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Quality Requirements Edition 6.0 European Enamel Association

0. PREFACE
Companies who want to be EEA certified are requested to contact the EEA Secretary.
The European Enamel Association (EEA) is registered as an international non-
profit organization. It is a federation of European national associations representing
the industries involved in the vitreous enamel (porcelain enamel) sector of activity in The European National Associations united in the EEA are convinced that the above-
Europe. mentioned harmonized quality requirements, EEA certification, as well as EEA lobbying
efforts will contribute greatly to the significance and success of porcelain and vitreous
The main scopes of the European Enamel Association are: enamelled products in today’s and future markets in and outside Europe.
1. Provide representation and assistance to EEA members in selected lobbying
topics related to enamelling activities.
2. The edition, management and inspection of “harmonized quality requirements” European National Associations
for enamelled articles being manufactured in Europe. Those requirements help
enamellers to produce qualitative articles and can be found in this document. Deutscher Email Verband e.V. (DEV (DE))
3. Deliver to eligible companies a certificate of compliance (for one or more areas
of application of chapter 7 of this document) to: Österreichischer Email Verband OEV (AT))
- selected EEA quality requirements (for specific application areas of chapter 7). Stichting Email, The Netherlands/Belgium (SE (BE, NL))
- EN or ISO standards for enamelled products (for specific application areas of
chapter 7). Vitreous Enamel Association (VEA (UK))
4. Contributing in enamel promotion initiatives, while marketing efforts are
dominantly left over to each individual company. Centro Italiano Smalti Porcellanati (CISP (IT))
Association Pour l’étude de l’Email Vitrifié (APEV (FR))
This document, called EEA Quality Manual, or EEA Quality Handbook, is made by
the association in order to help enamellers in manufacturing qualitative articles. Türkiye Emaye Derneği (TED (TR))
Regularly updated, it provides state of the art information on how to evaluate the
quality of enamelled goods. Magyar Zománcipari Egyesület (MZE (HU)
For interested companies, it is possible to be certified by the experts of the association Stowarzyszenie Polskiego Przemysłu Emalierskiego (SPPE (PL)
and the certification procedure is explained in chapter 1 of this document.

This Edition 6.0 (2025) or the latest update of the document, can be obtained free of
charge as an electronic version from the EEA administration or through the website
https://www.european-enamel-association.eu
It is allowed to distribute this edition to other interested parties.

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