Scope of Accreditation

General Requirements & Safety Tests:

• Electrical, mechanical, and thermal safety tests in accordance with EN IEC 60598-1:2021 + A11:2022 (excluding rough service luminaires clauses 4.13.4, 4.20, and clauses 4.34, 9.2.10 & 9.2.11).

Specialised Luminaires:

• Fixed Luminaires: EN IEC 60598‑2‑1:2021, IEC 60598-2-1:2020
• Recessed Luminaires: EN 60598-2-2:2012, IEC 60598-2-2:2023
• Road & Street Lighting: EN 60598-2-3:2003 + A1:2011 (excluding clause 3.6.3.1 drag coefficient)
• Portable Luminaires: EN 60598-2-4:2018
• Floodlights: EN 60598-2-5:2015
• Luminaires with Built-in Transformers: EN 60598-2-6:1995 + A1:1997
• Portable Child-Appealing Luminaires: EN 60598-2-10:2003 (excluding clause 10.15.2)
• Socket-Outlet Mounted Night Lights: EN 60598-2-12:2013 (excluding clauses 12.7.1, 12.7.2, 12.7.11, 12.14.1)
• Ground Recessed Luminaires: EN 60598-2-13:2006 + A2:2016
• Lighting Chains: EN 60598-2-20:2010 (excluding clause 20.16, sealed chains only)
• Emergency Luminaires: EN IEC 60598-2-22:2022, EN 60598-2-22:2014 + A1:2020, IEC 60598-2-22:2014+Amd1:2017

Ingress Protection & Environmental Testing:

• IP ratings IP1X–IP6X, IPX3–IPX8 per EN IEC 60598-1:2021 + A11:2022 (restrictions apply based on size and lamp type)
• Thermal testing limits: Tungsten/Tungsten-halogen lamps ≤1000 W, Sodium/Mercury discharge lamps ≤400 W
• Humidity tests restricted to luminaires ≤1200 mm in length

• Self-Ballasted LED Lamps: EN 62560:2012+A11:2019 (excluding GZ10 & GX53 caps, torsion resistance of unused lamps)
• Double-Capped LED Lamps: IEC 62776 Edition 1.0:2014
• Lamp Control Gear: EN 61347-1:2015+A1:2021 (excluding section 14.7 & Annex P)
• Ballasts for Emergency Luminaires: EN 61347-2-7:2012+A1:2019 + A2:2022
• Miscellaneous Electronic Circuits & LED Modules: EN 61347-2-11:2001+A1:2019, EN 61347-2-13:2014+A1:2017
• Performance Testing of LED Lamps: EN 62612:2013
• Lampholders (E27, E14, E40): EN 60238:2018+A1:2018 + A2:2021, AS/NZS 60238 & AS 60238:2022
• Supply Track Systems: EN 60570:2003 + A2:2020
• Luminaire Toys (Electric Toys): EN 62115:2020+A11:2020 (clauses 9.4 & 9.10 only)

• UMSUG (Un-Metered Supplies) Testing: Power, current, voltage, frequency, power factor per ELEXON Operational Information Document V29.0
• Impact Resistance (IK Codes): EN 62262:2008+A1:2021, IEC TR 62696:2011
• Fire Hazard Testing: Glow wire (EN 60695-2-10:2013, EN 60695-2-11:2014, EN IEC 60695-2-12:2021, EN IEC 60695-2-13:2021), Ball Pressure (EN 60695-10-2:2014), Needle Flame (EN 60695-11-5:2017)
• Enclosures for Electrical Equipment: Ingress protection tests EN 60529:1992 + A2:2013, IP1X–IPX8 (with size restrictions)
• Vandal/Antiligature Luminaires: Mechanical and fire resistance per STD/E/PT/059 & STD/E/PT/060 for secure environments

• Lamps and Luminaires: Integrating sphere and goniophotometer measurements for luminous flux, luminous efficacy, spectral total flux, chromaticity coordinates, correlated colour temperature, colour rendering index, centre beam intensity, beam angles, and luminous intensity distribution.
• Photometric Methods & Standards:
  • IES-LM-79-08 (Clauses 9.1 & 9.3)
  • IEC/PAS 62612 (Clauses 6–10)
  • CIE 13.3:1995, CIE 84:1989, CIE 121:1996, CIE 127:2007
  • EN 13032-1:2004 + A1:2012, EN 13032-4:2015 + A1:2019
• Photometric Flicker & Blue Light Hazard: LED lamps & luminaires assessed to EN IEC 60598-1:2021 + A11:2022, EN 62560:2012 + A11:2019, EN 62031:2020, IEC/TR 62778:2014, BS EN 62471:2008