What is Australian RCM certification? Australian RCM certification evaluation

Australian RCM certification process

1. A third-party laboratory evaluates the product and determines the test standards to be implemented;

2. If any non-conformities are found during testing, the laboratory will rectify the product to comply with and meet Australian standards;

3. If the test is passed, a test report will be issued;

4. Submit the test report to the Australian certification agency for document review;

5. Australia passed the review and issued the RCM certificate;

6. Customers can complete the Australian website registration work by themselves or have the laboratory complete it;

Precautions

1. The RCM logo needs to be added to the product. Please note that this requirement was announced by Australia on April 19, 2013.

2. When the plug-in adapter is subject to RCM safety certification, random testing of the plug is required.

3. Tube products: such as T8 LED tubes and fluorescent tubes, which can be directly replaced by users, have a greater safety risk and need to be sent to Australia for evaluation

4. The time for different issuing agencies may vary

Certification requirements

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

All electronic products will be divided into three categories: High, medium, and low risk. We do not have detailed information on the classification range. Generally speaking, battery-driven products and products with a voltage below 12V are low risk, 240V standard voltage products are medium risk, and high voltage products are 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 (this period is recommended by relevant Australian associations, but the government has not yet finalized the specific law).

RCM certification can only be applied for by local Australian companies, and the company must apply for an RCM number from the Australian government. Chinese manufacturers and exporters can apply for IEC or AS/NZS reports in their own name, but the report must be submitted to the Australian importer to apply for RCM. The application registration fee is 75 Australian dollars per product per trademark per year (for example, an Australian company has two trademarks: A and B, and it imports exactly the same batch of products from China, half of which are marked with A's trademark and one with B's trademark, which means that it must pay a registration fee of 150 Australian dollars per year).

According to the expert, since importers will bear the risk of substandard product quality (responsible party), and non-Australian companies cannot directly apply for RCM certification, it is estimated that more and more Australian companies of a certain scale will change the practice of Chinese manufacturers bearing the cost of making reports and applying for SAA in order to reduce costs. They will tend to designate laboratories with certain capabilities and reputation to provide insurance reports and test data, and then they will apply for Australian RCM certification.