BEAMA

1 December 2008

The Electrical Industry Charter aims to help prevent the illegal and dangerous trade in these types of products.

The Charter is endorsed by the British Approvals Service for Cables (BASEC), the British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers' Association (BEAMA), the Electrical Safety Council (ESC), the British Cables Association, SELECT, the Lighting Industry Federation (LIF), the Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA), and the Electrical Distributors Association (EDA).

For manufacturers using faulty materials, it can mean loss of revenue, while for specifiers, wholesalers and contractors, reputations are at stake if counterfeit products not meeting the required standards are supplied and installed.

The campaign aims to help stem the use of counterfeit products at source and ensure the UK market does not suffer from a flood of potentially lethal items.

In support of the campaign, BEAMA has produced a new six minute long DVD highlighting the potential dangers of counterfeiting - fire, death and injury - and the impact on reputation and business by specifying and installing inferior quality 'copy cat' electrical products.