A TÜV SÜD certification mark enables you to secure a competitive edge, and to demonstrate it to the outside world. By displaying these globally recognized certification marks on yourproducts, packaging, website and advertisements, you highlight the outstanding quality orfunctional features of your products, giving you a critical competitive advantage over yourrivals.

It is important to use the TÜV SÜD certification marks in the right way and the correctgraphic version. The TÜV SÜD Testing and Certification Regulations state that:

• A certification mark may only be used in advertising products for which a valid certificateexists. Advertising featuring the certification mark must be immediately discontinuedwhen the certification expires, is revoked or withdrawn.

• The certificate defines issues including the certification mark to be used, the productsand models certified and the certificate holder who is authorized to use the mark. For example, only kettles with the certified model designation “Green” are entitled todisplay the certification mark; a non-certified “Blue” model, even if identical in design and construction, may not apply the mark.

• Certification marks must not be used in a misleading manner. Particular care must betaken that the certification mark is used only in direct connection with the certifiedproduct and that the mark is clearly obvious as such.

• As a TÜV SÜD customer you are entitled to use TÜV SÜD certification marks in youradvertising. Testing and GS (“Safety Tested”) marks of other testing institutes and TÜV companies are not interchangeable.

• Written permission must be obtained from TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH in advance for any use of the testing/audit report or the name of TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH for advertising purposes.

• As certificate holder you are responsible for ensuring that the certification mark is used inan appropriate and reliable manner, and that also your customers do that. The certificateholder may not assign a certificate to third parties.

Infringement of the Testing and Certification Regulations may, in extreme cases, result infines of up to EUR 250,000.

You can find the full version of our Testing and Certification Regulations at:www.tuev-sued.com/ps_regulations

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How to Use the TÜV SÜD Certification Mark

How to Use the TÜV SÜD GS Mark

AI and EPS files of the TÜV SÜD certification mark in appropriate file sizes are available foruse in print media, and JPEG and bitmap files are available for electronic media. These filesmust not be modified, changed or replicated – use the originals only! This ensures that thecorrect proportions, colors and contents are always displayed. A free space equal in widthto the octagon = X must be left around the TÜV SÜD certification mark.

The TÜV SÜD GS (“Geprüfte Sicherheit” – “Safety Tested”) mark is available as “type A”and “type B”. “Type B” is used for images up to 20 mm in height, and “type A” for imagesover 20 mm in height.

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An overview of all current TÜV SÜD certification marks can be found at www.tuev-sued.com/ps_marks, our certification mark download center.

Your customer service representative will supply specific marks for your valid certification.

If you have any questions on how to use the certification marks, you can contact us at anytime via: ps-marketing@tuev-sued.de

The TÜV SÜD certification mark must stand alone and may not be combined with otherfeatures (logos, claims or graphics).

Neither the content nor the design of the conformity statement within the TÜV SÜDcertification mark may be changed.

The TÜV SÜD certification mark must not be combined with the slogan of another company.

The TÜV SÜD certification mark must not be compressed or its proportions otherwisedistorted.

The colors used in the TÜV SÜD certification mark must not be changed. The certification mark may also be shown in greyscale.

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