India is set to bring in some regulatory requirement for IT products !! Government of India Gazette "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirements for Compulsary Registration) Order 2012" of date September 7, 2012 under S.O 2357E details the product categories covered under this scheme, the method of obtaining registration etc.... read more →
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As of July 25, 2012, secondary cells and battery packs fall under Self-regulatory Safety Confirmation of KC Certification per the Electrical Appliances Safety Control Act. Lithium secondary cells and battery packs with energy density equal to or greater than 400Wh/L for use in portable devices are required to have KC... read more →
Feb
14
South Korea has updated its regulations to separate the issuance of safety and EMC certifications and update the controlled product list for the KC Mark. Beginning July 1 , 2012, Korea began separately applying the Electrical Safety Appliance Law for the safety and Radio Waves Act for the EMC and has appointed the following... read more →
Feb
14
China CCC Catalogue Update The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ) and Certification and Accreditation Administration of China (CNCA) jointly announced on CNCA Circular No. 117 that eight (8) products no longer require CCC certification, effective since August 13, 2012. Existing CCC certificates for the... read more →
Feb
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As of January 2, 2013, reduced testing of a sample must take place in Argentina prior to issuance of the certificate of extension to the Argentine importer. This requirement applies to all local certifications based on pre-existing test reports and consists of performing some tests to a sample of the product to be certified. The sample will have to... read more →
Feb
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UL has recently been accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) as one of only two standards development organizations based outside of Canada. The accreditation enables UL to create and develop Standards for Canada along with fully harmonized bi-national standards for the U.S. and Canadian marketplace, enabling more efficient... read more →
Feb
07
CHINA ENERGY LABEL: On November 23, 2012, AQSIQ and CNCA jointly announced a scope extension to the mandatory China Energy Label (CEL) scheme, to include personal computers for general use. The extension comprises desktop and portable computers, but not servers and/or workstations, industrial computers and personal computers with rated power... read more →
Feb
07
The IEC 60601-1 standard is a globally recognized standard for electro-medical equipment safety, and a parent standard over 60 particular device standards. The third edition (3rd), issued in 2005, has a compliance date of June 2012 for the European market (EN 60601-1:2006), and July 2013 for the US market under... read more →
Feb
05
The legalization body, General Administration of Quality Supervision , Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China has announced Notification G/TBT/N/CHN/834 ( published on 10 OCT 2011 ) and the microcomputer Energy efficiency labeling rules based on the standard... read more →
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Issued Jointly by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection & Quarantine (AQSIQ) and the Certification & Accreditation Administration of China (CNCA) on August 13, 2012 In accordance with China's regulations on certification, accreditation and compulsory product certification, as of the issue date hereof, some products as annexed below may... read more →