On July 06, 2018 the Innovation, Science and Economic Development from Canada (ISED) of Canada issued a regulation regarding general requirements (technical and administrative) for compliance applicable to all categories of interference-causing equipment. In this scenario, the responsible party could be the manufacturer, importer or distributor, depending on each situation.
These standards will not apply to interference-causing equipment that grants special permission by the minister and also for category II equipment, in which the responsible party will be in charge of the issue; Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC).
Radio apparatus classified in Category I require a Technical Acceptance Certificate (TAC) issued by ISED or by a recognized certification body. If a category I module that is already certified is incorporated in a interference-cause equipment it will not require certification, but the complete product model should meet the RF exposure requirements as well as label requirements. If the Category I equipment incorporated has not been certified, the complete equipment needs to be certified and each unit is labeled.
Among the technical requirements, there are comments concerning the emissions of radio apparatus, CISPR average detectors, validation of the radiated emissions test site, batteries depending on their source of operation. The administrative requirements stand out that equipment used for demonstration, research or exportation purposes is exempt from these requirements.
Lastly, this regulation informs that all test reports shall comply with requirements specified in Annex A unless the equipment has combined tests reports covering ICED and RSS requirements. In case of terminal equipment modules or a equipment not incorporating radio apparatus, each unit shall be labeled permanently.