MHCLG confirms BASEC as Approved Body 2661

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) designates BASEC as an Approved Body for UK Construction Products Regulation (CPR) testing as of 31 st December 2020. Following the Brexit trade agreements, the question has arisen surrounding mutual recognition…

BASEC appointed Construction Products Regulation notified body

The British Approvals Service for Cables (BASEC), has been designated by the UK Government Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) as a Notified Body for conducting cable testing to the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) and a Notified Body for…

DUCAB and BASEC host Kuwait Fire Performance Cables Technical Seminar

International cable test and certification body, the British Approvals Service for Cables (BASEC), has accompanied Ducab, the Middle East’s leading cable manufacturing company, in a high profile technical seminar on fire performance cables advising Kuwaiti engineers and contracting consultants on…

Construction Products Regulation (CPR) for Cable Launched

CE marking of power, control and communication cables to become mandatory The launch of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) as applied to power, control and communication cables in accordance with EN 50575:2014, was announced in the Official Journal of the European Union…

UKAS Awards BASEC ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation for its Cable Testing Laboratory

The British Approvals Service for Cables (BASEC), the international leader in product certification services for electrical, data and signal cables and ancillary products, has extended its United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accreditations to include ISO/IEC 17025:2005, an international standard that specifies the…