Our certification activities

Product certification

LNE is one of France's leading certification bodies. It issues its own LNE Emballage certificates for packaging, and certifies products on behalf of French Standardization Association AFNOR (for the NF mark) and the French Association for Certification of Insulating Materials ACERMI. It is also authorized to award certificates for the German Federal Ministry of Employment (GS mark), the European Standardization Committee CEN (Keymark), the British Retail Consortium and Institute of Packaging BRC/IoP, the European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers FEFCO and the European Solid Board Organisation ESBO.
LNE provides certification for over 60 product ranges.

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[List of certified companies or products] (in French)

Certification of company management systems

LNE also certifies quality management systems, offering additional ISO 9001 certification to companies that have already applied for product certification (LNE, NF or GS) or statutory certification (CE marking, legal metrology). It certifies company management systems that are defined by standards in the following series: ISO 9001, ISO 22000, ISO 13485 (LNE/G-MED certification for the medical sector).

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List of certified companies:
[LNE] (pdf - 148 kB) or
[LNE/G-MED]

Statutory certification

LNE plays a leading role in developing and applying the European statutory certification mechanism (CE marking). It is a notified, designated or competent body, or an approved inspection body, for over 20 European Directives.

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LNE is also an authorized certification body under French law (legal metrology, identity photographs) and international regulations (packaging for transport of dangerous goods, OIML).
LNE/G-MED is France's only notified body for European Directives covering the medical sector. At international level, LNE/G-MED is accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Taiwan's Ministry of Health, and is recognized as a conformity assessment body (CAB) by the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

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Companies and products certified by LNE

Click on a sector for a full list (in French):

Consumer products • Local authorities • Construction and habitat • Packaging and packing • Energy and environment • Medical/Health • Legal metrology

Advantages of working with LNE

• LNE provides a complete one-stop service.
• Its engineers have thorough knowledge of your sector and your products.
• Each of its auditors is qualified for a specific sector.
• It will reduce your certification budget by combining audits and services for different procedures (CE marking, ISO 9001, statutory certification).
• It provides expert assistance in quality, conformity and metrology.
• It offers the expertise of a certification body recognized at national, European and international level.

Approval and accreditation

Click here for full details (in French) of approval and accreditation for our certification services.

Contact

certification@lne.fr