The Trusted Certification
You are a buyer and need to consider the specific standards and regulations for public facilities.
By placing trust in companies that have obtained the NF mobilier professionnel COLLECTIVITÉ certification, you can be assured of a purchase that complies with the standards and regulations for furniture designed for users of collective structures.
Unlike self-certifications, the NF mobilier professionnel COLLECTIVITÉ certification offers a guarantee of clarity and impartiality, certified by AFNOR CERTIFICATION.
Its framework is measurable and quantifiable. It is regularly updated to incorporate regulatory changes and new customer expectations.
You can incorporate it into your technical specifications or draw inspiration from it, considering it as a "bonus" under safety, quality, and durability criteria.
NF mobilier professionnel COLLECTIVITÉ is thus a major asset in the development of an exemplary furniture purchasing policy for collectivities. New social and societal criteria include the dimension of sustainability for this furniture.
Meeting Your Expectations
Quality audits in each company and regular inspections at production sites ensure that they comply with the requirements of the framework over time and maintain consistent quality of NF mobilier professionnel COLLECTIVITÉ certified furniture for:
Safety
Injury risks are assessed and controlled (angles, sharp edges, pinch zones, ...).
Stability and loads are studied (frontal or lateral impacts, ...).
Fire behavior is controlled and verified, especially for furniture particularly exposed to this type of risk, such as large furniture, seats attached in rows or fixed to the floor, and upholstered seats and furniture.
Size and Ergonomics
This criterion prescribes dimensional requirements for chairs and tables adapted to users and their practices, as well as tables usable by people with reduced mobility in wheelchairs.
Strength
Furniture is designed to withstand the daily demands of users and staff in collectivities.
Appearance Durability
It aims to prolong the product's original qualities over time (resistance to cleaning agents and common products, colors, ...) and ensure resistance to intensive use (wear resistance, good resistance to light and temperature, ...).
Hygiene
It involves considering ease of cleaning and maintenance in product design (shapes, materials, textures, ...) as well as controlling volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and heavy metals.
Societal and Environmental Criteria
They focus on the product + company pair and consider societal criteria such as fairness and diversity, health and safety at work, interaction among stakeholders, and the minimal impact on the environment throughout the product's life cycle.
What Does Buying Certified Mean?
Buying certified means:
Ensuring You Choose Your Partners Well:
Obtaining the NF mobilier professionnel COLLECTIVITÉ certification is a voluntary and demanding process for a manufacturer. By doing so, you place trust in companies that are committed to progress and responsibility.
Ensuring You Trust a Measurable and Quantifiable Framework:
You incorporate a precise and detailed framework into your specifications, developed with all stakeholders, including education professionals and public buyers, manufacturers, control institutes, which takes into account foreseeable risks.
Ensuring Compliance with Standards and Regulations:
You receive a guarantee from FCBA, an independent organization accredited according to ISO 17065, which tests and conducts audits and checks on manufacturers and issues the NF mobilier professionnel COLLECTIVITÉ certification under the mandate of AFNOR CERTIFICATION. Unlike self-certifications, this certification offers transparency and impartiality guaranteed by AFNOR CERTIFICATION.
Ensuring Perfect Consistency with ISO 9001 Enterprise Certification:
Analysis of customer satisfaction processes, required by ISO 9001, is taken into account. If the manufacturer is not already ISO 9001 certified, FCBA regularly audits its quality management according to the ISO 9001 model framework.
How to Buy Safely?
Access to Manufacturers and Products:
Browse the list of manufacturers who have received the right to use the mark through the Manufacturers List section. You can also find certified furniture through the Products List section.
Framework:
FCBA is responsible for impartially evaluating the conformity of products and the company according to the framework, which can be downloaded from this website.
Tips and Information:
You can find a lot of information in the FAQs. You can also meet an auditor by clicking here. FCBA can assist you in writing your CCTP (Cahier des Clauses Techniques Particulières) to specify the required standards and regulations, and technical criteria can also be used. It can also help you analyze the validity of received offers.
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