Dear colleagues,

We are glad to inform you about the roll-out of our two new programs "Electrostatic Charge & Intrinsic Safety - Test Round 2015" of the PTB Ex Proficiency Testing Scheme. Please find attached the Roll-out paper with all necessary information for participation. Our policy for the scheme is to keep everything as simple as possible, but achieving consistent, reliable and valuable results.

The team would be very happy to welcome IECEx ExTLs, ExTL applicants, ATEX Notified Bodies and other Ex laboratories which meet the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025.  Each contribution is highly appreciated to collect experience for the programs and for the continuous improvement process of the whole scheme.

The interested IECEx ExTLs, ExTL applicants, ATEX Notified Bodies and other Ex laboratories will confirm their participation by filling in the respective form enclosed as Annex B (which you can find in the Roll-out paper) and send them back to PTB in accordance with the schedule

                                                                                   before 2015-05-01.

The coordinator will confirm the receipt of the declaration of participation accordingly. The invoices will be sent out after registration of the laboratories. Payment will be confirmed together with the “Confirmation of Participation”. The programs are considered as two separate programs, so it is possible to participate in both programs or in just one of them.

You can find general information about the scheme and the programs on this website.

All detailed information, specific descriptions and data for the performance of the new programs 2015 will be uploaded on this website soon.

Please feel free to contact us at any time for further information. All team members are excited to serve you as best as possible.


Kind  regards

Your Ex Proficiency Testing Team
Uwe Klausmeyer, Lisa Zater, Tim Krause