Certification You Can Trust
As a buyer, you often have to consider specific standards and regulations for establishments welcoming the public.
By placing your trust in companies that have obtained the NF Mobilier Professionnel CRÈCHES certification, you are assured of a purchase that complies with the standards and regulations for furniture designed for very young children (under 4 years old).
Unlike self-certifications, the NF Mobilier Professionnel CRÈCHES certification offers a guarantee of transparency 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 include it in your technical specifications or use it as a 'bonus' for safety, quality, and durability criteria.
NF Mobilier Professionnel CRÈCHES is thus a major asset in the development of an exemplary furniture procurement policy.
The new social and societal criteria integrate the dimension of sustainable development for this furniture.
Addressing Your Expectations
Quality audits in each company and regular inspections at production sites ensure that they meet the requirements of the framework over time and maintain consistent quality for NF Mobilier Professionnel CRÈCHES certified furniture:
Safety
Risks of injuries are assessed and controlled (angles, sharp edges, pinch zones, heights, materials, coatings, etc.).
Stability and loads are studied (frontal or lateral impacts, etc.).
Fire behavior is controlled and verified, especially for furniture particularly exposed to this type of risk: large furniture, padded seats, etc.
Size and Ergonomics
This criterion prescribes dimensional requirements for chairs and tables adapted to the user's size as well as morphological criteria.
Strength
Furniture is designed to withstand the daily demands of young children and staff.
Appearance Durability
This concerns prolonging the product's initial qualities over time (resistance to cleaning agents and common products, rigidity, colors, etc.) and ensuring resistance to intensive use (wear resistance, good light and temperature resistance, etc.).
Hygiene
This involves considering ease of cleaning and maintenance in product design (shapes, materials, textures, etc.) as well as controlling VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and heavy metals.
Societal and Environmental Criteria
These criteria relate to the product + company and take into account societal criteria such as fairness and diversity, health and safety at work, interaction between stakeholders, and minimizing the environmental impact throughout the product's life cycle.
What Does It Mean to Buy Certified?
Buying certified means:
- Ensuring you make good choices in your partnerships:
Obtaining the NF Mobilier Professionnel CRÈCHES certification is a voluntary and demanding process for manufacturers. Therefore, you place your trust in companies committed to progress and responsibility.
- Having confidence in a measurable and quantifiable framework:
You incorporate into your specifications a precise and detailed framework developed with all stakeholders - education professionals and public buyers, manufacturers, control institutes - that takes into account foreseeable risks.
- Ensuring compliance with standards and regulations:
You receive a guarantee from FCBA, an independent organization accredited to ISO 17065 that tests and conducts audits and checks on manufacturers and issues the NF Mobilier Professionnel CRÈCHES certification on behalf of AFNOR CERTIFICATION. Unlike self-certifications, this certification offers transparency and impartiality guaranteed by AFNOR CERTIFICATION.
- Ensuring perfect alignment with ISO 9001 company 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 their quality management according to a model ISO 9001 framework.
How to Buy Safely?
Access to manufacturers and products:
Browse the list of manufacturers authorized to use the mark in the 'List of Manufacturers' section. You can also find certified furniture in the 'List of Products' section.
FCBA is responsible for impartially evaluating the conformity of products and the company according to the framework that can be downloaded from this site.
You can find a wealth of information in the FAQs. You can also meet with an auditor by clicking here. FCBA can assist you in drafting your specifications to correctly prescribe the applicable standards and regulations, and technical criteria can also be used. They can also help you analyze the validity of received offers.
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