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7 7  |=Phase|=Function of the cecQAF|=
8 8  |Ordering CEC Services|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|
9 9  |Preparation of the CEC Assessment|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)|
10 -|CEC Assessment|Record |
10 +|CEC Assessment|Assessment Record, Corrective Action Plan|
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12 12  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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51 51  This will initiate the CEC Quotation, Invoicing, and Payment Process.
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53 +Some instructions are also given in Section 1b of the Coversheet of the cecQAF.
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53 53  Below is the description what to enter into each worksheet in the cecQAF:
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55 55  == Coversheet ==
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103 103  
104 104  For each combination of Product and Site you request a new CEC Certificate for, enter the word "New" (without the quotes) into the cell in the column corresponding to the Site, and the row corresponding to the Product. You need to request a new CEC Certificate if the combination of Product and Site had not previously been CEC Certified.
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108 +Every CEC Certificate requested as a result from this process must be correctly specified at this point in time. Additional Certificates will require completing a new cecQAF once this one has been processed.
109 +
106 106  = Prepare the CEC Assessment =
107 107  
112 +To prepare the CEC Assessment, the Vendor needs to provide accurate information about the Components, Sites, and Products.
108 108  
114 +This information will be verified during the CEC Assessment.
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116 +The Vendor is not permitted to make changes less than 5 working days before the scheduled start of the CEC Assessment.
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118 +The subsequent sections give guidance for entering the required information into the worksheet named in the heading of each section.
119 +
120 +== Coversheet ==
121 +
122 +Verify the information in the Coversheet Section 1a.
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124 +If not completed already, select the correct Unit in the tow "Unit for the Functional Unit":
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126 +* "card" for card bodies, IC Cards, personalisation solutions
127 +* IC for Integrated Circuits
128 +* ICM for IC Modules
129 +* kg for plastic films and plastic resins
130 +* If you are uncertain what to choose, e-mail [[contact@cecocert.com>>mailto:contact@cecocert.com]]
131 +
132 +Follow the instructions in section 1c.
133 +
134 +== Components worksheet ==
135 +
136 +Enter information for each component that is part of a product the Vendor intends to receive a CEC Certificate for.
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138 +All blue columns except the CEC Claim ID column must be completed.
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140 +In the CEC Claim ID column enter the CEC Claim ID granted to your supplier for this component. Check with your supplier if the component is CEC certified. If the component is not CEC certified, then leave the cell empty.
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142 +The information must be correct for the CEC Assessment to be successful.
143 +
144 +== Products worksheet ==
145 +
146 +For each Product the Vendor intends to receive a CEC Certificate for, enter:
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148 +* the Name of the Product, this is the name your company assigns to the product, for example the commercial name your company intends to market the product under. This name will be used to identify the product on the CEC Certificate.
149 +* Select the components each Product consists of, using the pull-down menu in each cell. This is the construction that will be assessed during the CEC Assessment.
150 +* If you have multiple card constructions to make one product, for example you use overlay from different suppliers when making a card, then define your primary construction (the one sold in the highest volume, or the one initially qualified) as the Product in column C, and the variants in columns D to H. Note that you will just receive one CEC Certificate for a product including its Variants, reflecting the worst case.
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152 +== Sites worksheet ==
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154 +For each Site the Vendor intends to receive a CEC Certificate for, verify the requested data, including a name for each site.
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156 +This information will be used on the CEC Certificates for this site.
157 +
158 +== Certificates worksheet ==
159 +
160 +Verify the information already entered into the worksheet. E-mail [[contact@cecocert.com>>mailto:contact@cecocert.com]] regarding changes or corrections you think you need to make to this worksheet.
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112 112  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.