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P42Issue 1 Rev 2Verification Round Plan

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PLAN FOR VERIFICATION ROUND SV-2019-01
Servers / NSF/ANSI 426-2018
MARCH 2019I.

PURPOSE AND CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT

This document outlines the plan for a Verification Round of Investigations to be performed inaccordance P15 Verification Procedure, this Verification Plan, and EPEAT scheme rules.

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SELECTION OF CRITERIA AND PRODUCTS FOR VERIFICATIONVerification Round SV-2019-01 will investigate targeted criteria from the NSF/ANSI 426 – 2018 standard.
4 Level 1 investigations are planned for this round. In Level 1 investigations, an Auditor assesses
Conformance to a criterion by examining information submitted by a Manufacturer. The Manufacturer isrequired to provide detailed and accurate information in a 60-day period. The products and criteria will
be selected as follows:•All products currently active on the Registry are eligible for inclusion and will be chosen firstthrough a random selection process.

•All geographies and Manufacturers are eligible for inclusion.

•No Manufacturer will be subject to more than 2 investigations during this Round.

Since this is the first ever Verification Round for Servers, if any Non-Conformances are found, theManufacturer’s name will not be published. Additionally, the Server standard has been updated via acontinuous maintenance process and therefore this Verification Round will exclude verification ofcriteria which were updated in the 2018 version in order to ensure adequate time for Manufacturers tocome into Conformance. Product will be selected according to the following process:Selection Process:Step 1Step 2

Step 3Notes:

A list of all Server products will be pulledfrom the EPEAT Registry.
Products on this master list will be chosen
at random per the Verification Plan.
Criteria that were changed in the 2018
Server update plus critieria that are not

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All products that are currently active in
the Registry will be included.

No manufacturer will be subject tomore than 2 individual investigations
March 2019being claimed will be removed from thefull list of criteria. From the remaining list,
criteria will selected at random per theVerification Plan.

III.

during this round.

VERIFICATION PROCESSThe Verification Round will proceed in accordance with current procedures, as outlined below.
1. This plan will be published on epeat.net.
2. The Green Electronics Council Conformity Assurance staff will instruct Conformity Assurance
Bodies (CABs) to proceed with their assigned investigations.
3. CABs will assign investigations to an Auditor and will notify subject Manufacturers that theirproducts are being investigated.
4. The Auditors will perform the investigations as assigned within 60 calendar days, and prepare anInvestigation Report for each investigation, recommending Conformance or Nonconformance.
5. CABs will review all Investigation Reports to ensure they are clear and complete and theevidence supports the recommendation and will forward the Report and supporting evidence tothe Green Electronics Council.
6. Conformity Assurance Staff will review reports and make decisions regarding conformity. The
identity of the products and Manufacturers will not be disclosed; decision makers will be blindto the specific products and Manufacturers for which they are making conformity decisions.
7. CABs will inform the subject Manufacturers of the conformity decision. For decisions ofNonconformance, Manufacturers will be required to take corrective action within 14 calendar
days to restore the accuracy of the declaration in the EPEAT Registry.

IV.

CONFORMITY ASSURANCE BODIES AND AUDITORSAll investigations will be conducted through Conformity Assurance Bodies approved by the GreenElectronics Council. The following Conformity Assurance Bodies may be involved in Investigations forthis Verification Round:• DEKRA• GEC• TUVV.

SUMMARY OF SV-2019-01 PLANNED INVESTIGATIONSVerification Round Plan SV-2019-01Serversp. 2

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Criterion

Verification Selection and Process•Criteria will be randomly selected from a list of criteria where any criteria
which were updated in the revision or that are not being claimed areexcluded.
Total

Verification Round Plan SV-2019-01
Serversp. 3# Planned
Investigations
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