GLOSSARY OF APPROVALS
MAJOR APPROVAL STANDARDS & GOVERNMENT SPECIFICATIONS
ADOPTED BY MMC INTERNATIONAL CORP. FOR
CERTIFICATION, MANUFACTURE, INSPECTION, CALIBRATION AND TESTING
INTRINSICALLY SAFE APPROVALS
BASEEFA British Approval Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable Atmospheres
CSA Canadian Standards Association
EECS Electrical Equipment Certification Service (U.K.), (License NO. 0685)
FM Factory Mutual Research (USA)
SAA Standards Association of Australia
GOVERNMENT REGULATORY BODIES APPROVALS
EECS Electrical Equipment Certification Service (U.K.)
USCG United States Coast Guard
INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED INSPECTION BODIES APPROVALS
ABS American Bureau of Shipping
CCS China Classification Society
DNV Det Norske Veritas (Norway)
LLOYD'S Lloyd's of London (U.K.)
NKK Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Japan)
RINA Registro Italiano Navale (Italy)
BV Bureau of Veritas (M.E.D.), (Approval 07373/** EC)
GAUGING TAPE AND OTHER MEASUREMENT SPECIFICATION
FEDERAL United States Government Specification #GGG-T-106E
NIST National Institute of Standards & Technology Test #255610
API American Petroleum Institute (Partial Adaptation)
ASTM American Society for Testing Materials
PERIODIC FACTORY INSPECTIONS
BY REGULATORY BODIES
FM Factory Mutual performs quarterly inspection for both FM and SAA
EECS Performs annual inspections for BASEEFA for equipment approval and also for ISO 9002
Standards compliance, Coupled with EECS additional requirements per their "Quality
Assessment Schedule", Issue 2, 1994
CSA CSA Performs annual inspection
OSHA OSHA performs annual inspections (U.S. Government)
BV Performs annual inspections
DNV Performs annual inspections
CCS Performs annual inspections
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