Product Listing Scheme - PLS

With the increasing scrutiny for safety and quality in products, consumers, industry buyers and regulators today choose independently certified products for added assurance. Manufacturers and traders can provide such assurance by ensuring their products are certified by a reputable certification body.

As an internationally recognised testing and certification body, TÜV SÜD can help manufacturers and traders gain access to both local and global markets, by ensuring that products meet international standards and conformity requirements.

This Product Listing Scheme entails safety and performance testing of products in accordance to the national and international standards. TÜV SÜD will issue the Certificate of Conformity and PSB Tick Mark once products tested meet the required standards.

The Product Listing Scheme supports the industry in fulfilling regulatory requirements of regulators like the Singapore Civil Defence Force, Ministry of Manpower, Land Transport Authority, Dubai Civil Defence Department for a range of fire safety products and materials, personnel protective devices, etc.

All suppliers and manufacturers capable of manufacturing products which conform to relevant standards and additional regulatory requirements where applicable, may apply for the PLS.

All PLS listed products can be found in the Certificate Explorer. To find out the certification status of a known COC number not found in the PLS directory, please send us your enquiry.

Products listed under Class 1A (ISO Certification Type 5) & Class 1B (ISO Certification Type 1b) in the PLS are entitled to be labelled with “PSB Listed” Labels. Labels details can be found in the Label Explorer.

The download links for our forms and label specifications are as below.

• Application Form for Product Listing Scheme (CRT-OM-PLS-F-01) 
• Product Details Template (CRT-OM-PLS-F-21) 
• Request for Declaration of Compliance
• Labels Request Form
• TÜV SÜD PSB PLS Label Specifications

In accordance to regulators’ or major buyers’ requirements, there are three classifications of listing in the PLS:

Class 1A (ISO Certification Type 5) – With Factory and Product Surveillance 

Products listed under Class 1A in the PLS are entitled to be labelled with “PLS Listed” Labels. Depending on the type of product, these labels are either printed by the applicant or issued by TÜV SÜD according to production volume of the product declared by the applicant. Products listed in Class 1A are subject to factory and product surveillance.

Class 1B and Class BC (ISO Certification Type 1b) – With Batch Inspection 

Products listed under Class 1B in the PLS are entitled to be labelled with TÜV SÜD PSB PLS serialised labels. These labels are issued by TÜV SÜD according to the size of the batch and upon condition that the batch has passed the batch testing/inspection to be conducted by TÜV SÜD.

A Batch Certificate under Class BC will be issued for certification of a whole batch of products tested based on the application of a sampling plan. If the outcome of the determination, review and decision is positive, all items in the batch will be considered as certified and can be affixed with TÜV SÜD PSB PLS serialized labels. There is no validity applicable for the certificate.

Class 1C (ISO Certification Type 5) – With Factory Surveillance 

Products listed under Class 1C in the PLS are entitled to be labelled with “PLS Listed” Labels. These labels are printed by the applicant. Products listed under Class 1C are subject to factory inspection four times a year and whenever applicable, the inspection to cover each certified product at a minimum once every 2 years. If no safety concerns is identified, it is possible to reduce the frequency of on-site surveillances to two times per year.

Class 2 (ISO Certification Type 2) – With Market Surveillance

Products listed under Class 2 in the PLS are not entitled to be labelled with “PLS Listed” labels. However, there will be product review/market surveillance.