On 5/17/2007, Daniel Liang wrote:
Does anyone know the EMC, R&TTE and electrical safety requirements for South Africa? Which regulatory authority in South Africa I should contact? Hi Daniel: I get involved with a South African approval every year or two, and each time the names and functions of the various regulatory bodies have changed since the previous time. I think that South Africa is going through a gradual process of restructuring their regulatory framework. For example, they appear to be trying to fully separate their telecom approvals from the state-owned telecom monopoly, just as many other countries have done. The telecom regulatory authority is presently called ICASA (http://www.icasa.org.za <http://www.icasa.org.za/> ). I believe that safety and EMC requirements are published and administered by SABS (https://www.sabs.co.za/). In general, the safety and EMC requirements are harmonized with other international standards such as those used in Europe. The South African requirements for wireline telecom are still unique to South Africa and seem to be in a constant state of revision. There was a big effort a few years ago to harmonize their wireline requirements with Europe's TBR 21, but the project appears to have fizzled. Sorry I can't provide a better answer to your question, but hopefully the above information will help you get started in the right direction. Joe Randolph Telecom Design Consultant Randolph Telecom, Inc. 781-721-2848 (USA) [email protected] http://www.randolph-telecom.com <http://www.randolph-telecom.com/> ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
