How the apply for TCO Certification:
To begin the TCO Certification process for Visual Display Unites (VDUs), download the TCO Certification Application Form (73kb PDF). Fill out the form and fax to Intertek Stockholm laboratory (fax number is located at the bottom of the form).
Once the test sample is received, the VDU will be tested to TCO´03, TCO´99 or MPR II / III or ISO 9241-3, -7 and -8. Products passing the necessary requirements will have verifications of compliance issued. These compliance verifications are used in the application for any of the TCO Environmental Labeling Schemes. The fees for certification by TCO Development for TCO´03 and TCO´99 can be found.
Any liaison work needed with TCO Development and associated fees will be managed by Intertek. The long-standing working relationship between Intertek and TCO Development expedites certification of products from testing through to certification.
MPR II or MPR III Compliance
In the case of only complying with MPR II, Intertek's mark with the text "SEMKO MPR1990:8 VERIFIED" can be applied to the product. Although MPR II was released in 1991, it is still an attractive verification in some markets – case in point, MPR II is an official hygienic requirement in Russia that is coupled with ISO9241-3 compliance.
MPR III was released in mid 90's and category A of MPRIII (prEN 50279) is similar to the TCO´99 emission requirements.
