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Quality
and
Standards,
in
Electronics
by offering a system whereby product conformity tests (mainly concerned
with testing to standards for safety in electrical equipment) that have been
carried out in one country are immediately recognized (and accepted) in
other countries.
The CB scheme is administered by the International Electrotechnical
Commission system for conformity testing to standards for safety of
Electrical Equipment (IECEE) and there are now over 20 countries
partaking in the scheme, the major ones being: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, ...