Introduction to NF certification
Name of national certification body: UTE (UNION TECHNIQUE DE L’ ELECTRITE) AUX-ROSES, FRANCE UTE (UNION TECHNIQUE DE L’ Founded in 1907, ELECTRITE is a union whose initiative is to include all sectors of French electronics and electricians represented in particular by:
*ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE
*FEDERATION DES INDUSTRIQUES ET ELCTRONIQUES (Union of Electrical and Electronic Industries)
*SYNDICAT NATIONAL DES ENTREPRENEURS DE RESEAUX ET DE CONSTRUCTIONS
ELECTRIQUES (Union of Electrical Contractors for Power Grids, power Plants and Industrial Electrical Facilities)
* Department of Industry (Electronic Components)
* Department of Defense
* Department of Telecommunications
The common concern of all UTE members is to provide users with facilities, equipment and installations with the highest level of safety and quality assurance.
EDF, for its part, is focusing especially on all electricity users who have the equipment and installations best suited to their requirements.
UTE's business is:
Develop and exchange standards for electronic and electrical products and their devices and any other information relating to standards;
* Grant and administer the NF mark in compliance with the standard;
: : To contribute to international standardization efforts and to take fully into account recommendations from such efforts.
The NF flag also includes the following outside of IEC or CEE safety standards:
A. Limits on disturbance to the grid by household and similar electrical appliances with electronic devices;
B. Performance of the following household appliances:
Vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, cooking ranges, cooking utensils, ovens, washing machines, refrigerators, food freezers, room heaters, water storage heaters.
