Brazil: ANATEL – New act for mobile phone chargers: Act Nº 5155 Publication and Act N° 5159 Revoked
ANATEL reviewed the test requirements for mobile phone chargers and decided to publish a new act with guidelines and test scope for this product type, the Act 5155 was published on Apr 17th, 2024 and will come into force on Oct 14th, 2024. With this new act, the act number 5259 is now revoked. Act […]
Brazil: Office letter 463/2023 – Updates regarding Act 17089 – Safety requirements
ANATEL issued 2 office letters, 463/2023 and 466/2023 regarding additional information and instructions regarding Act 17087 from Dec 19th, 2022 that defined new requirements for safety evaluation for telecommunication devices. Act 17087 had updated references and similar testing to the previous Act 950, but with an additional item of “marking and instructions” that will evaluate […]
Singapore – CPSO clarifies the certification requirements for AC adaptors that can deliver more than 100W to connected equipment
On September 7th 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Office from Singapore, has released the Circular CPSO-070923-11, in which provide clarity on the testing and certification requirements for AC adaptors that can deliver more than 100W of power (>100W), under IEC 62368-1. Currently, AC adaptors, including those that can deliver >100W to connected equipment, are classified […]
MULTIPLE COUNTRIES: New Efficiency Level VI
IMPACT FOR WIRELESS: Yes IMPACT FOR ITE: Yes As you may know, on February, 2014 there was a notification about implementation of changes impacting External Power supplies. Currently they should be in compliance with Efficiency Level V for Europe and Efficiency Level IV for USA & Canada. As a reminder, the new standards for External Power supplies […]
CANADA: Health Canada’s Radiofrequency Exposure Guidelines – Safety Code 6
Health Canada’s mandate regarding human exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic energy from wireless devices is to carry out research into possible health effects, monitor the scientific literature related to such effects, and develop exposure guidelines. The current version of these exposure guidelines is specified in a document entitled: Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Energy […]
ARGENTINA: New Requirements for Safety Certificates for Chargers
Any extension, renewal or new Safety certificates for a charger require to include information about its particular use (e.g. Model XX for printer, Model YY for tablet). It is possible to list all the devices that could be used with a particular charger.