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Factory Assessment

Factory Assessment Scheme

Factory Assessment is the most comprehensive and widespread auditing scheme used to assess factories. The assessment includes:

  • Auditing the factory’s Quality Management System (QMS) as per ISO 9001 standard for the related departments
  • Assessing product conformity against standard specifications and certification rules.

The factory must meet both requirements in order to receive product conformity certificate/conformity mark issued by Dubai Central Laboratory Department – Certification and Quality Control of Products Section (DCLD-CQPS).

DCLD-CQPS carries out initial audit of the factory and QMS, followed by regular surveillance audits to ensure continuous and consistent compliance with the relevant standards specifications and scheme rules.

Product audit is also conducted through initial testing of samples drawn during the initial audit as well as those taken during the regular surveillance audits or from the market surveillance. The Certificate of Product Conformity/Conformity Mark is issued only after the successful completion of the initial audit and satisfactory results of the independent testing of the samples withdrawn in accordance with the scheme rules and specifications.

Dubai Central Laboratory Department (DCL) – Certification and Quality Control of Products Section (CQPS) is pleased to announce the new services for certification of:

  • Issuing a Factory Certificate of Conformity and Conformity Mark for Certification of 3D Printing Concrete Mix Manufacturers.
  • Issuing Certificate of Conformity and Conformity Mark for Ceramic Tiles as per ISO 13006: 2018

Please refer to the below table to access the requirements of the new services.

Issuance of Certificates through Factory Assessment (Authorization of the use of the DCL Mark):

After applying for a Certificate of Product Conformity/Mark according to Factory Assessment scheme and international, regional or local approved standards, DCLD-CQPS shall carry out the following:

  • Assessing the factory’s QMS according to ISO 9001 requirements by an authorized DCLD-CQPS approved auditors
  • Supervising the delivery of the samples withdrawn by the DCLD-CQPS representative auditor during the assessment audit to any approved independent third party laboratory by DCLD-CQPS (List of approved laboratories is available upon request). Withdrawn samples are submitted by the client.
  • Issuing the Product Conformity Certificate and the authorization to use the product’s Conformity Mark to the applicant based on the satisfactory outcome of the assessment visit and product evaluation in accordance with the related product certification’s requirements.

The table below provides detailed information on the types of products categories and their respective available specific rules and related requirements:

‘Specific and general rules of certification can be provided in Arabic language any time, if deemed necessary’

How to avail the certification through Factory Assessment scheme:

Certification through Factory Assessment Scheme can be requested thru submitting the related Application Link and fulfilling the requirements of the scheme rules and related reference documents through the below links:

The list of Certified Products through Factory Assessment can be found through this link

The QR code for Certified Factories can be accessed through this link.

For inquiries or to further information about service fees for every type of product, please contact the CQPS through:

  • Telephone: 0097143027555
  • Fax: 0097143351127
  • E-mail: certification@dm.gov.ae
  • P.O. Box 67, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Virtual meetings/communications via MS Teams/Zoom or other applications.

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