Dan, Jim et al,
I believe the Australian document that you were requesting is the ACMA’s EMC Handbook, which can be accessed at: http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/aca_home/p blications/reports/industry/manuals/emcbook.pdf <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/aca_home/ ublications/reports/industry/manuals/emcbook.pdf> The ACMA does not impose safety requirements for C-tick (ACMA) or RCM (Regulatory Compliance Mark, owned by AU & NZ regulators) markings, but I believe the “state authorities” that Peter refers to do and are the provincial electrical authorities (refer to Appendix D) which must ensure that equipment attaching to the electrical power grid is safe and in almost all cases pertains to power supplies and power cords. Please note that in some cases, registration will be needed. Also, Appendix E may also apply to your product. So, it is a good idea to also include an acceptable Australian/New Zealand safety report and the electrical authority’s acceptance, where applicable, into the product’s DofC and the compliance folder. In regard to your last question, although a CB certificate/report with AU/NZ deviations does indeed cover your product for safety in Australia & New Zealand, the ACMA has been a bit persnickety during compliance folder audits about it preferring actual AS/NZS 60950-1 reports generated from NATA accredited labs. If anyone can point to an actual ACMA requirement on this point, we all would be grateful. I hope this answered your questions and as always, I stand to be corrected where needed. Comments? I look forward to your reply. Best regards, Ron Pickard ron.pick...@intermec.com <mailto:ron.pick...@intermec.com> ________________________________ From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Jim Robson Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:47 AM To: pmerguerian2...@yahoo.com; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG; Dan Roman Subject: RE: Australia C-Tick and safety requirements Peter, I have been researching this issue also. Can you tell me what Australian document says that C-tick marked ITE (non-Telco) equipment must comply (and/or be tested to) with AS/NZS 60950? The Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Notice 2001 definitely calls out AS/NZS 60950 for Telco equipment. The Radiocommunications Labeling (EMC) Notice 2008 which covers ITE does not call out AS/NZS 60950. You also wrote "does not require a safety approval from a state authority". Do mean AS/NZS 60950 testing must be done at an approved lab and then cite AS/NZS 60950 on the Declaration of Conformity? Regards, Jim Robson ________________________________ From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of peter merguerian Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 7:43 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG; Dan Roman Subject: Re: Australia C-Tick and safety requirements For safety, this is not a perscribed equipment and therefore does not require a safety approval from a state authority However, the product must still comply with the Australia safety requirements in AS/NZS 60950.1. This standard is harmonized with IEC60950-1 so if you comply with the standard and its' Austrlia devioations, you're good to go. Peter Merguerian --- On Fri, 2/20/09, Dan Roman <dan.ro...@dialogic.com> wrote: From: Dan Roman <dan.ro...@dialogic.com> Subject: Australia C-Tick and safety requirements To: "EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG" <EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 7:23 AM Hello all, I’m passing along two questions for a friend that I cannot answer because they are outside of my product area of expertise. The product in question is a passive line filter for use with a PC. It contains overvoltage and line filtering components (some coils, caps, and MOVs). 1. Does the C-Tick mark for non-telecom equipment require both EMC and safety declarations? I know that for the telecom equipment my company produces, the ACA requires telecom, safety, and EMC (A-tick and C-tick) but I don’t know if the safety portion is a telecom specific requirement or not. If the answer is the C-Tick is for EMC only, are there other requirements for safety or other marks that would apply to this product in Australia? I am sure there must be. 2. Does a passive device like this fall under EMC requirements? CISPR 22/EN55022 don’t specify a lower frequency limit exempting products, so this passive line filter connected to a 50 Hz supply would appear to need testing. Everything I deal with has clocks in excess of 1 GHz these days so this question never came up where I work! It is always interesting getting questions outside of your normal day to day experience. -- Dan Roman, N.C.E. 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