Hello Mark, Which statements in particular are you looking for? There are a number of legal documents (a few of the Korean ones are available in English, albeit "unofficial" translations) dealing with certification requirements for both these countries, depending on the type of product in question.
Please feel free to contact me off-line to discuss specifics and details. Best Regards, Chun Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: Gill, Mark To: Chun Kim ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 4:19 AM Subject: RE: Taiwan and China approvals? Hello Chun - Could you identify the legal documents from the governments for Korea and China that have these statements? I would be interested in understanding a bit further. Thanks. Regards, Mark F. Gill Sr. Engineer C-MAC Design Corporation, A Solectron Company 4222 Emperor Blvd, Suite 300 RTP, NC 27703 P: (919)-474-3569 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Chun Kim [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 7:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Taiwan and China approvals? Hello Patrick and Group, By 'optical networking type products', I'm assuming your equipment incorporates OC-3 thru OC-192 type interfaces. Korea: Telecom products, including those that incorporate optical interfaces, require telecom type approval and certification by the RRL (Radio Research Laboratory). By definition, telecom type approval requires Telecom, EMC and Safety testing to be performed by an accredited lab (please note all accredited labs reside in Korea, with the exception of the ones accredited by virtue of an MRA - i.e. Canada). Telecom testing on optical interfaces is fairly limited. EMC is essentially the Korean translation of CISPR 22 and CISPR 24 standards. Safety is based on IEC 60950. For purposes of the MIC/RRL certification process, ALL 3 disciplines must be carried out by an accredited lab. IT products not falling under the scope of telecom type approval must still be submitted for EMC testing and approval. Testing is limited to emissions and immunity (standards above) and the same test lab accreditation rules apply. There is a separate safety scheme known as K-Mark, where overseas labs may hold accreditation by virtue of a private (non-government) MoU type arrangement. These are for the most part unrelated to the MIC/RRL schemes. And based on your product description, I don't believe your product falls under the scope of K-Mark certification (unless you include an AC/DC adaptor, which does require K-Mark). China: Optical networking equipment typically falls under the scope of MII (Ministry of Information Industry) administered Network Access License scheme. This is essentially the Chinese type approval process. Local in-country testing is required (including extensive protocol and functional testing) for the NAL procedure. The former CCIB and CCEE safety schemes were recently rolled into one combined process known as the Compulsory Safety Certification Scheme, or CCC Mark. Optical networking products do not typically apply under the CCC. The scope of IT and Telecom equipment is currently limited to products such as : PCs, AC/DC adaptors, Servers, Copiers, Scanners, Phones and Phone Systems, Facsimiles, Modems, DSL Modems, GSM and CDMA handsets and terminals, ISDN Terminals, etc. However, as with Korea, an AC/DC adaptor will require CCC approval. We can provide more detailed requirements, costs and process information if you would like to contact us off-line and forward technical specifications. Best Regards, Chun Kim The Approval Specialists www.approvalspecialists.com ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 12:12 AM Subject: Taiwan and China approvals? Greetings everybody! My boss just asked me what the procedure and timeframe for getting into Korea and China was. (Imagine my distress ;-). For optical networking type products (no TNV ports) where all of our Safety, NEBS and EU (386, 019, 753, etc...) tesing is complete, does anyone know what to submit (and to whom) and how long this might take for China or Korea? more background - Luckily our CB report is from a Korea certified lab, but our emissions and immunity were from non-global (but EU CAB & NRTL status) labs that don't have Korean authorization. I've also done some looking into the new China CCC procedure. We're not specifically addressed in the catalogue. Does this mean we can just import our system? Any help on any of these points would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance, Patrick Fitzgibbon ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
