MKS warns about fake fire door certificates, how can a business verify the paperwork?

In Türkiye, shopping malls fall under the Regulation on Shopping Centres, which sets rules for design approval and licensing (Official Gazette, 26 February 2016, issue 29636). A store operator’s building safety paperwork ties into that process. Check the current text of the regulation with the official source; this is not legal or financial advice.

On the high street, there is no mall management to run the check, so it falls straight to the owner. We look at how chains make the street-or-mall call in our piece on Evidea’s new Atakum store. In a warehouse, the door often separates the stock area, so it protects goods and people at the same time.

Manufacturers and dealers whose certificates can be verified gain indirectly. When a buyer asks for paperwork, a seller with open records can step out of the price race and sell on trust. Businesses that keep insurance and renovation files also end up with a cleaner archive.

Ask the seller for the full test and classification report. Send a written question to the body named on the report. Until you get an answer, write “certificate verification pending” on the handover record.

Never write a price down on its own; always write its verification status next to it. Use this template: match score = matched items / 5. If the score is below 5/5, if the number lookup fails or if the three standards are missing, drop that quote whatever the price.

Reading the certificate from the supplier’s PDF and never looking at the door label. In that case, a genuine certificate can travel with the wrong door. Buy cheap, buy twice, as the saying goes, except here the second purchase can come after a fire.

Put the quotes in a table with three columns: price, match score and number lookup result. First set aside the quotes that score 5/5 and pass the lookup. Compare price only among those, so you only ever negotiate between verified products.

A serious supplier lists product models, standard names and certificate numbers openly on its site. Look twice at a seller whose search results show only campaigns and prices, with no certificate page. Business buyers who cannot find the paperwork online often move on without asking for a quote.

If you sell doors, insulation or building materials, yes. Publishing certificate numbers with their lookup channel saves business buyers time. When you add forms and tracking tools to your site, also read our piece on the cookie consent panel decision.

For each door, ask in this order: do 1) the issuing body, 2) the manufacturer name, 3) the model, 4) the size and 5) the resistance class match; 6) does the number appear in the issuing body’s records; 7) do EN 16034, EN 1634-1 and EN 13501-2 appear on the document? Without seven yes answers, the door file stays open.

Add a clause saying the certificate number will be given in writing before delivery and payment will be held if it cannot be verified. That clause filters out window dressing at the quote stage. Have your lawyer review the contract wording.

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Compare the five details on the certificate with the door label, and look up the certificate number in the issuing body’s own records. If both checks pass, you have strong evidence the document belongs to that door.

If the door stands in your business, you should see the file too. Ask the contractor in writing for the certificate, the report and the lookup result, and add them to your archive.

No. The report gives no number or rate of fake certificates in Türkiye; the warning is framed as a general buying principle.