GLOSSARY OF APPROVALS
MAJOR APPORVAL STANDARDS & GOVERNEMNT SPECIFICATIONS
ADOPTED BY MMC INTERNATIONAL CORP. FOR
CERTIFICATION, MANUFACTURE, INSPECTION CALIBRATION AND TESTING
INTRINSICALLY SAFE APPROVALS
CAS (CAN.)
Sira Certification Service
CSA
Canadian Standards Association
EECS
Electrical Equipment Certification Service (U.K.)
CSA (EUROPE)
CSA Group Testing IK Limited
BV
Bureau of Veritas
GOVERNMENT REGULATORY BODIES APPROVALS
BV
Bureau of Veritas
EECS
Electrical Equipment Certification Service (U.K.)
INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED INSPECTION BODIES APPORVALS
ABS
American Bureau of Shipping
CCS
China Classification Society
DNV
Det Norske Veritas (Norway)
LLOYD’S
Lloyd’s of London (U.K.)
BV
Bureau of Veritas
GAUGING TAPE AND OTHER MEASUREMENT SPECIFICATIONS
FEDERAL
United States Government Specification
NIST
National Institute of Standards & Technology Test
API
American Petroleum Institute (Partial Adaptation)
ASTM
American Society for Testing Materials
PERIODIC FACTORY INSPECTIONS BY REGULATING BODIES
CSA (UK)
Performs annual inspections for SIRA/CSA for equipment approval provisions of
directive 2014/34/EU
CSA (CANADA)
CSA performs quarterly inspections
BV
Performs annual inspections
DNV
Performs annual inspections
CCS
Performs annual inspections
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