The Certification Division (DCE) has the role to control the whole INERIS certification and third-expertise activities (including the health hazards evaluation).
It includes 2 units:
EQEN: Equipment and services with the companies
This unit is in charge of:
- the equipment certification in the field of the directive 94/9/EC relating to the explosive atmospheres (ATEX),
- the equipment certification in the field of the directive Machines 2006/42/EC
- the certification of companies involved in associated services relating to the installation, maintenance and ATEX equipment repair.
PNEO: Products and new technologies
This unit is in charge of:
- the certification of the explosive and pyrotechnical products in accordance with the directives 93/15/EEC (Explosive of civil use) and 2007/23/EC (pyrotechnical Articles)
- the classification of the dangerous goods within the meaning of regulation TDG(Transportation of Dangerous Goods)
- the certification in relation to the reliability, the lightning protection and the EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)
- the development of new certification in the eco-innovations (eco-technologies, tests center …)
The DCE also controls certification in the field of metrology of the environment.
Various fields of certification of the INERIS:
- ATEX/IECEx/ISM-ATEX/Saqr-ATEX
- Explosive and pyrotechnical products (French)
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods (French)
- Reliability/SIL-INERIS (French)
- Quali-SIL (French)
- Protection to lightning/QUALIFOUDRE (French)
- Electromagnetic Compatibility (French)
- Eco-technologies and tests center (French)
- Metrology of the environment/NF Instrumentation for the environment (French)
- Certification Marks (French)
- Certification Reference Frames And Associated Documents (French)