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RCM Certification


Basic Information


Australian Electrical Products Testing and Certification Institute

The RCM mark is being introduced in Australia and New Zealand to achieve uniform marking of electrical products. The mark is a trademark owned by the regulatory bodies in Australia and New Zealand and indicates that the product meets both safety and EMC requirements and is non-mandatory.


RCM certification applicable countries


Country Name:

Australia Nauru, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Kiribati.

Federated States of Micronesia, Tuvalu, New Zealand, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Samoa.


RCM certification application process


Australia RCM certification process

1. A third-party laboratory evaluates the product and determines the test criteria to be performed.

2. test if there are non-conformities, the laboratory will rectify the product to meet and meet the requirements of the Australian standards.

3. The test is passed and a test report is issued.

4. Submit the test report to the Australian licensing authority for document review.

5. Australian audit passed, issued RCM certificate.

6. Customers can complete the Australian website registration by themselves or by the laboratory.


Australia RCM certification notes


1. Products need to be unified to add the RCM logo, note that this requirement is announced in Australia on April 19, 2013.

2. direct plug adapter to do RCM safety certification, to do random testing of the plug.

3. Lamp type products: such as T8 LED lamps, fluorescent tubes due to the user can directly replace the larger safety risks, you need to send samples to Australia to assess.

4. The time will vary from one issuing agency to another.


Australia RCM certification support services


1. New RCM applicants

2. Certificate renewal

3. Technical amendments to the certificate

4. Administrative amendments to the certificate

5. Certificate transfer to another holder

6. Certificate in the validity period and then extended

7. Additional printing certificate industry


RCM = Safety + EMC + Importer Declaration


1. Safety (product safety certification)

Product safety certification consists of two parts: electrical products are divided into regulatory electrical (Prescribed Product) and non-regulated products (Non-prescribed product).


1). Control category electrical products are divided according to AS/NZS4417.2, including electric heating equipment, refrigeration equipment, power tools, components and so on. Three of the licensing units, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, are the most active in the certification process. Control class appliances must be mandatory to obtain a certificate of approval issued by the monitoring department (Certificate of Approval), and the provisions of the logo (must be typed certificate number). The first letter of the certificate number indicates the state or territory from which the certificate was issued. Such as.


(1) Q04051 (Queensland Queensland) --- Q Number

(2) W2015 (Western Australia Western Australia) --- W Number

(3) V03101 (Victoria Victoria) --- ESV Certificate V Number

(4) NSW18099 (New South Wales New South Wales) --- DOFT Certificate NSW Number


(2). Non-regulated appliances can be sold directly without certification, but the manufacturer must ensure that the electrical safety of the product complies with the Australian Standard AS/NZS3820:1998 (Essential Safety Requirements for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment); the monitoring department will issue a Certificate of Conformity for products that meet the requirements of the standard. Certificate of Suitability (CCS). The certificate of compliance can be obtained by marking the certificate number on the electrical products, the letter at the end of the certificate shows which state or territory issued the certificate, such as.


(1) CS/431/Q (Queensland)

(2) CS/108/NSW (New South Wales)


2 EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)

Australia's EMC compliance program is based on the Radio Communications ACT 1992, which covers a wide range of products, including electric 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 science and medical Instruments and equipment, ignition engines and arc welding equipment, etc. The program is based on the degree of risk of electromagnetic interference generated by the product, the product is divided into three categories, the second and third category of products must be accompanied by C-Tick mark. However, no matter which category the product belongs to, it must comply with the relevant EMC standards.


Category I products: Products that have only a slight effect on devices using the wireless spectrum, such as manual switches, simple relays, brushless squirrel-cage induction motors, AC power supplies/power transformers, resistors, etc. These products can voluntarily apply for the use of the C-Tick mark when they are manufactured and sold.

Category II products: the use of wireless spectrum devices have a greater impact on the products, such as microprocessors or digital devices with clocks, rectifiers or slip-ring motors, arc welding equipment, switching power supplies, photometric regulators and motor speed controllers, information technology (CISPR 22) category of telecommunications terminal equipment (since November 7, 2003 from the third category to the second category).

Category 3 products: Products that have a serious impact on devices using the wireless spectrum, such as industrial, scientific and medical instrumentation Group 2 (CISPR 11).


RCM related application matters


(1) If the product has CB and national differences, then you can go directly to the Safety Certificate, plus the EMC part can be declared by the agent. The product can then be sold to Australia and hit the RCM Mark.

(2) Safety Certificate: When applying for the safety part, if the product is direct plug in, it is necessary to do AU Plug Test (Test Standard: AS/NZS 3112: 2004) for the product, if the product is Desktop, it is not necessary to do this test.

(3) EMC Report --- It can be C-Tick Report (Test Standard: AS/NZS CISPR 22: 2002), or CE EMC Report.


RCM (SAA) under the licensing unit

CB member laboratory testing, the test report will be submitted to the state certification body to apply for certification. Qualified to receive applications for certification of seven institutions (including New Zealand).

1) DepartmentofFairTrading,NewSouthWales(NSW)

2)DepartmentofMinesandEnergy,Queensland

3)TheOfficeoftheChiefElectricalInspector,Victoria

4)OfficeofEnergy Policy,SouthAustralia

5)OfficeofEnergy,WesternAustralia

6)OfficeofElectricity,StandardsandSafety,Tasmania

7)Ministryof Commerce,NewZealand


Australia RCM certification of the latest certification requirements


1. The new law will be officially implemented from March 1.

SAA certification and C-Tick certification will be phased out and replaced by RCM certification, which covers safety and EMC (C-TIck may still apply to some low-power wireless products).

3. all electronic products, will be divided into three categories: High, medium, low Risk. we do not have a detailed breakdown of the scope of information, in general, battery-operated and voltage products below 12V is low risk, 240V standard voltage products for medium risk, high voltage products for high risk. The buffer period for low-risk products is 6 months, and the buffer period for medium and high-risk products is 3 years (the period is the recommendation of the relevant Australian associations, but the specific decree on the government has not been finally confirmed).

4. RCM certification can only be applied for by local Australian companies, which must apply for an RCM number from the Australian government. Chinese manufacturers and exporters can apply for IEC or AS/NZS report in their own name, but the report must be submitted to the Australian importer to apply for RCM. (for example, a company in Australia owns two trademarks: A and B. He imports a batch of identical products from China, half of which are branded with the trademark A and one with the trademark B. That would mean having to pay an annual registration fee of 150 AUD).

5. According to the expert's opinion, since the importer will bear the risk of product quality failure (responsible party) and non-Australian companies cannot apply for RCM certification directly. It is estimated that more and more slightly larger Australian companies will change the practice of having Chinese production plants bear the cost of producing reports and applying for SAA in order to reduce costs. They will tend to appoint laboratories with certain ability and reputation to provide insurance reports and test data, and then they will apply for Australian RCM certification.

6. In theory, the Australian laboratory can also act as an applicant to help a company obtain RCM certification. However, according to the expert's opinion, due to the greater legal responsibility, it is estimated that most Australian laboratories will not take the initiative to take this risk, even if to do, the related costs may be higher.




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