Benoit, That query with customs was done by our people in Taiwan, possibly in the Tokyo office. I only had a brief report from them and no classification codes. They contacted the BCIQ at my urging to learn about the EMC regulation and in the process talked to the customs people there and report to me that our products were in a classification that was not subject to the regulation.
Our products are probably classified as industrial or lab equipment, perhaps as test and measurement, while those of Matrox are clearly ITE and telecom (judging from the Matrox web site) and commonly the target of many regulatory schemes. Probably the proof that we're not subject to the Taiwan EMC regulation is that we have done nothing to meet these specific requirements and our shipments to Taiwan enter without interference by customs. I've seen how some of the export/import codes are listed for other countries. It can be a lengthy process sorting through so many codes to find the one that most closely matches both the product and the application. My point is simply to first determine whether the customs of Taiwan, or any other such customs-regulated scheme, actually requires a given type of product to meet these regulatory requirements. A couple days of work could save a manufacturer a lot of needless effort. Regards, Eric Benoit Nadeau <[email protected]> on 03/24/2000 12:17:22 PM To: Eric Lifsey/AUS/NIC@NIC cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: EMC & Safety: requirements for BCIQ approval
Hello Eric, Bonjour de Montreal, Following your comment about Taiwan exemption, do you have a reference document or Web site to support your exemption. I know that National Instruments built PC Add-on cards and Matrox do so as well and in the BSMI web page < http://www.bsmi.gov.tw/english/emc/e_emc_10.htm> you will see the following information (when you scan the first column): Column 1 (C.C.C. Code) 8473.30.10.90 Column 2 (Reference, I guess) 8471.10B 8471.30B 8471.41B 8471.49B 8471.50B 8471.60B 8471.70 (PC) Column 3 (Description of goods) Other parts and accessories of the machines of subheading No. 8471.10, 8471.30, 8471.41, 8471.49, 8471.50, 8471.60 and 8471.70 (main board of computers and add-on cards) Column 4 (Inspection standards) CNS13438 Column 5 (Date of effect) 2000/7/1 This information seems to indicate that PC add-on cards are subjected to the Taiwan regulation. Best regards, you wrote: > >Before taking any action to comply with BCIQ/BSMI requirements I recommend that >you check with your export/import regulator and/or a sales office/distributor in >Taiwan; have them check with Taiwan customs to determine if your product is >categorized as needing the approval or not. > >It happened that our products were exempt, saving us a lot of what would have >been redundant testing and a massive engineering change order. > >Eric Lifsey >National Instruments > > > > >Please respond to "Iris" <[email protected]> > >To: "David Instone" <[email protected]>, > [email protected], "Graham Durrant" > <[email protected]> >cc: (bcc: Eric Lifsey/AUS/NIC) >Subject: Re: EMC & Safety: requirements for BCIQ approval > > > > >Graham, > >Yes, the middle of this year all computer accessories supplied as new >products or as field spares, must have BSMI ( former BCIQ ) approval > >You could obtain information on this requirement in www.bsmi.gov.tw > >Best regards. > > >Iris Shui >Account Executive >Bay Area Compliance Lab >230 Commercial Street #2 >Sunnyvale, Ca94086 >Tel: 408-732 9162 >Fax: 408-732 9164 >email: [email protected] > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benoit Nadeau, ing. M.ing. (P.Eng., M.Eng) Gerant du Groupe Conformite (Conformity Group Manager) Matrox <http://www.matrox.com/> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1055, boul. St-Regis Dorval (Quebec) Canada H9P 2T4 Tel : (514) 822-6000 (x2475) FAX : (514) 822-6275 Internet : [email protected], <mailto:[email protected]>
