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1 1  == Introduction ==
2 2  
3 -Establishing the CEC NDA is, besides you registering to the CEC Scheme via this website, and your application for participating in the CEC Scheme being approved, the crucial prerequisite for your company's participation in the CEC Scheme.
3 +The cecQAF is the central form for the CEC Certification Process Version 2 (CECv2).
4 4  
5 -Please start with downloading the NDA form:
5 +It captures the necessary information from a Vendor seeking CEC Certification as needed for:
6 6  
7 -== Download the form ==
7 +* defining the scope of the initial CEC Assessment, CEC Certificate Renewal, and CEC Certificate Extension so CEC Admin can quote for the requested services
8 +* querying the data needed to calculate the CEC Indicators
8 8  
9 -Download the applicable CEC NDA template using one of the two links below:
10 +To start the CEC Certification Process, please download the cecQAF form with the worksheets required for a quotation for initial CEC Assessment, enter the requested information, and e-mail it to contact@cecocert.com.
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12 -|For vendors who require a single signee to sign for them:|[[CEC NDA - Vendor single signee>>attach:NDA V01-03s UTR 2023-07-07.docx]]
13 -|For vendors who require two signees to sign for them:|[[CEC NDA - Vendor dual signee>>attach:NDA V01-03s DualSig UTR 2023-07-07.docx]]
12 +To initiate a renewal or extension, please use the cecQAF form that was provided to you by CEC Admin after the previous assessment or extension. If you would like to upgrade the cecQAF to the latest version, e-mail CEC Admin and ask for an upgrade of your cecQAF.
14 14  
15 -== Open the downloaded NDA form ==
14 +If you were previously certified under Version 1 of the CEC Scheme, email [[contact@cecocert.com>>mailto:contact@cecocert.com]] requesting the latest cecQAF form for vendor data entry.
16 16  
17 -Open the downloaded file using Microsoft Word.
16 +More information about the CEC Certification process you can find [[here>>doc:Main.X0200a - Overview of the CEC Certification Process.WebHome]].
18 18  
19 -Note that some web-browsers allowing opening Word forms, but usually offer only limited functionality.
18 +== Download the form ==
20 20  
21 -== Complete the fields ==
20 +Download the applicable CEC NDA Form using the link below:
22 22  
23 -Complete the blue fields on pages 1, 5, and 6 of the NDA form. Do not sign the NDA at this stage.
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23 +|cecQAF form|[[cecQAF>>attach:cecQAF v2as 2026-07-17 - VENDOR PRODTYPE - V0a XXX YYYY-MM-DD.xlsx]]
24 24  
25 -Save the file and e-mail it to [[contact@cecocert.com>>mailto:contact@cecocert.com]], with the subject line:
25 +== Rename the file to identify it as one from your company ==
26 26  
27 -* "CEC NDA COMPANYNAME for signature"
28 -* replacing COMPANYNAME with the name of your company.
27 +The name of the downloaded file looks like this:
29 29  
30 -In the e-mail, advise that you would like to proceed with the CEC NDA and provide the name, title, and e-mail address of the signatory for your company.
29 +cecQAF v2as 2026-03-06 - VENDOR PRODTYPE - V0a XXX YYYY-MM-DD.xlsx
31 31  
32 -If your company requires that two representatives of your company sign the NDA, please advise accordingly and provide name, title, and e-mail address of both signatories in the e-mail. We will then adjust the form accordingly.
31 +In this name, replace the information in the name of the downloaded file, identified in the left column, with the information identified in the right column:
33 33  
34 -If your company cannot sign via docusign.com, please advise accordingly in the e-mail if you want to manually sign the NDA, or sign a PDF electronically.
35 -
36 -If you want to be notified of the docusign process being initiated, for example if you want to follow up with your signatory.
37 -
38 -== Signing process ==
39 -
40 -=== Default - via docusign.com ===
41 -
42 -By default we will send the NDA for signature via docusign.com.
43 -
44 -Your signatory will receive the NDA for signature first. Once your signatory has signed, docusign will forward the document automatically to us for signature. Once we have countersigned, both parties will receive a copy of the NDA.
45 -
46 -=== Manual signature method ===
47 -
48 -If you advise us that you need to sign manually, then we will send you a PDF of the NDA.
49 -
50 -Please then:
51 -
52 -* print the NDA,
53 -* have it manually signed by a legal representative of your company, then
54 -* scan it back into your computer
55 -* e-mail it to [[contact@cecocert.com>>mailto:contact@cecocert.com]] with the subject line:
56 -** "CEC NDA signed by COMPANYNAME"
57 -** replacing COMPANYNAME with the name of your company.
58 -
59 -=== Electronic signature method ===
60 -
61 -If you advise us that you need to sign the NDA by electronically signing a PDF, then we will send you a PDF of the NDA.
62 -
63 -Please then:
64 -
65 -* have the form electronically signed by a legal representative of your company using the signature field by __right__-clicking the Signature field in the "For Vendor" column on page 5 and choosing the "Certify ..." option.
66 -* __Do not__ use the "Sign ..." function of the PDF reader/editor instead of the "Certify ..." function, as "Sign" locks the document against further changes, and thus makes it impossible for us to countersign the NDA electronically.
67 -* e-mail it to [[contact@cecocert.com>>mailto:contact@cecocert.com]] with the subject line:
68 -** "CEC NDA signed by COMPANYNAME"
69 -** replacing COMPANYNAME with the name of your company.
70 -
71 -FAQs
72 -
73 -A couple of questions come up frequently with respect to NDAs, and while please forgiving us for the laziness to not answer them again and again by e-mail, please find our standard answers to them below:
74 -
75 -=== Why require identification as "confidential", could the NDA not simply cover "all information"? ===
76 -
77 -Various courts have struck down NDAs as invalid, because they defined confidential information too broadly, eg trying to cover all information exchanged through a "catch-all" term.
78 -
79 -=== Can we have our company location as applicable law and venue? ===
80 -
81 -The CEC Scheme is developed to be economic and operate at a reasonable cost. This does not allow for managing the risk of court cases in multiple legislations and locations.
82 -
83 -=== Can we have a third location as applicable law and venue? ===
84 -
85 -No, for the same reason as stated above. In addition we often experienced that where "third location different from yours and ours" where proposed, the proposing party had a subsidiary (and probably lawyers) in that "third location" and we did not.
86 -
87 -=== The NDA form does not work with my Word version. What shall I do? ===
88 -
89 -E-mail [[contact@cecocert.com>>mailto:contact@cecocert.com]] and in the e-mail provide the information that whould be entered into the blue fields in the NDA form.
90 -
91 -We will then prepare the document for signature using the information you provided in the e-mail.
92 -
93 -=== I found an error or mistake in the NDA form. What shall I do? ===
94 -
95 -Please e-mail [[contact@cecocert.com>>path:mailto:contact@cecocert.com]] and let us know of the error or mistake you identified. We will correct the error and provide you an updated form. Many thanks in advance!
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34 +|Replace this information|with this information
35 +|VENDOR|The name of your company, please shorten to a single word, for example if your company name is "Wonderful Security Printing Neverland Ltd", use "Wonderful" or an acronym like "WSPN".
36 +|PRODTYPE|The CEC Acronym for the product type the cecQAF is for, for example CB or ICC
37 +|V0a|This is the version of your file. For the initial submission, please leave it as V0a, but once at a later stage you modify the file, update the letter only, eg V0a to V0b. Do not change the number.
38 +|XXX|Initials of the person having made the latest revision, for example change XXX to PP if your initials are PP because your name is Peter Parker
39 +|YYYY-MM-DD|The date of the latest modification in the ISO 1806 format. Replace YYYY with the year, MM with the Month, DD with the day of the latest revision you made to the file
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