Proposal for adopting the revised safety  inspection regulations of 
Information T echnology  Equipment 
 
By the Bur eau of  Standards, Metrology and Inspect ion (BSMI) , Ministry of  Economic Affairs 
 
Backgr ound : 
Up to the pre sent tim e, the ITE, m ultimedia equi pment and sim ilar products (HS : Chapter 84 & 85) 
have to be subject to mandatory  inspection in  accordance with CN S 13438 (harm onized with CISPR 
22) standard and CNS 143 36 (harm onized with IE C 60950).  In or der to enhance protection of 
consumers, the BSMI will adopt the revi sed standard CNS 14336- 1 (2010)  as new safety  testing 
standard, instead of the current CNS 143 36 to implement inspection  toward the above-m entioned 
products fro m January  1, 2012 . The C NS14336- 1 standard "Infor mation technolog y equipm ent – 
Safety  – Part 1jGeneral requirem ents ", as established on Se ptem ber 30, 20 10, is harm onized  with 
IEC 6095 0-1: 2005.
 
Proposed date of implementation:   
January  1, 2012 
 
Products (HS/CCCN codes) cover ed and their  applicable inspec tion standar ds: 
The inform ation technolo gy equipm ent, m ultimedi a equipm ent and sim ilar products (HS: Chapter 
84& 85) whic h are subject to mandatory inspection regulated by  the BSMI and the preset s afety 
testing standard of which is  CNS 14336 . 
  
Related r equirementsj 
1. Starting from  January  1,2012, the abo ve-mentioned regulated ITE, multimedia equipm ent and 
similar products HS: Chapter 84& 85  whose current safety  testing standard is  CNS 14336  must 
conform  to testing items of CNS 14336- 1(201 0) instead. The pro ducts covered include 
commodities which use AC power directly  or use power conversi on devices to function 
themselve s. 
2. Starting from  the im plementation date, products c overed in this n otice shall co mply with the new 
safety  standard CNS 1433 6-1(201 0) when the application for t he Registration of Product 
Certification (RPC) or Type Approval (T A) cer tificate is subm itted to BSMI. The BSMI will 
accept such applications co mplying with  the above-mentioned safety testing items starting from  
the date of pr omulgation of this notice. When  the BSMI co mpletes the review procedure and 
approves the application, a new certificate will be issued and “the applicable inspection standard” 
colum n of this certification will be additi onall y stated with words “CNS 14336- 1(2010)”.  
 13. For those pro ducts which h ave been certified be fore date of im plementation, if t he RPC or TA 
certificates are issued under the situation  that the abov e-mentioned CNS 14336- 1(2010) testin g 
items have not yet been performed, these certificat es will remain valid until t he expiration dat e of 
these certifi cates, provided that the products, including main model, are not m odified. In this 
situation, application for adding serial m odels regist ration to thes e certific ates according to 
original CNS 14336 safety  testing standard is still acceptable. 
4. For the products covered in this notice, either the new application for RPC or TA certific ate rai sed 
before Decem ber 31, 201 1, or t he certificates that are still valid are raised to appl y for extens ion 
before Dec ember 31, 201 1, the electric al safety  testing item s of these two situat ions can be 
performed according to ori ginal CNS 14336 standa rd. If the tests and review process are all ri ght, 
a new RPC or TA certificat e will be issued and its va lidity period will be still 3 years. However , if 
the above-mentioned new application case or extensi on application case i s raised after January  1, 
2012 , the electrical safety  testing item s must comply with CNS 14336-1( 2010).  
5. If the m ain model and serial m odel(s) of an  issued RPC or TA certificate can pass the 
electrical saf ety tes t acco rding to CNS 143 36-1( 2010), the o riginal cer tificate holder c an 
apply to testing labatory to ge t a type-test report. Then, the certificate holder can file an 
application f or either m odification of  the orig inal certificate o r re-issuing a new certificate 
with the above-m entioned type-test report and the origin al certificate (used as a proof 
technic al document for EMC testing  item ). After the rev iew process, the modified original 
certificate (its certificate num ber is the sam e) or the new certificate will be additionally 
stated with words “CNS 14336-1( 2010)” at “the applicable inspection standard” colum n. 
The validity period of the m odified certificate is  that of the original one. As for the new 
certif icate, its term  of validity is 3 ye ars star ting from  the re-issue date, and the original 
certif icate w ill be cance lled at the sa me time. 
6. If a new product covered in this notice can pass the el ectric al safety  test according to CNS 
1433 6-1(2 010), and it wo uld be intende d to be regist ered under some original RPC or TA 
certific ate an d become an additional serial model, the registration can be approv ed onl y after t hose 
original m ain model and se rial models c an also pass t he electric al safety test acc ording to CNS 
1433 6-1(2 010) and the ori ginal certificate holder m ust first get the m odified certificate or a new 
certificate following the pr ocedure explained in p oint 5. 
7. For ITE pro ducts covered in this not ice, the National Certification Body (NCB) under the IE CEE 
 2CB Scheme can appl y to the BSMI for registra tion. After the application is approved, the 
equivalent IEC 6095 0-1j2005  safety  test report issued from  his associated CBTL  combined with 
CB certificate can be forwarded to dom estic BSM I-recognized testing labator y to be transformed 
into a test report that can be acc epted by the BSMI. 
8. For the products covered in this notice and the y are required to com ply with the D eclar ation of 
Conform ity (DoC) inspection schem e, those original declarations are ef fective only until 
Decem ber 31,201 1. The ob ligator y inspe ction applicant shall first g et the type-test report that 
proves his ori ginal DoC pr oduct can pass the saf ety test according to CNS 14336-1(2010) and 
signs the related DoC docu ment again before placi ng that product i nto Taiwan market after the 
implementation date. 
 
 3