Who holds a certificate
A UL listing, a TUV certificate or a BASEC approval is issued to a manufacturer for named constructions, sizes and standards, made at named sites. It does not travel with a trading company or a brand, and it does not cover a cable that differs in sheath compound, size range or plant. That is why the desk never describes cable as certified by Strandquay. What we do is match your market's route to a partner plant that already holds it for your construction, or plan the testing needed, and check scope and validity in the certifier's public database for every order. Legal conclusions on what your market requires stay with your test lab, customs broker, importer of record or AHJ.
Routes by market
| Market | Route | What it covers | Who holds it |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | CPR under EN 50575, DoP and CE mark | Reaction to fire of cable permanently installed in buildings; classes Aca to Fca with smoke, droplet and acidity additions | Manufacturer declares; notified body for System 1+ and 3 |
| United States | UL or other NRTL listing | Listed constructions such as THHN to UL 83, XHHW-2 to UL 44, PV Wire to UL 4703 | Partner plant, per listed construction |
| EU solar projects | TUV certificate to EN 50618 | H1Z2Z2-K solar cable constructions and sizes | Partner plant |
| United Kingdom | BASEC approval; CE or UKCA marking | BS cable types such as BS 6724, BS 5467, BS 6004 | Partner plant; product must carry the BASEC name |
| Thailand | TISI licence to TIS 11 Part 3/4 | Mandatory for covered PVC building wire and cable | Licensed plant, per model |
| Kenya, Nigeria | KEBS PVoC CoC; SONCAP PC plus SC | Each consignment, plus product certificate for SONCAP | Exporter or importer via approved bodies |
| South Africa | NRCS LoA (VC 8075, SANS 1507) | Low voltage cable sold in South Africa | A South African legal entity applies |
| Saudi Arabia | SABER PCoC plus SCoC | Product certificate (one year) plus each shipment | Importer through the SABER platform |
| China | CCC | Only PVC and rubber insulated cable up to 450/750 V | Plant, for domestic sale |
EU CPR and the DoP
For cable permanently installed in buildings in the EU, the manufacturer declares a reaction-to-fire class on a Declaration of Performance under EN 50575, for example a CPR class Cca-s1,d1,a1 declared on the DoP, and the CE mark goes on the label. Classes Aca to Cca need System 1+ with a notified body, Dca and Eca System 3, and Fca System 4. CE is a declaration, not a certification, and a CPR class describes reaction to fire only; circuit integrity is a separate test to IEC 60331 or BS 8519 per test report. In Great Britain the CE mark continues to be accepted, with UKCA optional. See fire performance classes and EU CPR, DoP and CE.
United States: listing for the AHJ
US projects usually require UL (or other NRTL) listed products to satisfy the AHJ, the inspector or authority who approves the installation. The listing is held by the partner plant for a construction such as THHN/THWN-2 to UL 83 or PV Wire to UL 4703, and the listing mark must appear on the product. AWM to UL 758 is not a substitute for field wiring. More in UL listing for US cables.
Shipment schemes in Africa and the Gulf
PVoC, SONCAP and SABER work per consignment as well as per product, so documents must be ready before loading, not after arrival. NRCS in South Africa needs a local applicant. For Latin America and the UAE, the desk does not quote a route; confirm with your importer of record. RoHS 2 covers cable in the EU; for REACH, ask the plant for the SVHC declaration your customer requires.
How to verify a certificate
- Get the certificate or file number from the plant, not a photo of a wall certificate.
- Look it up in the certifier's public database and confirm the holder name and site match the plant.
- Check scope: construction, standard, sizes, voltage and sheath compound must cover your cable.
- Check validity dates and any suspension notice.
- Confirm the cable print carries the right mark, such as the BASEC name or listing mark, on the drums at inspection.
Certificates also change between orders. A plant may move a line to a new site, switch sheath compound or let a listing lapse, and any of these can take your cable outside the scope that was valid last year. The desk therefore repeats the lookup for repeat orders and asks the plant to confirm in writing that the construction, compound and site are unchanged since the certificate was issued.
See verifying cable certificates, or send your market and construction through the quote form.