MEXICO: IFT Approves NOM-196-SCFI-2016, Wired Terminal Equipment to be Impacted
On November 11, 2016, the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) published on it’s website, an official approval for NOM-196-SCFI-2016. This norm states that all Wired Terminal Equipment connected to public networks or that will be manufactured, imported, commercialized or to be used for personal use on Mexican territory must comply with the requirements and technical […]
BRAZIL: ANATEL Looking to Update Certificates for Lead-Acid Battery Maintenance Tables
On September 21, 2016, ANATEL published public consultation # 23 proposing an update for the homologation certificates of the stationary lead-acid batteries maintenance tables. These batteries are used in telecommunications service systems. The public consultation contains the list of the specific batteries and the new maintenance tables proposed by ANATEL. If the proposal is approved, […]
VIETNAM: Vietnamese Standard QCVN101:2016/BTTT Clarification
As ENTIRETY has previously informed, the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC), announced the standard QCVN101:2016/BTTT for lithium batteries for portable devices (mobile batteries, tablet PC’s and notebooks). Lithium batteries will be subject to a MIC DoC requirement after October 1st, 2016. The standard is equivalent to IEC 61960 and IEC 62133 standards. it […]
SOUTH AFRICA: SABS and ICASA Sign MoU
Earlier this year, the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to ensure that electronic equipment entering the South African market meets all quality-performance standards. According to the MoU, the process to issue Certificates of Compliance for Electromagnetic Interference/Compatibility […]
BRAZIL: INMETRO Published the Ordinance # 252
The Brazilian National Institute of Metrology (INMETRO), published earlier in June the ordinance #252 in the official gazette. The objective of this ordinance is to adjust and clarify some requirements of the previous ordinance #118 of March 6, 2015, which approved the General Requirements for Products Certification (RGCP). The changes are valid since June 3, […]
EUROPEAN UNION: The EN 62368-1:2014 Standard Will be Mandatory in 2019
The Safety Requirement Standard, known as, the IEC EN 62368-1:2014, is a performance oriented and Hazard Based Safety Engineering (HBSE) Standard, which classifies energy sources, prescribes safety guards against those energy sources, and provides guidance on the application of, and requirements for those safeguards. This new standard will be the mandatory standard to test safety […]
MEXICO: The Mexican NOM-EM-015-SCFI-2015 Will Lose its Validity
As Entirety previously informed, the Mexican Economy Department decided to extend the validity of the NOM-EM-015-SCFI-2015 “Terminal equipments with Connections Through a fix Line to a Public Telecommunications Network”. The extension moved the deadline from September 11th, 2015 to March 11, 2016. This date is the final term to certify equipments under the NOM precepts. […]
GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL: GSO Released the Document of the Technical Regulation for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment and Appliances
The GCC Standardization Organization (GSO), released a new document which contains the new Gulf Technical Regulation for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment and Appliances. This regulation will come into force on July 1st 2016, repealing any other gulf or national technical regulation related to safety of electrical equipment in the same scope in all the countries […]
UKRAINE: The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Published the Draft of a Technical Regulation for Electrical and Electronic Equipment
At the beginning of this month, the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, through a resolution of the cabinet of ministries of Ukraine, released a draft searching for comments “on approval of the technical regulation on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment”. Some of the possible […]
MEXICO: Technical Disposition IFT-004-2016 Came Into Force
On January 21, 2016, with its publication on the Mexican Federation Official Diary (DOF), the Technical Disposition IFT-004-2016 came into force replacing the Technical Disposition IFT-004-2014, which lost its validity on January 19, 2016. The new Technical Disposition, named “interface to public networks for terminal equipments”, was approved after the public consultation of the Technical […]