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Revises Standards for Electrical and Electronics Products – THAILAND

Thailand Regulatory Authority

Thailand

27-09-2021

Revises Standards for Electrical and Electronics Products

Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) announced the revision of requirements for electrical and electronics products on August 27, 2021. Thus, TISI withdrawn standard TIS 1195-2561 for audio, video, and similar electronic apparatus and restored TIS 1195-2536 for mains operated electronic and related apparatus for household and similar general use: safety requirements. The standard covers the following categories of products:

Radio receiving apparatus

Television receiving apparatus

Amplifiers

Independent load transducers and source transducers 

Motor-driven apparatus

Other apparatus to be used in combination with the above-mentioned apparatus, e.g. supply apparatus, battery eliminators, antenna amplifiers

Electronic musical instruments

Electronic accessories, e.g. self-contained tone generator

TISI also informs that standard TIS 62368 Book 1-2563 on audio/video, information and communication technology equipment will be released in the nearest future. The upcoming standard will apply to more than 20 categories of products and replace standard TIS 1195-2536.

Thus, prior to enforcement, TIS 62368 Book 1-2563 electrical and electronic products must meet the requirements of TIS 1195-2536.

The original text of the TISI announcement you can find here. 

Federal Government Approves 5G Deployment in Nigeria – Nigeria

Nigeria - Type Approval Regulatory news

Nigeria

22-09-2021

Federal Government Approves 5G Deployment in Nigeria

The Federal Government has approved the deployment of 5G in Nigeria.

Following the approval, the Minister has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to commence immediate implementation of the 5G plan for the country. The roll-out of the 5G will be carried out in phases beginning with major cities in the country “where there is need for high quality broadband,” the Honorable Minister has said.

The NCC will publish an implementation roadmap for the deployment of 5G across the country with service roll-out obligations. In addition, the Commission has been directed to commence the development of relevant regulatory instruments to address issues related to health, safety and others to drive effective implementation of the roll-out of 5G by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs).

Source : Official Link

Enabling standards for the INTI laboratory – Communications Department – ARGENTINA

Enacom Regulatory news update-Argentina

Argentina

14-09-2021

Enabling standards for the INTI laboratory - Communications Department

ENACOM released Resolution 1248/2021, the Board of Directors of the NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS ENTE has resolved to enable the laboratory of the COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT of the TIC’S AND ENERGY TECHNICAL DIRECTORATE, belonging to the ELECTRONIC AND ENERGY OPERATING SUB-MANAGEMENT, of INTI, to carry out the tests and issue reports corresponding to the following homologation standards:

  • Technical Standard ENACOM-Q2-60.15 V19.1 “Medical Devices”.
  • Technical Standard ENACOM-Q2-61.03 V17.1 “User Terminal Equipment for Mobile Communications Services”.
  • Technical Standard ENACOM-Q2-61.04 V17.1 “Base Radio Transceivers for Mobile Communications Services”.

At the same time, it is established that, for a period of 180 calendar days from the publication of said resolution, the documentation established in the transitory procedures provided in ENACOM Resolution No. 793/2019, ENACOM Resolution No. 794/2019 and ENACOM Resolution No. 863/2020

Resolution 1248/2021

UKCA Marking – UK

UK Regulatory Type Approval

UK

14-09-2021

UKCA Marking

The UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking is a new UK product marking that is used for goods being placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). It covers most goods, which previously required the CE marking, known as ‘new approach’ goods.

The UKCA marking came into effect on 1 January 2021. However, to allow businesses time to adjust to the new requirements, you will still be able to use the CE marking until 1 January 2023 in most cases.

If you placed goods on the UK market (or in an EU or EEA state) before 1 January 2021, you do not need to do anything for these individual goods

The UKCA marking applies to most goods previously subject to the CE marking. It also applies to aerosol products that previously required the ‘reverse epsilon’ marking.

You must use the UKCA marking from 1 January 2023. You can still use the CE marking until then.

The CE marking is only valid in Great Britain for areas where GB and EU rules remain the same. If the EU changes its rules and you CE mark your product on the basis of those new rules you will not be able to use the CE marking to sell in Great Britain, even before 31 December 2022.

Source: Official Links

New KC Safety Standard – Korea

Korea Regulatory News

Korea

13-09-2021

New KC Safety Standard

The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), has released KC 62368-1 and is expected to take into effect by July 2021.

This was after a 3 month commenting period that was held for the draft.

This new standard will cover the electrical and electronic equipment within the field of audio, video, information and communication technology, and business and office machines with a rated voltage not exceeding 600 V.

This will replace the KC 60065, KC 60950-1, and KC 60950-2 in 2023, but will be used in tandem with them until they expire. Products that are currently certified under this standard do not need to be recertified, and can be sold on the market, but products that are new or are revised past the initial date will need recertification. Any items that have an administrative change performed are not mandated to update to the new standard.

E- Label requirement – Saudi Arabia

Saudi Wireless Regulatory Services

Saudi

10-09-2021

E- Label requirement

The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) is now requiring an E-Label in all electronic software in all equipment sold in the country. Along with new requirements for radio modules.

This new requirement came into effect on the 20th of July 2021 and affects Mobile Phones, Tablets and Mobile Computers, Mobile Routers and Customer Premises Equipment CPEs, and Cellular IoT devices.

Along with the requirements for the E-Label requirement, the CITC will also require the radio transmission module to have an E-Label as well.

PUBLIC CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST BY PARTIES INTENDING TO USE RADIO FREQUENCIES – SERBIA

Serbia - Type Approval Regulatory news

Serbia

10-09-2020

PUBLIC CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST BY PARTIES INTENDING TO USE RADIO FREQUENCIES

 Public call for expression of interest by parties intending to use radio frequencies from the radio frequency bands 700 MHz, 900 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2600 MHz and 3500 MHz for mobile/fixed communication networks (MFCN) for public electronic communication service provision

The deadline for the submission of documents to the Agency was September 1, 2021.

Parties that submitted their expression of interest along with other relevant information to the Agency are the following, by order of date and time of submission:

  • SERBIA BROADBAND LLC, Belgrade;
  • Telekom Srbija JSC, Belgrade;
  • Telenor LLC, Belgrade;
  • A1 Srbija LLC, Belgrade.

Data collected during a bidding procedure and marked as a business secret are safeguarded in accordance with the regulations governing the protection of business secrets, and are available to the Agency for further activities according to the Law on Electronic Communications („Official Gazette of RS“, Nos. 44/10, 60/13-CC, 62/14 and 95/18 – other law).

Requirements to Short Range Devices – SINGAPORE

Singapore - Type Approval Regulatory news

Singapore

07-09-2021

Requirements to Short Range Devices

The Info-Communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) issued a second revision of technical specifications for Short Range Devices (SRD) on August 2, 2021. 

This Specification defines the minimum technical requirements for SRD including authorized frequency bands, the corresponding output power levels for SRDs as well as restricted conditions.

Revised Technical Specifications: Here

Ecuador amends list of recognized organization for type approval – ECUADOR

Ecuador regulatory authority

Ecuador

06-09-2021

Ecuador amends list of recognized organization for type approval

The authority ARCOTEL of Ecuador issued by Resolution 03-03-ARCOTEL-2017 of May 10, 2017 and published in the Official Registry No. 15 of June 15, 2017

This makes it possible to leverage other approvals than FCC or EU in order to obtain Type Approval in Ecuador.

The current list of entities accepted for type approval:

  1. National Telecommunications Agency of Brazil (ANATEL)
  2. Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS)
  3. China’s Ministry Of Industry and Information Technology (CMIIT)
  4. European Community (CE) / Declarations of Conformity (DoC)
  5. European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI)
  6. Federal Communications Commission of the United States of America (FCC)
  7. Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)
  8. National Communications Commission of Taiwan (NCC)
  9. The Certification and Engineering Bureau of industry of Canada (CEBIC)

Official source : Here