Certifié RCM

1. The new decree came into effect on March 1, 2013.

2. SAA certification and C-Tick certification will be gradually cancelled and replaced by RCM certification, which covers safety regulations and EMC (C-Tick may still be applicable to some small

power wireless products).

3. All electronic products will be divided into three categories: High, medium, and low Risk. We do not have detailed breakdown information, in general, battery drive and voltage

Products below 12V are low risk, 240V standard voltage products are medium risk, and high voltage products are high risk. The buffer period for low-risk products is 6 months, with medium to high risk

The buffer period for insurance products is 3 years (this period is recommended by the relevant Australian associations, but the government has not yet confirmed the specific laws and regulations).

4. RCM certification can only be applied by a local company in Australia, and the company must apply for an RCM number to the Australian government. Chinese producers and exporters can use their own name

Apply for an IEC or AS/NZS report, but the report must be handed over to the Australian importer to apply for RCM. The application fee for registration is AUD 75 per product per trademark per year (for example

It means that a company in Australia owns two trademarks: A and B. He imported the exact same batch of products from China, half of which are marked with A’s trademark and one with B’s trademark.

trademark, that means having to pay an annual registration fee of $150).

5. According to the expert's opinion, since the importer will bear the risk of substandard product quality (responsible party), and non-Australian companies cannot directly apply for RCM certification. but

It is estimated that more and more small-scale Australian companies will change the practice of making reports and applying for SAA at the expense of Chinese production plants in order to reduce costs.

They will tend to designate laboratories with certain capabilities and prestige to provide insurance reports and test data, and then they will apply for Australian RCM certification.

6. In theory, an Australian laboratory can also act as an applicant to help a company obtain RCM accreditation. However, according to the expert's opinion, due to the legally borne

The responsibility is relatively large. It is estimated that most Australian laboratories will not take this risk on their own initiative. Even if they do, the related costs may be relatively high.

7. Australia and New Zealand are introducing the RCM mark to achieve uniform marking of electrical products, which is a trademark owned by the Australian and New Zealand regulators,

Indicates that the product complies with both safety regulations and EMC requirements, which is not mandatory.

1. Safety (product safety certification):

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

Controlled electrical products are classified according to AS/NZS4417.2, including electric heating equipment, refrigeration equipment, power tools, spare parts, etc. Three of them are issued by Queensland, New South Wales

Shi and Victoria are the most active in the certification process. Regulated electrical appliances must obtain a Certificate of Approval issued by the monitoring department, and the regulations

Identification (must be marked with the certificate number). The first letter of the certificate number shows which state or territory the certificate was issued from. Such as:

a) Q04051 (Queensland) --- Q Number

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

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

d) NSW18099 (New South Wales, New South Wales) --- DOFT Certificate NSW Number

Non-regulated electrical appliances can be sold directly without certification, but the manufacturer must ensure that the electrical safety of the product complies with the Australian standard AS/NZS3820:1998 (Essential Safety

Requirements for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment); the monitoring department will issue a certificate of compliance for products that meet the requirements of the standard

(Certificate of Suitability). Electrical products that have obtained a certificate of conformity can be marked with a certificate number, and the last letter of the certificate shows which state or region the certificate is issued by

issued, such as:

a) CS/431/Q (Queensland)

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

2.EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)

Australia's electromagnetic compatibility compliance plan is based on the 1992 Radio Communications Act (Radio Communications ACT 1992), which covers a wide range of products.

Including motor-driven and heat-generating electrical products, power tools and similar products, lamps and similar equipment, television receivers and audio equipment, information technology products, industrial science

And medical equipment, ignition engines and arc welding equipment. The plan divides products into three categories, the second and the third, according to the danger level of the products that generate electromagnetic interference.

Must be marked with C-Tick. However, no matter which category the product belongs to, it must comply with the relevant EMC standards.

Class I products: Products that have only a minor impact on devices using the wireless spectrum, such as hand switches, simple relays, brushless squirrel-cage induction motors, AC power/power supplies

Transformers, resistors, etc. Such products can voluntarily apply for the use of the C-Tick mark during production and sales.

Class II products: products that have a greater impact on devices using the wireless spectrum, such as microprocessors or digital devices connected to a clock, rectifiers or slip-ring motors, arc welding equipment, AC

Replacement Power Supplies, Dimmers and Motor Speed Controllers, Telecommunications Terminal Equipment of the Information Technology (CISPR 22) category (from 3rd November 2003

class to the second class).

Three categories of products: products that have a serious impact on devices using the wireless spectrum, such as industrial, scientific and medical equipment group 2 (CISPR11).