Christine, Jim is correct. The Australian regulations require the local manufacturer, importer or the appointed Agent of the local manufacturer or importer be responsible for compliance of the produce supplied in Australia. As such, they must assemble the necessary compliance documentation (i.e. product Compliance Folder) and then sign a Declaration of Conformity (DoC). In addition, which ever it is making the DoC, the product must display their ACMA Supplier Code Number (SCN). Therefore, if you are an overseas manufacturer/supplier who does not have a registered business presence in Australia importing your own product, each and every importer of your product must take responsibility for the product they import and supply (i.e. establish a product Compliance Folder, sign a DoC and ensure the product is labelled with their ACMA SCN and only their SCN). Seemingly complicated I know. The easiest and greatest benefit approach for overseas manufacturers/suppliers to access the Australian market if they do not have a local office or do not with a local office to be the importer of their product is for the overseas manufacturer/supplier to enter into an 'arrangement' with a company in Australia offering 'Agent' service. Then, providing each of their importers agree to enter into an 'Agency agreement' with that same Agent, the overseas manufacturer/supplier only need deal with a single entity in terms of compliance of their product and also the bit plus it all product can be labelled with a single SCN, i.e. the Agent's, instead of a different SCN for each of the importers. Finally, concerning the comments about electrical safety, it is true that electrical safety approval is not covered by either the A-Tick or the C-Tick. A separate and formal approval is required in some instances but general not for ITE. The only item at the moment that MUST be approved is an external power supply (i.e. typical laptop type PSU). this device is a "Declared Article" according to the electrical regulations in each State/Territory of Australia and as such must have a "Certificate of Suitability" issued for the the PSU. There are moves afoot to change the electrical regulations significantly which, when introduced, will introduce rather sweeping changes. The ACMA are also looking at the possibility of moving to a single mark although if introduced will most likely be synchronised to coincide with the introduction of the new electrical regulations because they are both likely to then require the use of the "Regulatory Compliance Mark" (RCM). At the moment, use of the RCM is outlined in AS/NZS 4417 series of standards.
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While the sender tries to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this material, Stanimore take no responsibility for any actions taken as a result of receiving this material or for any consequence of its use. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Knighten, Jim L Sent: Thursday, 10 December 2009 6:20 AM To: Dan Roman; [email protected] Subject: RE: Australia Requiremts for ITE Equipment Dan, You can read the rules on the ACMA web site http://www.acma.gov.au <http://www.acma.gov.au/> . C-tick is for EMC and radio communications compliance. A-Tick is for telecommunications, of which I have no experience. For c-tick, the manufacturer, importer or their agent responsible for compliance and for placing it on the Australian market is required to sign and hold the c-tick DoC. The signer needs an Australian address. Jim __________________________ James L. Knighten, Ph.D. EMC Engineer Teradata Corporation 17095 Via Del Campo San Diego, CA 92127 858-485-2537 – phone 858-485-3788 – fax (unattended) ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Roman Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Australia Requiremts for ITE Equipment Jim, What about an “agency agreement” or is this a telecom-only instrument? We sell both C-tick and A-tick marked equipment and we have a presence in Australia that we use for the Australian business number and for the DoC. We are not the sole importer, in fact we are rarely the actual importer, many of our customers ship our product into Australia on their own. Is an agency agreement needed for either A-tick or C-tick if the product is already labeled and fully in compliance as we provide it? Dan From: Knighten, Jim L [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 12:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Australia Requiremts for ITE Equipment Christine, Selling ITE equipment in Australia/New Zealand requires a c-tick Supplier’s (not manufacturer) Declaration of Conformity, which must be signed by a representative of the supplier in either Australia or New Zealand. The DoC must have the supplier’s ACMA supplier code number on it, or an Australian business number. Jim __________________________ James L. Knighten, Ph.D. EMC Engineer Teradata Corporation 17095 Via Del Campo San Diego, CA 92127 858-485-2537 – phone 858-485-3788 – fax (unattended) ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christine Rodham Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Australia Requiremts for ITE Equipment Dear List Members, Do I need to have an in-country Rep to deploy ITE equipment into Australia? Is UL/ TUV product safety required? Our vendor has only provided us with a C-Tick EMC certificate and test report. Regards, Christine Rodham - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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