Hi Ron,
The ACMA normally only audit for EMC, C-Tick, radiocommunications and similar
issues not involving safety. However, where a RCM (Regulatory Compliance Mark)
declaration has been made this is audited by the ACMA.
The RCM involves both safety and EMC, and the problem is that most ACMA
auditors have an EMC background with very limited safety experience. Because
of this they may not understand that there are other high quality labs in the
world beside NATA accredited labs, and that many IEC/EN standards are similar
to AS/NZS standards. I expect that if the company's compliance officer put the
folder together and signed the declaration, they would be able to help the
auditor with these issues.
Regards
Barry Esmore
AUS-TICK
The Electrical Equipment Compliance Professionals
281 Lawrence Rd
Mount Waverley
Vic 3149
Australia
Ph: +613 9886 1345
Fax: +613 9013 9552
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From: Pickard, Ron <mailto:ron.pick...@intermec.com>
To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Sent: Saturday, 21 February 2009 4:34 AM
Subject: RE: Australia C-Tick and safety requirements
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/
ublications/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>
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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.
Product Regulatory Engineer
Dialogic Research Inc.
1515 State Rt. 10
Parsippany, NJ 07054-4538
*mailto:dan.ro...@dialogic.com <mailto:dan.ro...@intel.com>
*Voice: +1 973-967-6485 Fax: +1 973-967-6262
Intranet: http://compliance.eicon.com/
<http://compliance.py.intel.com/>
Internet: http://www.dialogic.com <htt
://www.intel.com/design/network/products/telecom/index.htm>
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