{"id":15393,"date":"2021-05-14T17:38:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T17:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qps.ca\/?page_id=15393"},"modified":"2021-06-02T20:08:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T20:08:21","slug":"qps-atex-directive-2014-34-eu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qps.ca\/fr\/qps-atex-directive-2014-34-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"(English) QPS Evaluation Services Inc. is now Accredited as a Notified Body for the ATEX Directive 2014\/34\/EU"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are pleased to announce that QPS Evaluation Services <\/strong>in Toronto, Canada has been officially granted Notified Body status for the ATEX Directive via the Canada-EU Trade Agreement (CETA) and is now <\/strong>listed in the European NANDO Database with the Notified Body Number 2900<\/strong><\/h4>\n
What does this mean?<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n

This means that Hazardous Location equipment manufacturers in North America and around the world can now use QPS ATEX<\/strong> certification services<\/a> and obtain\u00a0 ATEX certification directly from our office in Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n

It also means that manufacturers who are looking for an alternative provider of ATEX certification services<\/strong><\/a> (EU Type Certificates, Unit Verification and Quality Assurance Notifications QAN) for placing their products on the EU market in a faster and more cost-effective way<\/em><\/strong><\/a> can now use QPS as their ATEX Notified Body.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

ATEX products certified by QPS Evaluation Services Inc., Toronto, Canada, MAY bear the following marks<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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\"\" \"\"[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=\u00a0\u00bb64px\u00a0\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\u201cWith the recognition of QPS as an ATEX Notified Body, Haz Loc customers that want to access the EU market as well as the U.S., Canadian and global markets can now work with QPS for a more streamlined one stop service,\u201d <\/strong>said Nick Maalouf, Vice President of External Affairs and Business Development at QPS.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=\u00a0\u00bbblack\u00a0\u00bb border_width=\u00a0\u00bb2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

For more information please contact the following: <\/em><\/h6>\n