Floating artifacts and voluntary certifications

Ensuring the buoyancy of floating devices is an essential issue for the local authority and tourism company. It is a guarantee of quality and safety for users.

What is

a voluntary certification?

For the marketing of floating devices (hammocks, kayaks, pedal boats, etc.) there is no EC regulation, but there may be implementing rules that allow the verification of minimum safety and user information requirements.

Similarly, for some components installed on boats, such as water tanks, there is no EC regulation either.

If a manufacturer wants to demonstrate to the market and the authorities the suitability of his product, he will need a third party certification, which ensures the independence of the certification.

Eurocontrol assesses the conformity of the product according to UNE, EN, ISO, SAE, or other countries' standards. In each case, the appropriate measurements and tests are carried out.

In the absence of applicable standards, even partially, Eurocontrol can develop specific procedures for each specific case, based on similar standards or at the manufacturer's proposal.

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Evaluation and certification of floating devices

For the marketing of floating devices (hammocks, kayaks, pedal boats,...) there is no EC regulation. If a manufacturer wants to demonstrate to the market and to the authorities the suitability of his product, he will need a third party certification, which ensures the independence of the certification.

Eurocontrol assesses the conformity to standards of floating devices according to UNE, EN, ISO, SAE, or other countries' standards. Appropriate measurements and tests are carried out in each case.

Evaluation and certification of various components

CE marking of components: Conformity assessment prior to marketing is required for the components expressly mentioned in Annex II of Directive 2013/53/EU when they are manufactured independently.

Fire protection for inboard and outboard engines.
Mechanism preventing the starting of outboard engines when any gear is engaged.
Steering wheels, steering gear and cable assemblies.
Fuel tanks and hoses.
Prefabricated portholes and hatches.

If manufactured by and for the shipbuilder's own shipyard for the vessel to be placed on the market, components 3, 4 and 5 are covered by the CE marking of the vessel.

For the marketing of boat components not included in the above list (pumps, fans, tanks, hoses, ...) there is no CE regulation. If a manufacturer wants to demonstrate to the market and to the authorities the suitability of his product he will need a third party certification, which ensures the independence of the certification.

Eurocontrol assesses the conformity to standards of various components according to UNE, EN, ISO, SAE, or other standards. Appropriate measurements and tests are carried out in each case.

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Independent reports and regularization of the situation of vessels

We carry out non-regulatory reports with different scopes and purposes

emissions of noise and gaseous from jetski

CE marking for noise and gaseous emissions

We carry out the conformity assessment of the essential design requirements required by the European Directive 2013/53/EU in its Annexes I.B and I.C. on sound and exhaust emissions for the affixing of the CE marking of the product, with a view to its commissioning or marketing in the European Common Space.

CE Marking of Recreational Craft

We carry out the evaluation of the conformity of the essential design requirements required by the European Directive 2013/53/EU for the affixing of the CE marking of the product, with a view to its commissioning or commercialization in the European Common Space.