Certification nature: mandatory certification
Is factory inspection required: no
Is local representative required: required
Certificate validity period: 2 years, 3 years, 5 years
Application cycle: one week after obtaining the safety certification and C-Tick/EMC report
Applicable areas
Australia, New Zealand, Nauru, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Tuvalu, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Vanua, Papua New Guinea, Samoa.
RCM certification content
RCM= Safety + EMC + Importer Declaration
1. Safety (Product Safety Certification)
Product safety certification includes two parts: electrical products are divided into regulated electrical products (Prescribed Product) and non-regulated products (Non-prescribed product).
1). Regulated electrical products are divided according to AS/NZS4417.2, including electric heating equipment, refrigeration equipment, electric tools, parts, etc. Among them, the three issuing units, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, are the most active in the certification process. Regulated electrical appliances must obtain a certificate of approval issued by the monitoring department and have a specified mark (the certificate number must be marked). The first letter of the certificate number indicates which state or region issued the certificate. For example:
(1) Q04051 (Queensland) --- Q Number
(2) W2015 (Western Australia) --- W Number
(3) V03101 (Victoria) --- ESV Certificate V Number
(4) NSW18099 (New South Wales) --- DOFT Certificate NSW Number
2). Non-regulated electrical appliances can be sold directly without certification, but manufacturers must ensure that the electrical safety of the products complies with the Australian standard AS/NZS3820:1998 (Essential Safety Requirements for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment); the monitoring department will issue a Certificate of Suitability for products that meet the standard requirements. Electrical products that have obtained a Certificate of Suitability can be marked with a certificate number, and the last letter of the certificate indicates which state or region issued the certificate, such as:
(1) CS/431/Q (Queensland)
(2) CS/108/NSW (New South Wales)
2. EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)
Australia's electromagnetic compatibility compliance program is based on the Radio Communications Act 1992 (Radio Communications ACT 1992) and covers a wide range of products, including motor-driven and heat-generating electrical products, power tools and similar products, electric lamps and similar equipment, television receivers and audio equipment, information technology products, industrial scientific and medical instruments and equipment, ignition engines and arc welding equipment, etc. The plan divides products into three categories according to the degree of danger of electromagnetic interference generated by the products. The second and third category products must be attached with the C-Tick mark. However, no matter which category the product belongs to, it must comply with the relevant EMC standards.
Category 1 products: products that have only a slight impact on devices using the radio spectrum, such as manual switches, simple relays, brushless squirrel cage induction motors, AC power supplies/power transformers, resistors, etc. Such products can voluntarily apply to use the C-Tick mark when they are produced and sold.
Category 2 products: products that have a greater impact on devices using the radio spectrum, such as microprocessors or clocked digital devices, rectifiers or slip ring motors, arc welding equipment, switching power supplies, photometers and motor speed controllers, and telecommunications terminal equipment in the information technology (CISPR 22) category (changed from Category 3 to Category 2 since November 7, 2003).
Category 3 products: products that have a serious impact on devices using the radio spectrum, such as industrial, scientific and medical instruments and equipment Group 2 (CISPR11).
