The ECOWAS Commission, supported by WAQSP, started the process of launching a community mark of conformity for standards. As a reminder, it is expected that the regional certification system relies on national product certification bodies.

It is in this context that on Tuesday August 9th, 2016, the Commissioner TRAORE paid a conducted visit to the SICABLE Company, based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and specialized in the manufacture of electrical cables. The visit aimed to deeply inquiry about the truthfulness of product certification, granted in this case by CODINORM, the national product certification body, one of the few bodies in the region, which issue a national mark and have, therefore, developed a certain experience. The visit helped to understand the process of product certification which was presented by the Managing Director of CODINORM, before the delegation visited the manufacturing sections.

Mr. Constant BOKA (CEO of CODINORM) introduced his structure, the adopted procedure in the field of product certification, results, sections applications, certified companies to date and his business website.

Mrs. Nathalie JOUBERT, Financial Director of SICABLE, briefly explained how the mark is used as distinctive regarding the competition. Inquired about the regional mark project, SICABLE welcomed the initiative whose scope is necessarily more important in terms of markets prospects.