Australia and New Zealand on March 1, 2016 is the introduction of RCM logo, in order to realize the unification of the electrical products logo, the logo is a trademark in the Australian and New Zealand regulators have, said the product conforms to the safety and EMC requirements, at the same time belongs to the mandatory.

    RCM= Safety + EMC + Importer Declaration

    SAA certification and c-tick certification are phased out and replaced with RCM certification, which covers safety and EMC (C -Tick may still apply to some small power wireless products)

    Mandatory within the scope of products: according to the AS/NZS 4417.2 division, including home appliances, household appliances parts, lamps and lanterns, electrical accessories and lamps and lanterns parts, electronic equipment, electrical equipment, etc., the directory communique released by the government, display without granted approval certificate for sale or rent or the announcement of the product are illegal.

    Lamp RCM certification process

    1. The laboratory evaluation products of third parties shall determine the test standards for implementation;

    2. If the test fails to meet the requirements, the laboratory will rectify the product to meet the requirements of the Australian standard;

    3. Test and approve the test report;

    4. Submit the test report to the issuing agency of Australia for document review;

    5. Australia approved the approval of the RCM certificate;

    6. The customer may complete the registration of the Australian website by itself or by the laboratory;

    Cost: due to various types of lamps and lanterns, according to the type of products

    Cycle: also according to product type.

    Note editor:

    1. The product will need to add RCM logo on the product, which was announced on April 19, 2013

    2. When the plug adapter does RCM safety, it is needed to do the random test of the plug

    3. Lamp tube products: such as T8 LED lamp tube, the fluorescent lamp tube can be directly replaced by the user, and the safety risk is larger, and the sample should be sent to Australia for assessment

    4. The time of different issuing agencies will be different.