So, Craig, are you saying that it is possible for a lab outside of Taiwan to be accredited? I think that I'll see if my favorite EMC lab has the BCIQ accredation.
Steve Chin StreamLogic Corp. Menlo Park, CA, USA [email protected] Craig Stephens ([email protected]) wrote: > Yes it is correct, but you can get your lab accredited. > > Craig > > >______________________________ Reply Separator >_________________________________ >Subject: EMC REGULATIONS IN TAIWAN >Author: [email protected] at dell_unix >Date: 6/5/97 4:26 PM > > > Greetings everyone! > > I have read in the Compliance Engineering 1997 Reference Guide (and > I'm sure that most of you have, too) that Taiwan is implementing EMC > regulations which require a type-approval certificate from the Bureau > of Commodity Inspection and Quarantine (BCIQ) for just about any > electronic product. According to the article, only emissions are > covered at this time and, like other countries entering the EMC > regulation arena, the IEC/CISPR standards are being copied. However, > the article also states that the BCIQ presently only accepts test > data from BCIQ accredited laboratories and that these laboratories > only exist in Taiwan. (Does this sound like protectionism?) They are > apparently phasing in mandatory compliance for different product > categories: January 1, 1997 for copiers, July 1, 1997 for ITE, fax > machines, TV's/radios, January 1, 1998 for appliances, phones and > audio equipment, and July 1, 1998 for everything else. > > Question #1: Can anyone confirm that the above information is still > accurate (i.e. that the situation hasn't changed since the article was > written)? > > Question #2: Does anyone know if there is a "grace period" for > products already being marketed in Taiwan? > > Question #3: Can anyone give us an idea how difficult it may be to > obtain the BCIQ type-approval certificate? > > Thank you. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Jim Hulbert Tel: 203-924-3621 > Senior Engineer - EMC Fax: 203-924-3352 > Pitney Bowes email: [email protected] > P.O. Box 3000 > 35 Waterview Drive > Shelton, CT 06484-8000 U.S.A.
