CUL mark is for the flow of products on the market in Canada, the UL mark. With such a certification mark of the product has been consistent with Canada's safety standards, UL standards and reference standards for the United States is basically the same, of course, there are some differences in product standards. For example, hand-held power tools have two sets of standards: UL45 only applies in the United States. UL745-1 for the United States and Canada. Two standards are similar are derived from the International Electrotechnical Commission IEC60745 - safety standards for hand-held motor-driven tools. CUL mark widely used in household appliances, computer equipment, ventilation equipment, home security systems and other types of products.
Enterprises in the export of Canadian customers may encounter, requiring products CUL, CUL certified by the product meets all provinces of Canada security requirements. In the application together with an application of UL CUL has the advantage, because UL and CUL many test items are repeated, only less so when applied to do a few CUL, then more than one application process, so at a lower cost, in a relatively short time to get the two certification.