RAL – German Institute for Quality Assurance and Certification

[RAL Deutsches Institut für Gütesicherung und Kennzeichnung e.V.]

The world's oldest product certification body.

The certification programmes include RAL QUALITY MARKS, RAL COLOURS, RAL ENVIRONMENTAL with the ‘Blue Angel’ ecolabel and RAL LOGO LICENSING. The widespread acceptance of RAL reflects the extensive experience that it has gathered over many years. The first RAL quality mark was issued back in 1925, the internationally respected RAL colour standard celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2017, while the ‘Blue Angel’ celebrated its 40th birthday in 2018. 

RAL quality marks provide certification for thousands of products and services by verifying that they have been manufactured or marketed in accordance with stringent quality assurance specifications. There are currently about 160 RAL quality marks, ranging from A for ‘Anti-graffiti products’ to Z for ‘Zinc die casting’. So how does anyone keep track? Simple: The list we have compiled classifies the quality marks into different groups, displays the associated logo, tells you the name of the quality assurance association with responsibility for managing the mark, and identifies the associated quality assurance and test specifications.

The ‘Blue Angel’ is the world's oldest environmental quality label for products and services. RAL is the only body with the authority to issue this respected ecolabel. And RAL is also authorized to award the European environmental label ‘EU Ecolabel’.