Dear Robert, You need to refer to the APEC MRA documents and also country specific documents/rules on how they are implementing the various phases of this MRA.. Not all APEC members signed the MRA but one of them is Korea. The APEC MRA can be found at http://www.tsacc.ic.gc.ca/MRA/";. The commencement date is July 1, 1999 to those who signed it. From what I understand if the telecommunications regulations include compliance to telecom, safet(electrical) and EMC rules then these are covered under this agreement. APL:AC agreement covered recognition of lab accredation procedures between countries so that accreditation and recognition was easier. In Australia's case this procedure worked mutually well for telecom testing,. However some countries quasi national labs and/or telecom and EMC regulation authorities denied that this obligated them to recognize labs in other countries based on the existing accreditation by the APLAC member body in that country and an audit visit to accrediate by that same body. This was the case in Taiwan with EMC and also in Korea.
There is a lot of information out there and I would recommend that people link into the APEC web sites as well as those of Industry Canada for ongoing updates. Yours truly, G. Rae Dulmage, B. Comm., President TelApprove Services Corporation (613) 257 3015 http://www.angelfire.com/on/telapprove rehel...@mmm.com wrote: > Korea (KOLAS) is a signatory of APLAC (Asia Pacific Laboratory > Accreditation Cooperation) along with the United States (NVLAP and A2LA). > It is my understanding that, in the near future, this will change the way > Korean approvals are done. I am not sure of the > details.......................can anyone shed further light on what exactly > APLAC will accomplish? > > =========================================================================== > =============== > > Graham Rae Dulmage <grdulm...@sympatico.ca> on 06/17/99 12:08:00 AM > > Please respond to t...@world.std.com > > To: t...@world.std.com > cc: (bcc: Robert E. Heller/US-Corporate/3M/US) > Subject: Re: Korean approvals > > Bill, > > If you are not a Canadian Corporation and/or applicant you should have a > rep > or agent in Korea. This is the fundamental difference between the situation > for > a Canadian company. When the MRA was written this point was not clarified > for non-Canadian applicants such that the process has been to have an > agent, > though in some cases non-Canadian applicants have obtained approval in > their name in Korea without the agent being the applicant, though the > agent/rep > had to be involved. KTL also received safety accreditation from RRL for > telecom equipment within the last few days. Details should be available > from > KTL shortly. > > Regards > > G. Rae Dulmage, B. Comm., > President > TelApprove Services Corporation > (613) 257 3015 > http://www.angelfire.com/on/telapprove > > Bill Ellingford wrote: > > > Re KTL Canada > > > > Hi Treg world, > > Thanks for the news on the agreement on origin of application. This is > good news as last time I looked at this and even spoke to KTL Canada the > situation was that you must have an agent or rep either in Canada or Korea. > It is good to see this relaxation and thanks for the info. > > > > Bill Ellingford > > Motion Media Technology > > > > ---------- > > From: Graham Rae Dulmage[SMTP:grdulm...@sympatico.ca] > > Sent: 16 June 1999 04:43 > > To: t...@world.std.com > > Subject: Re: Korean approvals > > > > Even if you are not Canadian you can still test at KTL. A number of > companies > > have done this. The MRA between Canada and Korea has a clause that > forbids > > or precludes rules of origin being applied. If you are not Canadian or do > not > > have a Canadian facility the application requirements are a bit > different. KTL's > > reports are accepted for non-Canadian applicants by RRL. > > > > Regards > > > > G. Rae Dulmage, B. Comm., > > President > > TelApprove Services Corporation > > (613) 257 3015 > > http://www.angelfire.com/on/telapprove > > > > Bill Ellingford wrote: > > > > > Hi Treg world > > > > > > Unless you are Canadian and use the KTL test facility, you will almost > certainly be looking at assessment by the MIC / RRL in Korea. Obtain a > CENELEC CB scheme safety test report first as this will simplify the safety > submission but make sure you submit the safety to the Korean CB scheme lab. > They will then variffy the report for RRL. Going direct to RRL will > involve a high level of testing which includes parts that are accepted > elsewhere under different approval schemes. > > > > > > The MIC (Ministry of Information & Communications) and the RRL (Radio > Regulations Lab) both publish data on the www. The data includes contact > information. > > > > > > http://webdb.mic.go.kr/e_home/ > > > > > > http://www.mic.go.kr:7070/english/intro/intro.htm > > > > > > Cheers. Bill Ellingford > > > Motion Media Technology > > > > > > > > > ---------- > > > From: Dorababu R.[SMTP:drasa...@cisco.com] > > > Sent: 15 June 1999 15:00 > > > To: t...@world.std.com > > > Subject: Re: Korean approvals > > > > > > The KTL definitely helps, and also you will get information from > > > the following sites. > > > http://www.typeapproval.com ( for Asia Pacific region) > > > http://www.cclab.com > > > > > > thanks > > > Dorababu > > > > > > Karen Bollard wrote: > > > > > > > > Try checking with KTL http://www.ktl.com > > > > > > > > Apart from doing all testing in Korea itself, they are one of the few > labs > > > > accredited to do the Korean testing. > > > > > > > > They'll also help with the approval applications. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Sehat, Shaniza [mailto:sehat...@gateway.com] > > > > Sent: 15 June 1999 10:38 > > > > To: 't...@world.std.com' > > > > Subject: Korean approvals > > > > > > > > Hello all! > > > > Can anyone provide the info on the Korean approvals for IT Equipments > (PC, > > > > adapters, monitors, modems especially)? > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Shaniza Sehat > > > > Email: sehat...@gateway.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Part 1.2 Type: application/ms-tnef > > > Encoding: base64 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Part 1.2 Type: application/ms-tnef > > Encoding: base64
