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AEN/CTC 001 About us

AENOR, as a Products Certification Entity, develops this activity through sectorial Technical Committees of Certification. The reason of these committees is to issue technical reports to the direction of AENOR on aspects that have to do with the certification of the products of the proper industry. 

To ensure fairness, objectivity and transparency of the certification process, and provide the necessary market confidence in the products that are offered with the AENOR Mark, it is imperative that the membership of each Committee is balanced between the parties involved: administration, consumers, users , manufacturers, laboratories...


membership of each Committee is balanced between the parties involved: administration, consumers, users , manufacturers, laboratories
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Following this model, AENOR has nearly 100 Technical Certification Committees. The number 001 is the Technical Plastics Certification Committee: CTC-001, representing the following entities and organizations, public and private.

                        CTC-001 members:

Public authorities and research centers:
  • Building Ministry / MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment / MINISTERIO PARA LA TRANSICIÓN ECOLÓGICA Y EL RETO DEMOGRÁFICO MINISTERIO PARA LA TRANSICIÓN ECOLÓGICA Y EL RETO DEMOGRÁFICO 
  • Institute of Science and Technology of Polymers / INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA DE POLÍMEROS
  • Agricultural Technical Institute of Castilla and León / INSTITUTO TÉCNICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN
  • Scientific Research Council / CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC)
  • Eduardo Torroja Institute of Science Building / INSTITUTO EDUARDO TORROJA DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN

Consumers and users:
  • Spanish Association of Gas / ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DEL GAS (SEDIGAS)
  • Association of Electricians and plumbers/ CONFEDERACIÓN NACIONAL DE ASOCIACIONES DE EMPRESAS DE FONTANERÍA, GAS, CALEFACCIÓN, CLIMATIZACIÓN, PROTECCIÓN CONTRA INCENDIOS, ELECTRICIDAD Y AFINES (CONAIF)
  • EMPRESA DE TRANSFORMACIÓN AGRARIA, S.A. (TRAGSA)
  • State Society of Agricultural Infrastructure/ SOCIEDAD ESTATAL DE INFRAESTRUCTURAS AGRARIAS (SEIASA)
  • Superior College Council of Architects of Spain / CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE COLEGIOS DE ARQUITECTOS DE ESPAÑA
  • Superior College Council of Technical Architects of Spain / CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE APAREJADORES Y ARQUITECTOS TÉCNICOS

Organisations and laboratories:
  • AENOR Certification Body (secretariat of the Committee)
  • Spanish Association of Plastic Industry / ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE INDUSTRIALES DE PLÁSTICOS (ANAIP) 
  • Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Plastic Pipes and Fittings / ASOCIACION ESPAÑOLA DE FABRICANTES DE TUBOS Y ACCESORIOS PLASTICOS (ASETUB)
  • CEIS Laboratory / CENTRO DE ENSAYOS, INNOVACION Y SERVICIOS, S.L. (Laboratory CEIS)
  • National Association of Rubber Industry / CONSORCIO NACIONAL DE INDUSTRIALES DEL CAUCHO
  • Independent technical expert

Manufacturers:
  • Manufacturers with AENOR plastic Mark on CTC-001

UNE:
  • Spanish Association for Standardisation/ ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE NORMALIZACIÓN (UNE)
  • AENOR Standardization Committee (CTN-53 AENOR)

AEN/CTC-001 Purposes

The two main purposes of the Technical Certification Committees are:

1.       To develop Specific Rules, documents that define the requirements that the manufacturer and the product must comply with, in order to carry out the AENOR certified product Mark.
These Rules determinate the applicable certification system, the activities and frequency to be performed for granting the AENOR certificate.
The certification system generally used and represented in the picture, includes the following most common activities:

- Management Quality System audit in accordance with the sections of the UNE-EN ISO 9001 standard that the Committee has considered necessary.

- Factory inspection of manufacturing and certified product.

- Product testing in accordance with the applicable standards in an external laboratory.

These Regulations also define the controls carried out by the manufacturer on the production and its frequency, in order to verify continuously that the products fit to the specifications.
Every AENOR system certification product necessarily includes monitoring compliance with the referenced standards during the period of validity of the certificate. During the maintenance visits, the control of the compliance made by the manufacturer is checked, as it is provided in the applicable Specific Rules.

2.       The technical evaluation reports after management system quality audit, product inspection the tests results in the initial process and during maintenance process, by applying the Specific Rules.

Verification that the results reflected in these reports comply with requirements specified in the applicable standards is done during the committee meetings, and always in a confidential way. Unless the Committee Secretariat and the representative of AENOR, nobody knows who owns the file being analyzed.
The Committee finally issues the technical proposal adopted in each case to the General Manager of AENOR.



Proceso de certificación de productos de AENOR
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Accreditation

The certification system for plastic pipes and fittings used by AENOR is accredited by both, ENAC and SANAS, and therefore is audited annually by experts of these entities:

​1. ​ENAC (National Accreditation Body) .

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Scope of accreditation of ENAC: 1/C-PR271 (from page 6)

Scope of accreditation of ENAC: 1/C-PR271 (from page 5)
2. ​SANAS (South African National Accreditation System). ​The list of standards accredited by SANAS is:
  • ​SANS 16422 PVC-O pipes
  • SANS 15874-1,2,3,5 PPR polypropylene pipes, fittings and systems
  • SANS 15875-1,2 PEX cross-linked polyethylene pipes
  • SANS 15876-1,2,3,5 Polybutylene pipes, fittings and systems PB
  • SANS 4427-2,3 Pipe, fitting and conduction system made of polyethylene (PE)
  • SANS 21003-1,2,3,5 PERT and PEX multilayer systems
  • SANS 14236 Compression joints of polyethylene (PE) accessories
  • SANS 8770 Polyethylene (PE) evacuation tube, fitting and system
  • SANS 22391-1,2,3,5 Pipe, accessory and conduction system of temperature-resistant polyethylene (PE-RT)
  • SANS 15877-1,2,3,5 Tube, accessory and conduction system of chlorinated PVC (PVC-C)



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