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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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  After signing the NDA, the cecQAF is used progressively throughout the CEC Certification Process of a Vendor's sustainable product, throughout the different phases of the CEC Certification Process:
  |=Phase|=Function of the cecQAF|=
--|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|
--|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)|
--|CEC Assessment|Assessment Record, Corrective Action Plan|
++|[[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>>||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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  ==== Evidence to retain for the assessment ====
--You need to demonstrate the following to have your claims for recycling accepted:
++You need to demonstrate the following to have your claims for recycling of production waste accepted:
  * You maintain records about your production waste, including waste categories differentiating different types of plastics (unless you only use one type of plastic) and other materials (like paper or packaging materials)
  * The amounts of production waste you claim are recylced correlate reasonably with the amounts of waste expected from your production, for example for card producers the amounts of waste resulting from rejects and punch grids/skeletons
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  * You have evidence of shipping the correct amounts of material to your recycling provider
  * Your recycling provider confirms receipt of the amounts
  * Your recycling provider provides evidence about the recycling process and the products your production waste is recycled into
++* If you have no historic data because your recycling process is new, then reasonable assumptions may be found acceptable during the CEC Assessment.
  === Product EOL waste recycling quota ===
  ==== Information to enter ====
--If you recycle the product waste at end of life of a specific Product produced in a specific Site, and you request CEC Certification for the Product and Site combination, then you can enter the recycling quota in % for the Product EOL waste.
++If you recycle the product waste at end of life of a specific Product produced in a specific Site, and you request CEC Certification for the Product and Site combination, then you can enter the recycling quota in % for the Product EOL (EOL = End of Life) waste.
++The recycling quota is the recycled mass from the product EOL waste specific to that that product divided by the total mass of the product EOL waste of that specific product.
--The recycling quota is the recycled mass from the production waste specific from producing that type of product (for example PVC card) divided by the total mass of the production waste from producing that type of product.
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--Note that production waste containing plastic material usually has to be sorted by material type (PVC, PET, PETG) to allow for effective recycling.
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  During the CEC Assessment the feasability of the recycling approach is verified.
  ==== Evidence to retain for the assessment ====
++You need to demonstrate the following to have your claims for recycling of product EOL waste accepted:
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++* You have control of the collection process, and reasonable assumptions about the effort the collection takes
++* You have evidence about the collected amounts of material
++* You have evidence that the collected amounts of material have been forward to recycling providers
++* Your recycling provider confirms receipt of the amounts
++* Your recycling provider provides evidence about the recycling process and the products your production waste is recycled into
++* If you have no historic data because your recycling process is new, then reasonable assumptions may be found acceptable during the CEC Assessment.
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  == Yield Loss and Sheet Format worksheet ==
++==== Information to enter ====
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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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