BASEC, the British Approvals Service for Cables, is an independent, non-profit certification body and a leading authority for electrical cables. It provides product certification services for a wide range of cables and cable accessories including building wire, steel wire armour cables, control and instrumentation cables, industrial cables and fire performance cables. As part of its certification process, it ensures that all BASEC-approved cables and their manufacturers are subjected to comprehensive product testing and a manufacturing process audit to ensure product compliance. This is a certification that is provided to the manufacturers who apply on specific products.