Companies certifying for LOVAG are manufacturers and importers of Industrial Low Voltage Equipment worldwide, who need type tests of high quality and reliable type test certificates. The scope of the LOVAG certification is low voltage industrial and similar equipment (including commercial and public buildings equipment) to which European directives such as the Low Voltage Directive (LVD), the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (EMC) and the Machinery Safety Directive (MD) are applicable.
Low Voltage Agreement Group (LOVAG) is a Registered Agreement Group by the European Organisation for Conformity Assessment (EOTC) and is in Conformity with the EOTC Guidelines for Agreement Groups. LOVAG's main purpose as an Agreement Group shall be for the mutual recognition of the test reports and or certificates of conformity by its signatories. LOVAG provides a service of one-stop certification for its clients that is acceptable in the European Economic Area.
It is an open agreement which any certification body complying with the LOVAG rules may join. The signatories to the Agreement are required to comply with the European Standard EN45011 before they may sign the Agreement. The laboratories used for testing are required to comply with EN ISO/IEC 17025/EN45001 before they may be accepted for testing for LOVAG certification.
Members of LOVAG
LOVAG has in total 6 members of European certification bodies, coming from different countries:
- ACAE, Bergamo, Italy
- ALPHA e.V., Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- ASEFA, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- Intertek Semko AB, Kista, Sweden
- CEBEC, Brussels, Belgium
- APPLUS+CTC, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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