQAF (CEC Query and Assessment Form) is central to the CEC Certification Process.
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  |=Phase|=Function of the cecQAF|=
  |[[Ordering CEC Services>>||anchor="HOrderingCECServices"]]|Define the products and sites the vendor wants to subject to CEC Certification, and for which Product and Site combination the Vendor requests CEC Certificates|
  |[[Prepare the CEC Assessment>>||anchor="HPreparetheCECAssessment"]]|Capture the data for the Production Sites and Components, such as electricity consumption of each production site, number of product produced by each production site, sustainable content, mass, and dimensions of each Component, transport distances and types of transport (road, sea, air)|
--|CEC Assessment|Assessment Record, Corrective Action Plan|
++|[[CEC Assessment>>||anchor="HCECAssessment"]]|Record form for the CEC Assessment, Corrective Action Plan form.|
--The cecQAF replaces a range of forms used in V1 of the CEC Certification Process and the optional LCA Support Process:
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--* cecAOF - CEC Assessment Order Form - used to order a CEC Assessment
--* cecAP - CEC Assessment Plan - used to define the products to be assessed and to facilitate and formalize the CEC Assessment
--* cecLOF - CEC LCA Support Order Form - used to order LCA Support
--* cecLQF - CEC LCA Support Query Form - used to capture the input data for the CEC Indicator calculation
--* cecLCR - CEC LCA support Report form - used to communicate the results of the CEC Indicator calculation
--* cecLQRF - CEC LCA Query and Report from - used towards the end of CEC V1 to capture the input data for and communicate the results of the CEC Indicator calculation, replacing the separate cecLQF and cecLCR forms
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--In addition, the cecQAF enables the following improvements considered in CEC V2 compared to the previous forms:
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--* One form for multiple sites and multiple products, while previously each product and site combination had to be handled individually and required their own set of forms.
--* One form for multiple variants of a product, a case occurring for example when a second source for the overlay of a card was used, such construction with a second source overlay previously requiring its separate certification (and forms, and cost)
--* When using the same component in multiple sites, or for multiple products, the component data has only to be entered once, instead of previously into the forms for each product and site combination
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--Therefor, while initially appearing intimidating to some, the use of the cecQAF should provide a range of improvements and simplifications for the Vendor.
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--If you have feedback regarding this form, or these instructions, please email them to [[contact@cecocert.com>>mailto:contact@cecocert.com]].
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  The instructions described subsequently are grouped firstly by the Phase and then by the worksheet the Vendor has to complete.
  == General Guidance ==
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  The worksheets requiring the Vendor to enter data prior to the CEC Assessment have dark blue tabs.
--You can only enter information into the light blue or white fields of the various worksheets, not into the medium or dark blue fields in the vendor sections.
++You can only enter information into the light blue or white fields of the various worksheets, not into the medium or dark blue fields in the vendor sections, nor into the "not blue" sections.
  Some areas are greyed out until you enter information elsewhere. For example the fields in the Recycling worksheet are grey until you have defined that you request a certificate for the corresponding Product and Site combination; only then the corresponding fields show a light blue background.
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  ==== Information to enter ====
++The worksheet allows 2 methods to record Yield Loss. The recommended method is Method 1. Method 2 can produce more accurate results, but unless there are substantial differences in yield between products, the significant additional effort in record keeping are not justified by the typically very small differences in the resulting CEC Indicators.
++You should enter each of the requested types of Yield Loss in the respective fields.
++If you only have one overall Yield Loss number, then enter it in the row for Card format Yield Loss and leave the other two rows empty.
++=== Evidence to retain for the assessment ===
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++You at least need to maintain records showing the total amount of material issued to production, the amount of good product produced, and the amount of rejected product. The sum of the amount of good product produced and the amount of rejected product shall match the total amount of material issued to production.
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  The below text is from the V1 cecLQF form, and needs to be updated. We keep this text for the time being as it may provide some help when completing the V2 LQF form, until it is replace by an updated text.
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  |5|Additional notes:
  - The worksheet "Card Construction Summary" is determined automatically from the other worksheets. DO NOT ENTER ANY INFORMATION INTO THE "Card Construction Summary" worksheet.
  - If you find any issues with this workbook, or have any questions completing it, please e-mail the Excel workbook you are working on together with your observations or questions to uwe@trucert.com.
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++= CEC Assessment =
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