The owner of the RCM mark is the Federation, and both the statutory management authorities for electrical safety and the EMC statutory management authorities accept the RCM mark as a supplier's declaration of conformity. Once a supplier is approved to use the RCM mark in any state, the statutory management authorities in other states can also accept it, thereby achieving state-wide approval through a single approval.
Australia Electrical Product Testing and Certification Institute, Australia and New Zealand are introducing the RCM mark to achieve a unified identification for electrical products. This mark is a trademark owned by Australian and New Zealand institutions, indicating that the product meets both safety regulations and EMC requirements, and is non-mandatory.
RCM Certification Application Process
1. Third-party laboratories evaluate the products and determine the applicable testing standards.
2. Should there be any non-compliant items during testing, the lab will make adjustments to the product to meet and exceed Australian standards requirements.
3. Passed the test and issued a test report.
4. Submit test reports to the Australian certification authority for document review.
5. Australia's approval and issuance of the RCM certificate.
6. Customers can complete the Australian website registration process themselves or have it done by a laboratory.
RCM Certification Fees and Duration
The RMC certification fee is an additional 6000 RMB on top of the C-Tick certification cost (which is approximately 1500-3000 RMB, not including registration; registration adds another 6000 RMB to the original cost, and it's recommended for clients to handle the registration in Australia themselves for convenience), with a processing time of 3 weeks.
RCM Certification Precautions
1. The product must have the RCM logo added uniformly at that time. Note that this requirement was announced in Australia on April 19, 2013.
2. For RCM safety certification of straight plug adapters, random testing of the plug is required.
3. Tube products: Such as T8 LED tubes, fluorescent tubes pose a higher safety risk due to direct replacement by users, and samples need to be sent to Australia for assessment.
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