to coordinate the checking of the conformity of constructional steels in accordance with standards and european or national technical prescriptions in the interest of the user;

to research, to assess and to define the practical requirements and common methods in order to assist the certification of the conformity;

to facilitate the development of procedures for the mutual recognition of conformity testings.

are certification bodies notified by their respective Governments to the European Commission in Brussels for the attestation of conformity in the framework of the Construction Product Directive 89/106/CEE

(for further information please link to the New Approach website)

is an international non profit association among certification bodies.

Its secretariat is at:

Boulevard de la Plaine, 5
B 1050 BRUSSELS
Contact : +32 478 47 02 61