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Council for Quality and Environment (CQE) which has established to provide quality control studies in 1996 under the Turkish Cement Manufacturers' Association has switched and organized its services to support the producers to EU conformity assessment activities in 2000 based on the implementation of Customs Union Agreement and the Association Council Decisions between European Union (EU) and Turkey which has paved way to finally harmonization of the EU technical legislation to Turkish National Legislation. Hence, CQE has conducted all the relevant studies in regards to “CE’ mark and fulfilled the terms and conditions required under the scope of Construction Product Directive where it has been appointed as a notified body with an identity number of 1784 in December 27, 2006 by EU Commission decision.

CQE was accredited by Turkish Accreditation Agency (TÜRKAK) as a product certification body with a scope given below;

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The scope of standards for CE marking are:

  • TS EN 197-1 Cement – Part 1: Composition, specification and conformity criteria for common cements
  • TS EN 413-1 Masonry cement - Part 1: Composition, specifications and conformity criteria

  • TS EN 14216 
    Cement - Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for very low heat special cements
  • TS EN 450’“1+A1 Fly ash ’“ Used in cement -Section 1: Tariffs, features and conformity criteria
  • TS EN 459’“1 Construction lime- Section 1: Tariffs, features and conformity criteria
  • TS 706 EN 12620+A1 Concrete aggregates
  • TS 2717 EN 13139 Aggregates- For mortar production
  • TS EN 13055’“1/AC Light aggregates - Section 1: For use in concrete, mortar and juice
  • TS EN 13242+A1 Aggregates for non-joint and hydraulic joint materials, used in construction engineering works and road construction
  • TS EN 13043  Bituminous mixtures in roads, airports, and other sites open to traffic, and surface applications
  • TS EN 13383’“1 Protection layer stones (armour stones) ’“ Section 1: Features
  • TS 7043 EN 13450 Aggregates for railway ballasts
  • TS EN 934’“2, 3, 4 ’“ Chemical Components- For Concrete, Mortar, and Juice- Tariffs and Features, Conformity, Marking and Labeling

Other standards which do not have to bear CE marking are:

  • TS 21 Cement ’“ White Portland cement - Composition, features and conformity criteria
  • TS EN 206+A2 Concrete- Section 1: Feature, Performance, Production and Conformity