The PCBC acts as a Notified Body with notification no. 1434, given by the European Commission, within the scope of the following Directives:

• 2006/95/EC – Electrical equipment
• 2004/108/EC – Electromagnetic compatibility
• 88/378/EEC – Safety of toys
• 89/106/EEC – Construction products (for some of materials)
• 2006/42/EC – Machinery (for selected machines)
• 94/25/EC – Recreational craft
• 90/385/EEC – Active implantable medical devices
• 93/42/EEC – Medical devices
• 98/79/EC – In vitro diagnostic medical devices
• 1996/97/EC – Energy efficiency requirements for household electric refrigerators, freezers and combinations thereof
• 1999/5/EC – Radio and telecommunications terminal equipment.

Product certification is conducted by the following departments and branch offices:

• Electrical Product Testing and Certification Department
• General Use Product and Medical Product Testing and Certification Department
• Food and Chemical Product Testing and Certification Department
• Testing and Certification Branch Office in Gdańsk
• Testing and Certification Branch Office in Piła.

The co-operation on mutual recognition of test results and certificates is realized with foreign certification bodies, among others:

EZU – Czech Republic, SIQ – Slovenia, VDE – Germany, IMQ – Italy, INTERTEK-SEMKO – Sweden, NEMKO – Norway, KEMA – Holland, TÜV TRPS – Germany, JET – Japan, UkrTEST – Ukraine, EGSC – Lithuania, SERTIKA – Lithuania, ANO NTCSE “ISEP” – Russia, ZAO NTC “SEAK-NIAI” – Russia, MERTCONTROL – Hungary, KERMI – Hungary, TÜV PS – Germany, BiełGISS –Belarus, ZAO BEIŁCSI – Belarus, BiełGIM – Belarus, RTO – Russia, KTL – Korea, ROSSERTIFIKO - Russia. This co-operation is aimed at simplification of the procedure to obtain foreign certificates by Polish manufacturers with the possibility to mark products with respective marks.