# Presentation: 678112

## China

## Regulatory Requirements for China

- Bill Holz - ITS
-  Doug Geralde - CSA

## Products That Require CCC

- The initial catalog addressed 132 items and 19 Categories.
- The new preliminary catalog addresses 311 items and 22 Categories
- Electronic products and components – 29 Items
- Household appliances and accessories – 20 Items
- Accessories of electrical appliance – 15 Items
- Accessories of lighting – 11 Items
- Electric tools and accessories – 6 Items
- Small and medium size electrical machines and accessories – 10 Items
- Medical equipment – 4 Items
- Household appliances – 32 Items
- Commercial machines – 11 Items

## Products That Require CCC

- Lighting apparatus – 23 Items
- Cables – 20 Items
- Low voltage appliances – 8 Items
- Parts of automobile – 55 Items
- Parts of motorcycles – 19 Items
- Tires – 2 Items
- Glasses – 2 Items
- Protectors for electric power system and automatic devices – 7 Items
- Water pumps – 7 Items
- Watt-hour meters – 2 Items
- Low-voltage switchgear assemblies and fittings – 3 Items
- High voltage equipments and appliances – 24 Items
- Generating electricity sets – 1 Item

## Catalog

- New edition is under development
- In general every item that has a power source should be a source for concern when shipped to China
- Expect other equipment to be added to the catalog – keep checking
- Harmonized Tariff Code should be checked to ensure CCC is not required – equipment names is not the best guideline to determine if your equipment needs certifications or not

## Exemption of Compulsory Certificate

- There are 2 specific types of exemptions
- Announcement No. 8 – applies to products not generally requiring the CCC Mark
- Products Used for Science research/test
- Components to evaluate techniques
- Foreign trade contract
- Components implemented in a product to be exported abroad
- Trade show sample (not for sale)
- Exemption letter is applied for before any shipment

## Exemption of Compulsory Certificate

- Announcement No. 20 – applies to products that require the CCC Mark
- Testing is required – sight difference for standard testing in that destructive aspects are not normally carried out
- Application and process should be about 10 days
- Documents required:
- Application: other than basic applicant's information and product specification, in the application should express clearly why the products didn't get CCC approval before shipment.
- Copy of applicant's business license
- Declaration of conformity
- Copy of import permission
- Copy of import quota
- Copy of business contract, shipping bill, package list, invoice etc.
- Exemption letter is applied for when the products reach customs

## CCC – General Information

- Term of license: 1 Year
- Annual renewal fee: RMB 1,000
- Label requirements: Printed, Pressed, Molded, Screen-Printed, Painted etc.
- Time to gain certification – time can be from 3 – 9 months if going it alone.  This does not include the audit – this could really stretch the process out

## China – Legal Requirements

- Residence requirements – Not required for the CCC
- Language requirements – Simplified Chinese

## Additional Testing and Audit Requirements

- China is a CB member, but will generally require a sample
- EMC testing is normally required to be conducted in country (special arrangements can be made)
- Factory inspection will be required and must be satisfactorily completed before the CCC Mark can be applied

## Other Certification Requirements in China

- Telecom – MII (NAL)
- Radio (RF) - SRRC
- TV Connection – SARFT
- Medical – SDA
- Scientific Equipment – CPA
- Devices with Encryption - MPS

## Other Certifications

- Equipment that connects in any way to the TV network will require SARFT
- Includes cable modems, satellite TV equipment, etc.
- Equipment used for scientific purposes will now require certification by the CPA a new organization.  Previously this was the SBTS.
- They currently are issuing warrants requiring products to be tested and certified

## Other Certifications

- Equipment using encryption will require MPS certification
- The encryption part of the product must be provided by a company in China
- Testing will be required
- Others – Could be out there that we have yet to discover

## Multiple Certifications

- Many of the products categorized as telecom, medical, radio, etc. and listed in the CCC catalog will also require additional agency certifications
- In turn many of the products not listed in the catalog in these same categories will require other agency certifications
- In numerous cases products can require as many as 3 or more certifications (wireless device used for medical applications)

## Summary

- Certifications in China can be many and complex depending on the equipment
- Certifications for China are expensive - $10K for a simple product is not unusual.  $40K for a complex product is common
- Mistakes and failures can cost an additional 6 months in certification time