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TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC (TUVPTL)
| Status: |
Recognized |
| Docket Number: |
2010-0013 |
| Main Address & Phone: |
TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC
2210 South Roosevelt Street
Tempe, Arizona 85282
480-966-1700 |
| Site 1 Name & Address: |
TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC
2210 South Roosevelt Street
Tempe, Arizona 85282 |
| Effective Date 1: |
March 23, 2011 |
| Last Federal Register: |
76: 16452-16456 March 23, 2011 |
| Programs: |
| 9: Acceptance of services other than testing or evaluation performed by subcontractors or agents (calibration services only) |
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| **Programs: |
| 2. Acceptance of testing data from independent organizations, other than NRTLs. |
| 4. Acceptance of witnessed testing data. |
| 8. Acceptance of product evaluations from organizations that function as part of the International Electrotechnical Commission Certification Body (IEC-CB) Scheme. |
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| Product Standards: |
| UL 1703 | Flat-Plate Photovoltaic Modules and Panels |
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Special Conditions:
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TUVPTL also must abide by the following conditions of its NRTL recognition, in addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7:
- AzTE must comply with the following conditions during the period it has an ownership interest in TUVPTL, or in any company that may subsequently purchase or replace TUVPTL, and understands that failure to comply with these conditions may result in OSHA revoking or imposing limits on TUVPTL's NRTL recognition:
- Identify the total number of companies in which it has an ownership interest and, of this total, the number in which AzTE's interest in the total ownership of a company is 2% or less, and the number in which this interest in a company exceeds 2%.
- Provide OSHA, annually and as requested, (i) an updated list of companies in which AzTE's ownership interests in a company exceeds 2% of the total ownership of the company, and (ii) for each of these companies, a description of each company's business purpose. AzTE also must state whether any of these companies manufactures, distributes, or sells a type of product shown on OSHA's Web page titled, "Type of Products Requiring NRTL Approval."
- Provide OSHA access (e.g., when auditing TUVPTL) to the record(s) or document(s) filed with the applicable legal authority (e.g., the Secretary of State or other state authority) describing AzTE's ownership interest in those companies in which OSHA determines AzTE has an ownership interest exceeding 2% of the total ownership of the company.
- Provide OSHA, annually and as requested, the names and affiliations of any of its directors who are not directors of the Arizona State University Foundation.
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- TUVPTL must comply with the following conditions while AzTE, or any other entity that manufactures, distributes, or sells a product tested by TUVPTL, or is affiliated with such an entity,[1] has an ownership interest in TUVPTL:
- Not test or certify any product under the NRTL Program made, distributed, or sold by a company owned in excess of 2% by AzTE. In addition, before testing or certifying any product for an NRTL client applicant, TUVPTL will follow detailed procedures, reviewed and found acceptable by OSHA, to determine that such a company did not make, distribute, or sell the product.
- Cease certifications related to the NRTL Program if the following criteria are met: (i) AzTE has more than a 10% ownership interest in a company; (ii) OSHA determines that such a company or one of its subsidiaries, affiliates, or significant owners, makes, distributes, or sells a type of product for which OSHA requires NRTL approval (i.e., one currently shown in OSHA's Web page titled, "Type of Products Requiring NRTL Approval"); and (iii) OSHA determines that the risk of actual or potential undue influence resulting from this ownership is not minor (see Condition 2.c, below). If these criteria are met, and AzTE does not, within 60 days of OSHA's request, take steps to reduce such ownership interests below 10%, OSHA will initiate the process to revoke TUVPTL's NRTL recognition.
- For purposes of Condition 2.b, above, TUVPTL must provide or make available, at OSHA's request, information required by OSHA to determine whether a risk of actual or potential undue influence is not minor. This information may include, but is not limited to, a financial statement(s) or the annual report of the company owned by AzTE, and, if not included in the document(s) provided, a list of the types of products sold or made by the company, and the overall percentage of the company's total revenue derived from selling these products. If TUVPTL cannot or does not provide or make available this information at OSHA's request, OSHA will be unable to determine whether the risk is minor, and, thus, will commence the process to revoke TUVPTL's NRTL recognition.
- To provide OSHA, annually and as requested, TUVPTL's overall client list, noting those clients that are NRTL clients and, for each such client, whether it is a company in which AzTE has more than a 10% ownership interest. Each list shall be in an electronic format, and shall include the information specified by OSHA. For example, this information may include the client's name and address; the product name(s) and model number(s); the fees paid during the last calendar year by the client for testing and certifying its product(s); and the percentage of TUVPTL's total revenue derived during the last calendar year from testing and certifying this/these product(s).
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- Within 30 days of certifying its first products under the NRTL Program, TUVPTL will notify the OSHA NRTL Program Director of this activity so that OSHA may schedule its first audit of TUVPTL. At this first audit of TUVPTL, TUVPTL must demonstrate that it properly conducted testing, review, evaluation, and factory inspections; TUVPTL must conduct factory inspections at the frequency set forth in the applicable NRTL Program policy.
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- Only TUVPTL personnel may perform the final technical review, make the final certification decision, and authorize use of the TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc., mark for those products TUVPTL certifies under the NRTL Program.
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| Notes: |
| [1] Any condition that applies to AzTE also would apply to such an entity. |
| **Programs added temporarily to NRTL's scope. |
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