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    1. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 31 Mar 2020

      ECM calls this their “Voluntary Mark for Product Certification” and helpfully describes it as: “The Mark may only be used for advertising and promotional purposes and can not in any way refer to the product's compliance with regulations.” http://www.entecerma-it.cn/img/pdf/ECM-Mark-Regulation.pdf …pic.twitter.com/2xISQmdAox

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    2. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 31 Mar 2020

      Celab is even more straightforward and says “the voluntary certificate is not for customs purposes or to demonstrate to the supervisory compliance with the requirements of the CE marking of a product.” https://celab.com/en/ce-marking/voluntary-certificate/ …pic.twitter.com/CFqeUfxU4X

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    3. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 31 Mar 2020

      However, the real and the fake certificates both look official, come with the same logos, and show up in the same verification system. The only difference is that you have to carefully determine whether it’s a “voluntary one.”pic.twitter.com/JaC05xORrD

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    4. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 31 Mar 2020

      I don’t know what the history is behind this, but it feels like a loophole. Some Chinese manufacturers are clearly abusing it in their effort to dump poor quality medical products onto the European market for a quick buck.

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    5. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 31 Mar 2020

      I’m surprised that the European Union allows their accredited certification organisations to run a side-business handing out fake certificates based on the brand value they built within the official system. It’s unconscionable. Let’s fix it 💪

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    6. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 6 Apr 2020

      In case you’re wondering “do these fake certificates work,” I present to you: Well-meaning citizens donated 40,000 masks to the city of Vienna, with what seems to be a fake certificate https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20200331_OTS0106/corona-chinesische-community-uebergab-mehr-als-39000-mundschutzmasken-fuer-wiener-einsatz-organisationen … CE 2703 = ICR Polska = Fake https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.nb&refe_cd=NANDO%5FINPUT%5F233263 …pic.twitter.com/vNKAej34rh

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    7. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 6 Apr 2020

      And the European Safety Federation has also taken note of these fake certificates: “We have the impression that manufacturers outside the EU (and probably even ‘newcomers’ and importers in the EU) are not entirely familiar with the EU Legislation” https://www.eu-esf.org/covid-19/4513-covid-19-suspicious-certificates-for-ppe …pic.twitter.com/pUgAn2MT70

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    8. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 6 Apr 2020

      The official response of ICR Polska seems to be that manufacturers are aware that these documents do not certify conformity with the regulation. However, that’s clearly not how manufacturers, resellers or buyers are currently interpreting it in practice. https://www.eu-esf.org/covid-19/4513-covid-19-suspicious-certificates-for-ppe …pic.twitter.com/EO3UfoZ4lE

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    9. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 6 Apr 2020

      Also note how ICR Polska has toned down their warning messagepic.twitter.com/dmgYcSj6eV

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    10. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 6 Apr 2020

      So which organisations can you trust for mask certification? 32 in Europe: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/nando/index.cfm?fuseaction=directive.notifiedbody&dir_id=155501&pro_id=155522 … 45 in China: https://www.cnas.org.cn/english/photonews/03/902316.shtml …

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      Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 8 Apr 2020

      https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/schaarste-aan-mondkapjes-leidt-tot-fraude~b0827413/ …pic.twitter.com/xxLWDiriWr

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        1. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 16 Apr 2020

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          De afgelopen weken hebben we met een groep vrijwilligers en bedrijven een nieuwe aanvoer van mondmaskers op poten gezet en je kunt als zorgverlener vanaf nu bestellen! https://twitter.com/Sywert/status/1250832220341899264 …
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        2. Alper Çuğun-Gscheidel  🏴 🌻 🔰 💉 💉‏Verified account @alper 8 Apr 2020
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          Can we distribute those non-spec masks to the general public as part of a masks for all effort?

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        3. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 8 Apr 2020
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          We should!

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