Certifications
& standards.

APIQR registration covers the organization’s stated management-system scope. Permission to mark qualifying equipment with the API Monogram is a separate licensing matter.

Review the registered services and locations. Applicability depends on the actual operation; customs brokerage alone does not establish API Q2 qualification.

Review the certificate’s legal entity, locations and covered activities. A management-system certificate does not certify the grade, quantity or ownership of a particular fuel cargo.

These credentials belong to named individuals. Check the inspector’s current certification and relevant discipline separately from a company’s certification or a facility’s inspection report.

The certificate’s scope should identify the activities and sites covered. Environmental management certification does not replace the operating permits applicable to a facility.

Certification applies to the defined management system. Employee competence, task-specific training and site-access requirements still need to be assessed for the work involved.

This is an organizational energy-management standard. It is distinct from a certificate of fuel quality, a renewable-energy attribute certificate or permission to trade energy products.

Check the laboratory’s accredited scope for the specific test method. A cargo’s certificate of analysis must be reviewed against the actual sample, methods and results; laboratory accreditation alone does not certify that cargo.