Australian RCM certification

Australian RCM certification

What is Australian RCM certification

RCM is the abbreviation of the regulatory compliance mark. The products to be made are mainly telecommunication products, radio communication products and electrical products.

Electrical products are mainly non-regulated and regulated products, because not all products marked with RCM need to be registered. No registration is required for non-regulated products. At present, only Level 3 electrical products are required to be registered. There are 56 major categories with high risk factors including power adapters and vacuum cleaners.

Under normal circumstances, the RCM logo should be marked on the product label. The agent number originally requested. The new RCM does not need to indicate the agent number.

Since this requirement was issued on March 1, 2013, there is a three-year transition period, which will be enforced on March 1, 2016 next year, so manufacturers should prepare as early as possible. The new RCM requirements are different from before, except that the importer will bear the high risk of unqualified product quality, plus the importer needs to pay the registration fee and the annual fee for registration, so very few companies provide this service.

Certification application process

1. The third-party laboratory evaluates the product and determines the test standards to be implemented;
2. If there is any non-conformance in the test, the laboratory will rectify the product to meet and meet the Australian standard requirements;
3. Pass the test and issue a test report;
4. Submit the test report to the Australian issuing agency for document review;
5. Australia audited and issued RCM certificate;
6. Customers can complete the registration of the Australian website by themselves or by the laboratory;

Related application matters

1. If the product has CB and national differences, you can directly transfer to Safety Certificate. Coupled with the EMC part, the agent can help the announcement. The product can be sold to Australia and labeled RCM MarK.

2. Safety Certificate: When applying for the safety part, if the product is a direct plug in, you need to do AU Plug Test (Test Standards: AS/NZS 3112:2004) for the product. If the product is Desktop, you do not need to do this test.

3. EMC report can be either C-Tick report or CE-EMC report.


Certification cycle, factory inspection requirements

One week after obtaining the safety certification and C-Tick/EMC report.

No factory inspection requirements