Hi, For US market, UL mark for pheripherals are voluntary requirement becasue these device are classified as SELV, but having UL mark is a preferred mark because it is widely recognise. Any AC powered device (e.g. AC-DC adaptor) must have UL mark to deem safety compliant. The other mandatory safety requirement for drives (CD or DVD) is the CDRH requirement which is the laser safety requirement.
For Europe, TUV mark is commonly recognise mark but CE is a mandatory mark due to EMC & LVD. Having TUV mark should be saying that the product complies to the safety requirement. AC powered devices must have TUV mark. I would like to hear the group's opinion on the above assumption/statement. The questions that I'm interested in is "What about Australia/New Zealand?" a) Do Australia has any safety requirement for computer pheripheral devices? b) Is it a mandatory or voluntary requirement? c) Is there any laser safety requirement in Australia? d) Who is the regulating authority for safety? d) For pheripherals (e.g. CD-ROM drive) having C-Tick mark only, without any safety mark, will it have any regulatory issue? Telecom equipemnt/pheripherals will be of a separate issue. AC powered devices, (e.g. AC-DC adaptor), requires to obtain an approval from any of the Six state authority (Office of Fair Trading, Office of Energy, ......) Thanks in advance. Regards Koh --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
