Approval to use are the general terms and conditions of the VDE ASSOCIATION FOR ELECTRCAL, ELECTRONIC and INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES-VDE Testing and certification Institute. The right to use the mark is granted only to the mentioned company with the named places of manufacture and the listed products with the related type references. The place of manufacture shall be equipped in a way that a constant manufacturing of the certified construction is assured.
The approval is valid as long as the VDE specifications are in force, on which the certification is based on, unless it is withdrawn according to other provisions of the testing and certification procedure(PM 102).
The validity period of a VDE-GS-Mark Approval may be prolonged on request. In case of changes in legal and /or normative requirements ,the validity period of a VDE-GS-Mark Approval may be shortened..