Thanks Phil.

I will go further there is not a single unit that complies fully with the CE Standard. That is why deaths occur, IMHO.

This issue is a very important legal point.

There is confusion amongst some Notified Bodies about what is required, but the law is quite clear.

EN14143:2003 is on the European list of PPE Standards. Only an accredited Notified Body to PPE that is certified for Respiritory Equipment including diving equipment, can act for a company making rebreathers and issue a certification.

EN14143:2003 requires compliance with EN61508. The only company accredited to certify either the equipment or process used to design the equipment, is SIRA Certification. SIRA have not certified any rebreather. I can say with complete confidence that no rebreather meets the safety requirements required by EN61508, and also that none on the market at present could possibly meet those requirements.

There seems to be two levels of "self deception".
1. Companies that issue EN14143:2003 compliance certificates when they have no authorisation to do so whatsoever. Such as the Submatrix certificate. Those companies are acting unlawfully, and possibly fraudulently.

2. Companies that issue EN14143:2003 compliance certificates where there is no EN61508 compliance, and patently no compliance. Those companies are acting incompetently.

To help dispell the mystique that surrounds this, we will publish our entire compliance reports as soon as we can get an auditor to finish auditing them.


Alex