Australia's RCM certification is a mandatory compliance mark for entering the Australian and New Zealand markets. The table below summarizes the core certification standards and items as of 2025, helping you quickly grasp the overall picture.

Australia RCM Mandatory Compliance Certification Standards and Items:

  In-Depth Look at RCM Certification Test Items:

Beyond the core items in the table, RCM certification includes a series of more detailed tests to ensure product safety and compatibility in various scenarios.

1.Safety Performance Testing: This is the foundation of certification, primarily evaluating product safety under normal use and single fault conditions.

·Electrical Safety: Detects insulation resistance, clearances, and creepage distances to prevent electric shock or electrical fires.

·Structural Safety: Assesses the product's mechanical strength, stability, and whether moving parts (e.g., fan blades) could cause injury during normal use or accidents.

·Fire & Heat Resistance: Checks the flame retardancy rating of non-metallic materials (e.g., enclosures, internal insulation) and whether surface temperatures that might be contacted during normal operation are within safe limits.

2.Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing: This part ensures your device does not interfere with other devices and is not susceptible to interference from them.

·Electromagnetic Interference: Measures the strength of unwanted electromagnetic noise emitted by the device via the power cord (conducted emissions) and through space (radiated emissions), ensuring it does not exceed limits to avoid affecting nearby radios, TV signals, etc.

·Electromagnetic Immunity: Simulates electromagnetic interference in real-world environments, such as electrostatic discharge, surge induced by lightning, fast transient bursts on the power grid, etc., testing whether the device can maintain normal operation under these interferences without restarting, data errors, or performance degradation.

3.Radio Spectrum Compliance Testing: If your product has wireless functions (e.g., Wi-Fi, Bluetooth), this is a mandatory item.

·Basic RF Parameters: Precisely measure the device's operating frequency band, transmit power, occupied bandwidth, etc., ensuring they strictly fall within the ranges permitted by Australian regulations to avoid interfering with other important radio services (e.g., aviation, military communications).

·Spurious Emissions: Detects unintentional emissions from the device outside the operating band; this energy also needs strict suppression.

  2025 Important New Regulations & Reminders:

Beyond conventional test standards, pay special attention to some new regulations and specific product requirements implemented in 2025.

1.Standard Updates are the Current Focus:

·Safety Standards:AS/NZS 62368-1 is comprehensively replacing the old AS/NZS 60950.1 (Information technology equipment safety standard). If your product was originally based on the old standard, applications now must be tested according to the new standard.

·EMC Standards: Effective January 1, 2025, all newly applied certification products must comply with the AS/NZS CISPR 32:2023 standard. Certificates issued under the old standard are valid at the latest until December 31, 2025.

2.Specific Product Supplementary Requirements:

·Direct Plug-in Adapters: Mandatory random testing of the Australian plug (according to AS/NZS 3112 standard).

·LED Tubes: As products that can be directly replaced by users, posing higher safety risks, sending samples to Australia for assessment may be required.

·Mobile Phones/Tablets: Starting 2025, newly added to the mandatory registration scope; related companies need to reserve a longer certification cycle for this.

3.Simplified Marking & Agent Requirements:

·Unified Marking: 2025 new regulations removed the requirement for supplier identification. Products uniformly use the RCM mark, no longer using the old C-Tick or A-Tick marks.

·Mandatory Local Responsible Party: This is an unavoidable requirement. According to Australian regulations, overseas manufacturers must appoint an Australian local company as the "Responsible Supplier", which will complete the product registration in the EESS database and assume corresponding legal responsibilities.

We hope this overview of Australia's RCM certification standards and items helps you better plan and execute product certification. If you can share more specific product types (e.g., power adapters, small appliances, or Bluetooth devices), BLUEASIA Tech: 13534225140 will provide professional certification consulting services!