Singapore NEA Makes Regulation Updates
Singapore NEA (National Environment Agency) recently made updates to regulations regarding air conditioners, refrigerators, and clothes dryers under their Energy Conservation Act (ECA). They...
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Regulatory Update: Mexico
Effective March 12, 2023: Mexico's certification body, IFETEL (Federal Institute of Telecommunications, or IFT) issued IFT-011-2022 (NOM-221 Part 3), entitled "Cellular Broadcasting Service for...
Vietnam Regulatory Update
Vietnam's Ministry of Trade and Industry recently released a draft of national technical regulations on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic...
Vietnam MIC issues new regulation
Effective July 1, 2023, regulation QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT, the national technical regulation on Electromagnetic Compatibility for Radio Equipment, will apply to many short range devices with operating...
Singapore IMDA Seeking Industry Comments
IMDA is seeking public comment and feedback on the recently issued proposed allocation of the 6 GHz band in Singapore. Comments must be submitted by March 13, 2023. Details can be found on IMDA’s...
ANATEL UPDATES ELECTRICAL SAFETY STANDARD
Brazil's certification body, ANATEL, recently published Act 17087, replacing Act 950, updating the electrical safety standard for telecom devices. The updated Act will become effective Dec 27, 2023....
Vietnam MIC issues new standards for telecom products
MIC recently issued a new standard for telecom equipment, effective January 1, 2024. QCVN 132:2022/BTTTT will outline the national technical regulation on electrical safety requirements for...
South Africa SABS Announces Change to EMC CoC Requirement
The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) recently announced that, effective November 1, 2022, manufacturers of non-telecommunication electronic and electrical equipment can now apply for a SABS...
MALAYSIA SIRIM REGULATORY UPDATE ON NON-MEDICAL FACE MASKS
Malaysia's certification body, SIRIM, had issued an announcement earlier this year that effective July 4, 2022, manufacturers and importers of non-medical face masks sold through both physical and...
CHINA CQC REGULATION UPDATE
China's certification agency, CQC, releases GB 4943.1-2022 standard's technical requirements and transition details Sept 26, 2022: China Quality Center (CQC) released "Notice on the relevant...
THAILAND TISI
Re: New standard TIS 62368 Part 1-2563 Audio/video, Information and Communication Technology Equipment - Part 1: Safety Requirements. TISI recently held a meeting for discussion about implementation...
Malaysia Regulatory Changes
ST/SIRIM Makes Changes to Regulatory Policies Concerning Certificate Holder Name and HS Codes In an effort to align with original requirements, ST/SIRIM has made changes to certification policies:...
Vietnam MIC Stipulates New List of Products under Their Approval Scope
On May 16, 2022, Vietnam MIC released Circular No. 2/2022/TT-BTTTT (effective July 1, 2022) replacing Circular 11/2020/TT-BTTTT and Circular 01/2021/TT-BTTTT. The most recent Circular stipulates the...
Egypt Customs Update for Air Shipments
Egyptian Customs published a press release on their website in April stating that its Advanced Cargo Information (ACI) platform for electronic transmission of shipment data and customs clearance is...
Cameroon Regulatory Update
ANOR Replaces Declaration of Importation (DI No.) with PR Number The Agence des Normes et de la Qualite (ANOR) has implemented the “PR Number” as mandatory information replacing the Declaration of...
Saudi Arabia: SASO RoHS Update
In January 2021, the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) published a new technical regulation called “SASO RoHS” that identifies six substances with restriction levels similar...
INDIA TEC UPDATE:
India TEC recently announced it has added the following product categories to the exemption list of prior mandatory testing and certification: Mobile user equipment/mobile handsets; servers; smart...
Senegal ARTP Regulation
Senegal ARTP recently issued a new regulation for Short Range Devices Regulations. The new ARTP SRD regulation opens new bands for applications as per below: Inductive applications like Wireless...
Jordan TRC Update
Jordan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) published an update to the RLAN instructions. The newly published RLAN instructions were officially approved on April 13, 2022 and are...
UAE Telecommunication Update
The Type Approval Regime Conformity Mark that is provided by The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) of the United Arab Emirates to a registered manufacturer or...
