Why Quality Counts | REACH | RoSH | CPR

Quality Policy

The aim of Cables Britain is to stock and distribute electrical cable, systems and accessories from quality assessed sources that consistently meet the expectations of our customers.

To achieve this a Quality Management System based on BS EN ISO 9001: 2015 has been successfully implemented.

This provides the framework for measuring performance and is fundamental in establishing and reviewing our quality objectives.

All members of the company are fully committed to achieving this policy and to ensure that our Quality Management System is effective and constantly improved.

In House Quality Assurance

All products that pass through the CBL supply chain are rigorously tested and inspected by our qualified personnel to the relevant order standards.

This includes but is not limited to physical, mechanical, dimensional and electrical measurements which are subsequently analysed to ensure compliance with cables design and regulations. Full documentation held on file within our quality system.

REACH has several aims:

• To provide a high level of protection of human health and the environment from the use of chemicals.
• To make the people who place chemicals on the market (manufacturers and importers responsible for understanding and managing the risks associated with their use.)
• To allow the free movement of substances on the EU market.
• To enhance innovation in and the competitiveness of the EU chemicals industry.
• To promote the use of alternative methods for the assessment of the hazardous properties of substances e.g. quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) and read across.

Scope and exemptions

REACH applies to substances manufactured or imported into the EU in quantities of 1 tonne or more per year.

Generally, it applies to all individual chemical substances on their own, in preparations or in articles (if the substance is intended to be released during normal and reasonably foreseeable conditions of use from an article).

Construction Products Regulation BS EN 50575 – CABLES

The official date for implementation of Construction Products Regulation (CPR) for cables is July 1^st 2017.

The regulation necessitates that all cable products that are permanently installed in a building or civil works that are placed on the market, for the first time, after June 30^th 2017 must be CPR compliant with BS EN 50575. There is no requirement, at present, for Fire Resistant cables to comply.

Cable product available within the EU supply chain prior to July 1^st 2017 may be legitimately sold after that date without CPR labelling.

CPR 50575 is a European Commission requirement in order to benchmark product characteristics regarding reaction to fire and the release of dangerous substances. Therefore, the regulation is not a guarantee of product quality and electrical performance. Detailed electrical performance characteristics are subject to the provisions of other relevant directives, standards and regulations i.e. the Low Voltage directive and specific British Standards (BS) and European norms (HAR) relating to cables.

CBL will now include the necessary CPR product classification, Notified Body licence reference and Declaration of Performance (DoP) number for cables within this standards scope manufacture after 30^th June 2017.

We are aware that our customers will require cable product that is CPR labelled from July 1^st and will be working closely with our partners during this transition period in order to implement this requirement.