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Northern Ireland (EU)
Industrial Science Centre
Department of Economic Development
17 Antrim Road
Lisburn
County Antrim BT2 3AL
Finland (EU)
Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
Automation/Electrotechnical Testing
Otakaari 7B, Espoo
P.O. Box 13051
FIN'-02044 VTT
Norway (non-EU)
Norges Elektriske Materiellkontroll (NEMKO)
Postboks 73 Blindern
N-0314 Os10 3
Austria (EU)
Bundesversuchs-und-Forschungsanstalt Arsenal (BVFA)
Faradaygasse 3
A-1030 Wein Austria
Technischer merwachungs-Verein Ostereich (m-A)
Krugerstrasse 16
A-1015 Wein Austria
Sweden (EU)
Swedish National Testing and Research Institute (SP)
Box 857
S-501 15 Boras Sweden
It will be noted that in the case of the Industrial Science Centre in Northern
Ireland no set of initials is given after the title. This is significant as the
initials are those which appear on the certificates issued by the approved
bodies. The reason for this lies in the slightly unusual nature of the relation-
ship between Great Britain and Northern Ireland in that British legislation
in this area does not apply to Northern Ireland, which results in the need
for an approved body in Northern Ireland even though that organization
has no plans to issue any certificates and it certainly does not at present.
It might also be thought odd that the Safety in Mines Research Estab-
lishment or its successor, the Health and Safety Laboratory, is not present
despite its long history of expertise in this area. This is because it was
part of the British Civil Service (Government Service). The current Govern-
ment associated body is the Electrical Equipment Certification Service which
comes from the same roots and has access to the same expertise as did the
Safety in Mines Research Establishment. Some of the listed bodies have
logos and these are shown in Fig. 1.4 to assist in their recognition.
The certificates issued by all of these approved bodies have exactly
the same forrnat which assists in their usage whatever their source.
They identify the equipment certified, together with its certification code