What security certification codes do foreign trade export products need to pass in other countries? What do these certification marks mean? Let’s take a look at the current 20 internationally recognized certification marks and their meanings in the mainstream of the world, and see that your products have passed the following certification.
1. CECE mark is a safety certification mark, which is regarded as a passport for manufacturers to open and enter the European market. CE stands for European Unification. All products with the “CE” mark can be sold in the EU member countries without meeting the requirements of each member country, thus realizing the free circulation of goods within the EU member countries.
2.ROHSROHS is the abbreviation of the Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. ROHS lists six hazardous substances, including lead Pb, cadmium Cd, mercury Hg, hexavalent chromium Cr6+, PBDE and PBB. The European Union began to implement ROHS on July 1, 2006. Electrical and electronic products that use or contain heavy metals, PBDE, PBB and other flame retardants are not allowed to enter the EU market. ROHS aims at all electrical and electronic products that may contain the above six harmful substances in the production process and raw materials, mainly including: white appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, air conditioners, vacuum cleaners, water heaters, etc., black appliances, such as audio and video products, DVD, CD, TV receivers, IT products, digital products, communication products, etc; Electric tools, electric electronic toys, medical electrical equipment. Remark: When a customer asks if he has rohs, he should ask whether he wants finished rohs or raw rohs. Some factories can’t make finished rohs. The price of rohs is generally 10% – 20% higher than that of ordinary products.
3. ULUL is the abbreviation of Underwriter Laboratories Inc. in English. UL Safety Testing Institute is the most authoritative civil organization in the United States, and also a large civil organization engaged in safety testing and identification in the world. It is an independent, non-profit, professional institution that conducts experiments for public safety. It uses scientific testing methods to study and determine whether various materials, devices, products, equipment, buildings, etc. are harmful to life and property and the degree of harm; Determine, prepare and issue corresponding standards and materials that can help reduce and prevent the loss of life and property, and carry out fact-finding business at the same time. In short, it is mainly engaged in product safety certification and operation safety certification business, and its ultimate purpose is to make contributions to the market to obtain goods with a relatively safe level, and to ensure personal health and property safety. As for product safety certification as an effective means to eliminate technical barriers to international trade, UL also plays a positive role in promoting the development of international trade. Remark: UL is not mandatory to enter the United States.
4. FDA The Food and Drug Administration of the United States is referred to as FDA. FDA is one of the executive agencies established by the United States Government in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Department of Public Health (PHS). FDA’s responsibility is to ensure the safety of food, cosmetics, drugs, biological agents, medical equipment and radioactive products produced or imported in the United States. After the September 11 incident, people in the United States believed that it was necessary to effectively improve the safety of food supply. After the United States Congress passed the Public Health and Safety and Bioterrorism Prevention and Response Act of 2002 in June last year, it allocated US $500 million to authorize FDA to formulate specific rules for the implementation of the Act. According to the regulation, FDA will assign a special registration number to each registration applicant. Food exported by foreign agencies to the United States must be notified to the United States Food and Drug Administration 24 hours before arriving at the United States port, otherwise it will be refused entry and detained at the port of entry. Remark: FDA only needs registration, not certification.
5. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was established in 1934 as an independent agency of the United States government and is directly responsible to Congress. FCC coordinates domestic and international communications by controlling radio, television, telecommunications, satellites and cables. The Office of Engineering and Technology of the FCC is responsible for the technical support of the committee and the equipment approval in order to ensure the safety of radio and wire communication products related to life and property, involving more than 50 states, Colombia and the regions under the jurisdiction of the United States. Many radio application products, communication products and digital products require FCC approval to enter the U.S. market. The FCC Committee investigates and studies the various stages of product safety to find the best way to solve the problem. At the same time, the FCC also includes the detection of radio devices and aircraft. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates the import and use of radio frequency devices, including computers, fax machines, electronic devices, radio reception and transmission equipment, radio-controlled toys, telephones, personal computers and other products that may harm personal safety. If these products are to be exported to the United States, they must be tested and approved by a government-authorized laboratory according to the FCC technical standards. The importer and customs agent shall declare that each radio frequency device complies with the FCC standard, that is, the FCC license.
6.According to China’s commitment to WTO accession and the principle of reflecting national treatment, CCC uses unified marks for compulsory product certification. The name of the new national compulsory certification mark is “China Compulsory Certification”, the English name is “China Compulsory Certification”, and the English abbreviation is “CCC”. After the implementation of China Compulsory Certification Mark, it will gradually replace the original “Great Wall” mark and “CCIB” mark.
7. CSACSA is the abbreviation of the Canadian Standards Association, which was founded in 1919 and is the first non-profit organization in Canada to formulate industrial standards. Electronic and electrical products sold in the North American market need to obtain safety certification. At present, CSA is the largest safety certification authority in Canada and one of the most famous safety certification authorities in the world. It can provide safety certification for all types of products in machinery, building materials, electrical appliances, computer equipment, office equipment, environmental protection, medical fire safety, sports and entertainment. CSA has provided certification services to thousands of manufacturers around the world, and hundreds of millions of products with CSA logo are sold in the North American market every year.
8. DIN Deutsche Institute fur Normung. DIN is the standardization authority in Germany, and participates in international and regional non-governmental standardization organizations as a national standardization organization. DIN joined the International Organization for Standardization in 1951. The German Electrotechnical Commission (DKE), jointly composed of DIN and the German Association of Electrical Engineers (VDE), represents Germany in the International Electrotechnical Commission. DIN is also the European Commission for Standardization and the European Electrotechnical Standard.
9. BSI British Standards Institute (BSI) is the world’s earliest national standardization institution, which is not controlled by the government but has received strong support from the government. BSI develops and revises British Standards and promotes their implementation.
10.Since the reform and opening up of GB, China has begun to implement the socialist market economy, and both the domestic market and international trade have developed rapidly. Many export enterprises in China cannot enter the international market because they do not understand the requirements of the certification systems of other countries, and the price of many export products is far lower than the certified similar products in the host country. Therefore, these enterprises have to spend precious foreign exchange every year to apply for foreign certification and issue inspection reports by foreign inspection agencies. In order to meet the needs of international trade, the country has gradually implemented the internationally accepted certification system. On May 7, 1991, the State Council issued the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Product Quality Certification, and the State Administration of Technical Supervision also issued some rules to implement the Regulations, ensuring that the certification work is carried out in an orderly manner. Since its establishment in 1954, CNEEC has been working hard to obtain international mutual recognition in order to serve the export of electrical products. In June 1991, CNEEC was accepted by the Management Committee (Mc) of the International Electrotechnical Commission for the Safety Certification of Electrical Products (iEcEE) as the national certification authority that recognized and issued the CB certificate. The nine subordinate testing stations are accepted as the CB laboratory (certification agency laboratory). As long as the enterprise has obtained the cB certificate and test report issued by the Commission, the 30 member countries in the IECEE-CcB system will be recognized, and basically no samples will be sent to the importing country for testing, which saves both cost and time to obtain the certification certificate of the country, which is extremely beneficial to export products.
11. With the development of electrical and electronic technology, household electrical products are increasingly popular and electronic, radio and television, post and telecommunications and computer networks are increasingly developed, and the electromagnetic environment is increasingly complex and deteriorating, making the electromagnetic compatibility of electrical and electronic products (EMC electromagnetic interference EMI and electromagnetic interference EMS) issues also receive increasing attention from governments and manufacturing enterprises. The electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of electronic and electrical products is a very important quality index. It is not only related to the reliability and safety of the product itself, but also may affect the normal operation of other equipment and systems, and related to the protection of the electromagnetic environment. The EC government stipulates that from January 1, 1996, all electrical and electronic products must pass the EMC certification and be affixed with the CE mark before they can be sold in the EC market. This has caused widespread influence in the world, and governments have taken measures to enforce mandatory management on the RMC performance of electrical and electronic products. Internationally influential, such as EU 89/336/EEC.
12. PSEPSE is the certification stamp issued by Japan JET (Japan Electrical Safety&Environment) for electronic and electrical products that comply with Japanese safety regulations. According to the provisions of Japan’s DENTORL Law (Law on the Control of Electrical Installations and Materials), 498 products must pass the safety certification before entering the Japanese market.
13. The GSGS mark is a safety certification mark issued by TUV, VDE and other institutions authorized by the German Ministry of Labor. GS sign is a safety sign accepted by European customers. Generally, the unit price of GS certified products is higher and more salable.
14. ISO International Organization for Standardization is the world’s largest non-governmental specialized organization for standardization, which plays a leading role in international standardization. ISO sets international standards. The main activities of ISO are to formulate international standards, coordinate standardization work worldwide, organize member countries and technical committees to exchange information, and cooperate with other international organizations to jointly study relevant standardization issues.
15.HACCPHACCP is the abbreviation of “Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point”, that is, hazard analysis and critical control point. HACCP system is considered to be the best and most effective management system for controlling food safety and flavor quality. The national standard GB/T15091-1994 Basic Terminology of Food Industry defines HACCP as a control means for the production (processing) of safe food; Analyze raw materials, key production processes and human factors affecting product safety, determine key links in the processing process, establish and improve monitoring procedures and standards, and take normative corrective measures. The international standard CAC/RCP-1, General Principles for Food Hygiene, Revision 3, 1997, defines HACCP as a system for identifying, evaluating and controlling hazards that are critical to food safety.
16. GMPGMP is the abbreviation of Good Manufacturing Practice in English, which means “Good Manufacturing Practice” in Chinese. It is a kind of management that pays special attention to the implementation of food hygiene and safety in the production process. In brief, GMP requires that food production enterprises should have good production equipment, reasonable production process, perfect quality management and strict detection system to ensure that the quality of final products (including food safety and hygiene) meets the regulatory requirements. The contents specified in GMP are the most basic conditions that food processing enterprises must meet.
17. REACH REACH is the abbreviation of the EU regulation “REGULATION CONCERNING THE REGISTRATION, EVALUATION, AUTHORIZATION AND RESTRICTION OF CHEMICALS”. It is a chemical supervision system established by the EU and implemented on June 1, 2007. This is a regulatory proposal concerning the production, trade and use safety of chemicals, which aims to protect human health and environmental safety, maintain and improve the competitiveness of the European Union chemical industry, and develop the innovative capacity of non-toxic and harmless compounds. The REACH directive requires that chemicals imported and produced in Europe must go through a set of comprehensive procedures such as registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction, so as to better and more easily identify the chemical components to ensure the environmental and human safety. The directive mainly includes registration, evaluation, authorization, restriction and other major items. Any commodity must have a registration file listing the chemical components, and explain how the manufacturer uses these chemical components and toxicity evaluation report. All information will be entered into a database under construction, which is managed by the European Chemical Agency, a new EU agency located in Helsinki, Finland.
18. HALALHalal, originally meaning “legal”, is translated into “halal” in Chinese, that is, food, medicine, cosmetics and food, medicine, cosmetics additives that meet the living habits and needs of Muslims. Malaysia, a Muslim country, has always been committed to the development of halal (halal) industry. The halal (halal) certification issued by them has a high credibility in the world and is trusted by the Muslim public. The markets in North America and Europe are also gradually aware of the great potential of halal products, and have spared no effort to start the research and development and production of relevant products, and have also formulated corresponding standards and procedures in halal certification.
19. C/A-tick C/A-tick certification is the certification mark issued by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) for communication equipment. C-tick certification cycle: 1-2 weeks. The product is subject to the ACAQ technical standard test, registers with ACA for the use of A/C-Tick, fills in the “Declaration of Conformity Form”, and keeps it with the product conformity record. The A/C-Tick mark is affixed on the communication product or equipment. A-Tick sold to consumers is only applicable to communication products. Most electronic products are for C-Tick, but if the electronic products apply for A-Tick, they do not need to apply for C-Tick. Since November 2001, EMI applications from Australia/New Zealand have been merged; If the product is to be sold in these two countries, the following documents must be complete before marketing for random inspection by ACA (Australian Communications Authority) or New Zealand (Ministry of Economic Development) authorities at any time. Australia’s EMC system divides products into three levels. Before selling Level 2 and Level 3 products, suppliers must register with ACA and apply for the use of C-Tick logo.
20. SAASAA is certified by the Standards Association of Australia, so many friends call the Australian certification SAA. SAA refers to the certification that electrical products entering the Australian market must comply with local safety regulations, which is often faced by the industry. Due to the mutual recognition agreement between Australia and New Zealand, all products certified by Australia can be successfully sold in the New Zealand market. All electrical products shall be subject to safety certification (SAA). There are two main types of SAA logo, one is formal approval, and the other is standard logo. The formal certification is only responsible for the samples, while the standard marks need to be reviewed by each factory. At present, there are two ways to apply for SAA certification in China. One is to transfer the CB test report. If there is no CB test report, you can also apply directly. Generally, the period of applying for Australian SAA certification for IT AV lamps and small household appliances is 3-4 weeks. If the product quality is not up to standard, the date may be extended. When submitting the report to Australia for review, it is required to provide the SAA certificate of the product plug (mainly for products with plug), otherwise it will not be handled. For important components in the product, such as lamps, it is required to provide the SAA certificate of the transformer in the lamp, otherwise the Australian review data will not pass.
Post time: Feb-27-2023