Why you should use pipes and fittings with Mark AENOR

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What’s the meaning of the Mark N over a plastic pipe or fitting?

AENOR certifies that the pipe or fitting complies with the applicable standard, so certification allows increasing the level of confidence of the user in the product he’s buying.

For that, the manufacturer, that must have implemented a management quality system according to UNE-EN ISO 9001, makes an application to AENOR to carry out periodic audits in his factory, inspections of the production control and test with some samples of every kind of product that wish to certify.

How to recognize a pipe or fitting with
AENOR certification in the market?

A pipe or fitting with AENOR certification has to be rightly identified with the AENOR Mark logo N, the reference to the applicable standard and the additional required information.

How long does it take a manufacturer to obtain the AENOR product certification for a plastic pipe or fitting since he applies for it?

The AENOR Certificate isn’t a paper that manufacturer obtains paying a rate to AENOR, just the day after a user or client asks for it. 

Nothing is further from reality. If all the process is conform from the beginning, it takes between four and seven months to obtain the AENOR Certificate, depending on the kind of product and the duration of the tests.

That AENOR Certificate is not granted indefinitely?

The surveillance is continuous. After six months since the granting of AENOR Certificate, the manufacturer receives the first follow up inspection with sampling to carry out tests in the laboratory.

Later, yearly, two visits per year are performed: one to audit the quality system and other to do a specific product inspection with sampling to test in our laboratory according to the applying standards.

That AENOR withdraws certificates too?

The AENOR Mark and the rigor applied in the certification processes are the main patrimony of AENOR. If during annual checks or market inspections, it’s detected that one product doesn’t satisfy the requirements; AENOR withdraws the certification to the manufacturer, according to our regulations.

That the AENOR certification
processes are strictly controlled by an
external entity? With other words: Who
is auditing to the certifier?

The scheme used by † to certify plastic pipes and fittings is accredited by ENAC, the Spanish member of the IAF. 

So it’s yearly audited by experts of the National Accreditation Entity.
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