RCM certification applicable to the country

Country:

Australia Nauru, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Kiribati.

Micronesia (Federated States of), Tuvalu, New Zealand, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Vanu Papua New Guinea, Samoa.

RCM certification application process

Australia RCM certification process

1. Third-party laboratory assessment of products to determine the implementation of the test standards;

2. Testing In case of non-conformance, the laboratory will rectify the product to meet and meet the Australian standards;

3. Test passed, issued a test report;

4. Submit the test report to the Australian issuing authority for document review;

5. Australia approved the adoption, the issuance of RCM certificate;

6. The customer can complete the registration of the Australian website by himself or by the laboratory;

Australia RCM certification precautions

1. Product to the time to add a unified RCM logo, pay attention to this requirement is April 19, 2013 Australia announcement.

2. Plug-in adapter to do RCM Certification, the plug to do a random test.

3. Tube type products: such as T8 LED lamp, fluorescent tube as the user can directly replace the larger security risks, the need to send samples to the Australian assessment.

4. Different issuing agencies will be different time.

Australia RCM certified support services

1. New applicants for RCM

2. The certificate is updated

3. Technical changes to the certificate

4. Administrative amendments to the certificate

5. The certificate is transferred to another holder

6. The certificate is renewed within the validity period

7. Additional printing certificate industry

RCM = Safety + EMC + Importer Declaration

1. Safety (Product Safety Certification)

Product safety certification consists of two parts: electrical products are divided into controlled electrical (Prescribed Product) and non-regulated products (Non-prescribed product).

1). Regulated electrical products according to AS / NZS4417.2 division, including electric equipment, refrigeration equipment, power tools, spare parts and so on. Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria are among the three most active in the certification process, and the mandatory category of electrical appliances must have a Certificate of Approval issued by the supervisory authority and must be identified with a certificate number, . The first letter of the certificate number shows which state or region the certificate was issued from. Such as:

(1) Q04051 (Queensland Queensland) --- Q Number

(2) W2015 (Western Australia Western Australia) --- W Number

(3) V03101 (Victoria Victoria) --- ESV Certificate V Number

(4) NSW18099 (New South Wales New South Wales) --- DOFT Certificate NSW Number

2). Non-regulated electrical appliances may be sold without certification, but manufacturers must ensure that the electrical safety of products comply with Australian standards AS / NZS3820: 1998 (Essential Safety Requirements for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment); monitoring department will meet the standard requirements of the product issued compliance Certificate of Suitability. A certificate of conformity may be given to the certificate of the product, and the last letter of the certificate will indicate which state or territory the certificate was issued to,

(1) CS / 431 / Q (Queensland)

(2) CS / 108 / NSW (New South Wales)

2 EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)

Australia's EMC Compliance Program is based on the 1992 Radio Communications ACT 1992 and covers a wide range of products including motor-driven and heat-generating electrical products, power tools and similar products, electric lamps and similar equipment, Television receivers and audio equipment, information technology products, industrial science and medical equipment, ignition engines and arc welding equipment. The program divides the product into three categories according to the degree of risk of electromagnetic interference generated by the product. The second and third products must be marked with a C-Tick mark. However, regardless of the product category, must comply with the relevant EMC standards.

One class of products: devices that only slightly affect the use of wireless spectrum devices, such as manual switches, simple relays, brushless squirrel cage induction motors, AC power / power transformers, resistors and so on. Such products in the production and sales can voluntarily apply for the use of C-Tick logo.

Second-class products: products that have a significant impact on devices that use wireless spectrum, such as microprocessors or digital devices with clocks, rectifiers or slip-ring motors, arc welding equipment, switched power supplies, photometric regulators and motors Speed controller, telematics equipment in the category of information technology (CISPR 22) (from Class 3 to Class 2 since 7 November 2003).

Three categories of products: products that have a serious impact on devices that use wireless spectrum, such as Industrial, Scientific and Medical Devices Group 2 (CISPR11).

RCM related matters

(1) If the product has CB and the differences between countries, you can go directly to Safety Certificate. Coupled with the EMC part of the agent can help out a declaration. The product can be sold to Australia and marked RCM Mark.

(2) Safety Certificate: If the product is direct plug in, you need to do the AU Plug Test (AS / NZS 3112: 2004) for the safety part. If the product is Desktop, you do not need to do this test .

(3) EMC Report --- that can be C-Tick Report (Test Standard: AS / NZS CISPR 22: 2002), it can be CE EMC Report.

RCM (SAA) of the issuing unit

CB member lab test, the test report submitted to the state's certification body to apply for certification. Seven (including New Zealand) are eligible to apply for accreditation:

1) DepartmentofFairTrading, NewSouthWales (NSW)

2) Department of Mines and Energy, Queensland

3) TheOfficeoftheChiefElectricalInspector, Victoria

4) OfficeofEnergy Policy, SouthAustralia

5) OfficeofEnergy, WesternAustralia

6) OfficeofElectricity, StandardsandSafety, Tasmania

7) Ministry of Commerce, New Zealand

Australia RCM certification of the latest certification requirements

1. The new decree will come into effect on March 1st.

2. SAA certification and C-Tick certification phase out, replaced by RCM certification, the certification covers safety and EMC (C-TIck may still be applied to some low-power wireless products).

3. All electronic products, will be divided into three categories: High, medium, low Risk. We do not have detailed breakdown of the scope of information, in general, the battery drive and voltage of 12V or less of the product is low risk, 240V standard voltage products for the risk of high voltage products for high risk. The buffer period for low-risk products is 6 months, and the buffer period for medium- and high-risk products is 3 years (this is the recommendation of the relevant Australian associations, but the government has not yet finalized the specific laws).

4. RCM certification can only be applied by a local Australian company, the company must apply to the Australian Government for an RCM number. Chinese producers and exporters can apply for the IEC or AS / NZS report in their own name, but the report must be submitted to an Australian importers for RCM. The registration fee is $ 75 per trademark per product per year (for example, a company in Australia has two trademarks: A and B, he imported exactly the same batch of products from China, half marked with A and one marked B's trademark, that means you must pay A $ 150 per year for the registration fee).

5. According to the expert, since the importer will assume the risk of product quality failure (responsible party), and non-Australian companies can not apply for RCM certification directly. It is estimated that a growing number of small Australian companies will change in order to reduce costs, the cost of production by the Chinese manufacturers report and apply for SAA practice. They will tend to designate a certain capacity and prestige of the laboratory to provide insurance reports and test data, and then they apply for Australian RCM certification.

6. In theory, the Australian laboratory can also be used as an applicant to help a company obtain RCM certification. However, according to the expert, due to the larger legal burden, it is estimated that most Australian laboratories will not take the initiative to take the risk, even to do, the related costs may also be relatively high.