Technical review of Test Reports 2nd Annual Meeting of ANTAM New Delhi – 3 December 2015 Technical Reference Unit of ANTAM Sandro Liberatori, Natascia Maisano - ENAMA

Summary

▪ Targets of ANTAM

▪ Product Certification

▪ Certification Process

▪ Certification Layout

▪ Test Report

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Targets of ANTAM

▪ Promote regional efforts in sustainable agricultural mechanization

▪ Increase safety, quality and environmental aspects of agricultural machinery

▪ Facilitate trade by increasing market access

▪ Increase consumers’ confidence in agricultural machinery

▪ Promote harmonization of testing codes and standards of agricultural machinery

▪ Be a regional platform for Member Countries to exchange technologies, share knowledge, expertise and best practices to upgrade the existing testing capacity and promote quality of agricultural machinery

▪ Set up the new rules of the future subsidy policies in Asia for the agricultural machinery sector

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Test Reports as the basis for

ANTAM targets

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Advantages of the ANTAM Test Reports (Product Certification)

▪ Producer: to ensure the conformity of its production thanks to impartiality of judgment of an independent body and to guarantee more market visibility showing the certificate on the product.

▪ Trader: to give confidence to its customers by commercializing products with a known "added value" for increased reliability compared to other products.

▪ Farmer/Custom hire: to promote a conscious choice of what he buys according to his needs; correct information of the product reliability and the knowledge of the certification marks.

▪ Public Sector: to identify the best products on the markets to be linked with subsidies policies in order to spend in a more efficient way public funds.

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CERTIFICATION Third-party acknowledgment of the conformity object, person, or organization

to a particular standard or technical regulation

CERTIFICATION BODY accredited certification body (CB), is an organization accredited by a recognized

accrediting body for its competence to audit and issue certification confirming

that an organization meets the requirements of a standard

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PRODUCT CERTIFICATION

Certification of products (processes/services), regulated by the sectorial

standards or equivalents references, that directly ensures the compliance

of products (processes/services) to specific requirements. Provides for the

best guarantee on the continuity of product compliance.

PURPOSE OF PRODUCT CERTIFICATION

To provide confidence to the market about the ability of the producer to

obtain and maintain conformity of products. For this reason the conformity

mark may be used for a specific period of time.

Primary Objectives

- Offer to consumers confidence on the reliability of a certified product

- Ensure impartiality of judgment in the interest of all parts involved

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Certification Process

Request Targered

Offer

Safety and Functional

Test

Evaluation Deliberative Committee

Certificate Release

Test Report

Addition in the Official

List

Periodical Monitoring

Mechanism for safeguarding impartiality

Accredited

Test Center Assessment

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Guarantee for all stakeholders and Public sector

PRODUCT CERTIFICATE Document issued by a certification body under the sectorial

standards of product or equivalent references which provides for

a direct correspondence with defined requirements of the

product.

PECULIARITY The product certificate is specific for all products (of a given

family) made by the company. It has a specific term, may be

suspended, revoked or renewed, and is subject to periodic

surveillance.

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CONTENT OF THE PRODUCT CERTIFICATE

(see CEI EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012) The certification body shall provide the client with formal certification

documentation that clearly conveys, or permits identification of the following:

• the name and address of the certification body;

• the date certification is granted (the date shall not precede the date on

which the certification decision was completed);

• the name and address of the client;

• the scope of certification;

• the term or expiry date of certification, if certification expires after an

established period;

• any other information required by the certification scheme;

• the signature or other defined authorization of the person(s) of the

certification body assigned such responsibility.

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Certification Layout

Example:

Knapsack motorized air-assisted sprayer: M1200

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Certification Layout

Example:

ROTARY HARROW: DMR 3000

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TEST REPORT together with a

label/mark identifying tested machines

▪ Identification of tested machine

▪ Summary of test results

▪ Simple display of test results

▪ Printed and published on websites

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▪ Facilitate farmer’s choice of machines

▪ Identify the best performing machines

▪ Identify safe machines

▪ Promote a quality use and trade of machines