阿根廷 (Argentina)

Argentina, ENACOM has issued Resolution 015 and updated the attributed bands for Low Power Devices to include 24 GHz. Besides that, requirement of non-desired emissions for 13.56 MHz where changed from “< 913 μV/m” to “<334 μV/m”. It means that additional testing will be requested for renew case.

UL Solution: UL Taiwan GMA has been ready to offer service according to this change.

阿根廷主管機關 ENACOM 發行 Resolution 015，主要變更如下：

- Low Power Device 頻帶擴及 24 GHz。

- 13.56 MHz “non-desired” 輻射限制值由原來的 “< 913 μV/m”變更為 “< 334 μV/m”。

以上變更，除了適用於新申請案件外， 對相關 Renew 案件也會要求進行額外測試。

 解決方案: UL已可協助客戶取得ENACOM相關認證，如有需求請洽UL業務代表。

巴西 (Brazil)

Brazil, ANATEL announced following labelling changes by Resolution 662 on March 8

1. Homologation No. would be changed to 12 digits (HHHHH-AA-FFFFF) from 10 digits before

2. Bar Code and EAN Code would not be requested also

That means the label would be changed accordingly as below

All new application should follow up this new requirement from now on.

UL Solution: UL Taiwan GMA can assist customers to apply ANATEL service.

巴西主管機關 Anatel 於2016年3月8日宣布，根據 Resolution 662 ，標籤的標示會有以下變更：

1. Homologation No. 將由原來10個號碼變更為12個號碼

2. 取消原來 Bar Code 及 EAN Code 的要求

新舊標籤請參考上方範本，此變更自宣布日起即刻生效，所有新申請案件立即適用。  

解決方案: UL已可協助客戶取得ANATEL相關認證。如有需求請洽UL業務代表。

印度尼西亞 (Indonesia)

Indonesia, SDPPI announced on March 6, 2016 that CE/FCC RF report and EMC Report should be submitted for Type Approval application. This new requirement would be put into effective after announcement immediately.

CE/FCC Requirement does not mean in-country test and sample request would be skipped. Those reports would be used just for a reference and smooth the test process

UL Solution: UL Taiwan GMA  can assist customers to get CE/FCC testing report and assist to apply SDPPI Type Approval.

印尼主管機關SDPPI 於 2016年3月6日公告，即日起所有Type Approval 申請案件必須檢附 CE/FCC RF 與EMC 測試報告作為參考，但要求樣品測試的規定依舊不變。檢附之測試報告僅用於協助釐清測試程序，對案件申請會有相對幫助。

解決方案: UL 可協助客戶取得CE/FCC 測試報告並協助申請SDPPI Type Approval。如有需求請洽UL業務代表。

韓國 (Korea)

MSIP announce KN32/KN35 would be put into force for application. All new application should follow up those two standards after Jan. 1, 2016. For certificate update case could follow up KN22/KN24 after this change till Dec. 31, 2017. But, from Jan.1, 2018, manufacturer needs to update any KC certificate with KN32/KN35 requirement if he would keep this certificate to be available. 

UL Solution: UL Taiwan GMA has been ready to offer service according to this change.

南韓主管機關 MSIP公告，自2016年1月1日起，ITE 與AV類產品必須符合KN32/KN35 的要求， 舊證書不受影響。但如有變更申請時，持證者於2017年12月31日前仍可選用KN22/KN24。

解決方案: UL可協助客戶取得MSIP相關認證。如有需求請洽UL業務代表。

摩洛哥 (Morocco)

Morocco Authority has announced that EMC and Safety approval would be requested after 16 April 2016. It would be a DoC (Declaration of Conformity) program like CE requirement.

1. It should be Manufacturer’s obligations to do necessary DoC in Arabic before put his products to Morocco market;

2. Standards shown in the declaration form should be Moroccan standards mostly based on international standards;

3. Product should bear the following marking in his label. The vertical dimension of the letter "c" of the marking can’t be less than 6 mm.

The Moroccan marking shall be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly to the apparatus. But, if it is not possible because of the nature of the product, it shall be affixed to the packaging and to the documents shipped with product.

UL Solution: UL Taiwan GMA has been ready to offer service according to this change.

摩洛哥主管機關Ministry of Industry 公告，自2016年4月16日起，將強制要求 EMC 與Safety 認證。

1. 製造商在摩洛哥市場銷售其產品時，必須以阿拉伯文宣告產品符合相關 EMC 及Safety 要求。

2. 宣告符合之法規必須是摩洛哥相關法規。(其要求與國際標準大致相同)

3. 產品標籤須標示Marking Logo。 

製造商可依規定，自行宣告並標示產品符合要求。

解決方案: UL可協助客戶滿足摩洛哥相關要求。如有需求請洽UL業務代表。

烏茲別克 (Uzbekistan)

There is being introduced compulsory energetic marking and certification of all household electric appliances as well as of buildings and facilities under construction. Therewith all electric appliances will be assigned respective energy performance classes in accordance to their characteristics. Marking of household appliances must contain the information about the class of their energy efficiency from January 1, 2016.

Product Scope: Household Appliances

•         Air Conditioners

•         Household Freezing Equipment

•         Washing machines 

•         Electric water heaters

•         Heaters 

•         Microwave ovens

•         Electric cookers 

•         Display, TV receiving equipment

•         Electric incandescent lamps, gas  discharge lamps,  ultraviolet  and  infrared lamps,      arc-lamps

 

UL Solution: UL Taiwan GMA has been ready to offer service according to this change.

烏茲別克強制性能源標章已於2016年1月1日實施。主要針對包含冷氣、家用冷箱裝置、洗衣機、電子加熱器、電暖器、微波爐、電子鍋、電視接收裝置、顯示器和燈類產品等家用產品。

解決方案: UL可協助客戶滿足烏茲別克相關能效要求。如有需求請洽UL業務代表。

台灣 (Taiwan)

• Related promotion for RoHS： 

1. From the date of publication announced on 2015-12-29:

     a. To apply BSMI certificate for new or renew application by following previous (without RoHS) requirement, the validity period of certificate is shorter than usual, and the expiry date of certificate is 2017-06-30.

      b. To apply for replacement application by following new (with RoHS) requirement, customer should provide original certificate, the location of the marking of presence, sample of the marking of presence and the “Declaration of the Presence Condition of the Restricted Substances Marking.” The validity period of certificate is the same as original one.

2. Not regulate the way to put the location of the marking of presence, sample of the marking of presence, or website address on instruction books. But the instruction books still need to comply with the regulation of Product labeling law.

3. Wired network media players and internal projection type projectors listed above are required to be subject to mandatory inspection can apply BSMI certificate from the date of publication. Applicants applying for new certificates before Oct. 2016 should pay annual fees of 2017 upon receipt of notification uniformly on Oct. this year by follow the current procedure. If applicants do not proceed the payment on time, the certificates will be withdrawn accordingly. Applicants acquiring certificates can’t label Commodity Inspection Mark prior to 2017-07-01. Testing laboratory must notify applicants to avoid violation of regulations.

4. In publication of “inspection standards for 6 kinds of IT/AV products”, it addresses “Excluding the wireless TTE (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment) makes a call via mobile operators provided cellular phone numbers” under product category of “Automatic data processing machines.” Here the “wireless TTE” means portable equipment, such as tablet, PDA, etc, so they should comply with regulations. But all kinds of notebooks which can make a call via mobile operators provided cellular phone numbers are exclusive of regulations.

• Requirement for new standard of FCC 14-208：

After BSMI checked with FCC, accredited testing laboratories via old-version checklist will not be recognized any more since 2016-07-12 because old-version checklist can’t comply with new regulation of FCC 14-208 effective on 2016-07-13. So domestic testing laboratories can only get accreditation and proceed tests after re-evaluation through new-version checklist complying with FCC 14-208.

UL Solution: UL Taiwan GMA has been ready to offer service according to this change.

RoHS 相關作法事項宣導： 

1. BSMI 針對去年RoHS要求公告(2015年12月29日)前已納檢之商品進行修正，自公告日(2015-12-29)後：

    - 選擇舊制(無RoHS)申請新證書或延展者，證書有效期限同先前公告，僅至2017-06-30。

    - 選擇新制(有RoHS)申請換發證書者，申請時需提供：

   a.) 原證書

   b.) 限用物質含有情況標示之位置

   c.) 樣張及限用物質含有情況標示聲明書，始可換發證書。

  換發後證書有效日期與原證書相同。 

2. 不強制說明書中『限用物質含有情況』或網址的放置方式，但說明書部分仍須符合商品標示法相關規定。 

3. 『無線網路多媒體播放器』及『外投式投影機 2 類』新商品納入檢驗範圍。雖強制生效日為2017年7月1日，但自公告日(2015年12月29日)起，廠商即可申請BSMI。

針對2016年10月前新申請者，BSMI 將於2016年10月統一通知繳納明年度(2017年)的年費。如廠商未於指定期限內繳費將被廢證。取得證書者，於2017年7月1日 強制生效日前不得先行於商品上黏貼檢驗標識，請務必留意!

4. 於2015年12月29日 「應施檢驗自動資料處理機等六項商品(自動資料處理機、印表機、影像複印機、電視機、監視器、顯示器、多媒體播放器、投影機)之相關檢驗規定」公告中，針對自動資料處理機描述中所提到的「具有透過行動通信業者門號通信之無線電信終端設備者除外」部分：

   - 「無線電信終端設備」意指：手持式設備 (例如：平板電腦，PDA......等)，故不在規範內。

   - 但所有筆記型電腦類(屬於-具有透過行動通信業者門號通信功能) 則仍須符合檢驗規定。 

FCC 新法規 (FCC 14-208 )：

美方新法規FCC 14-208 將於 2016年7月13日生效。FCC 表示因舊版checklist 無法符合新規定(FCC 14-208)之要求，使用舊版 checklist 取得認可之實驗室於 2016年7月12日後將不再被認可。國內實驗室必須以新版規定(FCC 14-208 ) 重新進行評鑑，取得新版checklist 認可後才能進行測試。

解決方案: UL可以協助客戶取得RoHS 與 『無線網路多媒體播放器』及『外投式投影機 2 類』的測試報告，並以新制要求申請證書。