Hello Koh, Computer equipment sold in Australia is required to be safe and meet Australian safety standards, but does not need to have regulatory safety approval. Voluntary safety approval can be gained from any of the state government regulatory bodies or from QAS (non government).
Your CD-ROM sounds okay with just the C-Tick, and the AC-DC adaptor probably does require state approval as you have stated. These days almost everything is required to have the C-Tick. Regards Barry Esmore AUS-TICK (Australian Approval Consultants) Phone: + 61 3 9886 1345 Fax: + 61 3 9884 7272 Email: bar...@melbpc.org.au ---------- > From: kohscp <koh...@cyberway.com.sg> > To: EMC-PSTC <emc-p...@ieee.org> > Subject: Australia Safety > Date: Friday, 16 April 1999 1:12 > > Hi, > For US market, UL mark for pheripherals are voluntary requirement becasue > these device are classified as SELV, but having UL mark is a preferred mark > because it is widely recognise. Any AC powered device (e.g. AC-DC adaptor) > must have UL mark to deem safety compliant. The other mandatory safety > requirement for drives (CD or DVD) is the CDRH requirement which is the > laser safety requirement. > > For Europe, TUV mark is commonly recognise mark but CE is a mandatory mark > due to EMC & LVD. Having TUV mark should be saying that the product > complies to the safety requirement. AC powered devices must have TUV mark. > > I would like to hear the group's opinion on the above assumption/statement. > > The questions that I'm interested in is "What about Australia/New Zealand?" > a) Do Australia has any safety requirement for computer pheripheral devices? > b) Is it a mandatory or voluntary requirement? > c) Is there any laser safety requirement in Australia? > d) Who is the regulating authority for safety? > d) For pheripherals (e.g. CD-ROM drive) having C-Tick mark only, without > any safety mark, will it have any regulatory issue? > > Telecom equipemnt/pheripherals will be of a separate issue. AC powered > devices, (e.g. AC-DC adaptor), requires to obtain an approval from any of > the Six state authority (Office of Fair Trading, Office of Energy, .....) > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards > Koh > > > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, > j...@gwmail.monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or > roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators). > --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, j...@gwmail.monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
