Introduction to Taiwan BSMI certification
BSMI is the abbreviation of "Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection" in English of the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, from July 1, 2005, products entering the Taiwan area will be subject to electromagnetic compatibility and safety regulations. The Taiwan Bureau of Standards and Metrology (BSMI), under the leadership of the government's economic department, formulates product inspection specifications for electronic and electrical products entering the Taiwan market, and requires products to comply with safety, EMC testing and related testing before they can be authorized to use the BSMI mark . BSMI certification is a mandatory product certification, which has requirements for EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) and SAFETY (safety regulations). BSMI certification is usually valid for 3 years. However, BSMI currently does not have factory inspections, but it must follow the regulations of the Bureau of Standards. Therefore, BSMI's certification model is: product inspection + registration supervision.
BSMI certified product catalog
If your product is within the following range, you need to apply for verification to expand the domestic market:
1. Compulsory commodity inspection mark (CI MARK): electrical products (such as home appliances), electronic products (such as information equipment and entertainment audio-visual equipment products), mechanical products (such as power tools), chemical products Products (such as tires and toys);
2. Voluntary orthographic mark (CNS MARK): Industrial products, building materials, wires, home appliances, auto parts, industrial raw materials, or competitors' products have orthographic marks;
3. Voluntary product verification mark (VPC MARK): important safety components, digital set-top boxes, lamp holders, battery chargers, restricted hazardous substances, lithium batteries, electromagnetic compatibility of vehicles, sports fitness equipment, etc.
Information to be prepared for BSMI certification
1 Application
2 Copy of the applicant's certificate
3 Related technical documents
—Product Appearance Picture
—Parts certificate
—Product circuit diagram
-Bill of Materials
-User manual in Chinese
BSMI certification application method
There are currently three ways to apply:
1. Type approval includes two types:
1 Type approval (EMC+Safety), since January 1, 2004, 178 electronic and electrical products need to apply for this approval. Applicable standard: EMC+Safety, the documents that need to be provided are (product type approval application, company or factory license, test report, technical documents for electromagnetic compatibility: photos, labels, parts with electromagnetic interference, block diagrams And manuals and technical documents of safety regulations). Validity period of the certificate: three years, can be extended once.
2 EMC type approval (replacing the original EMC application) will be enforced from November 1, 2002. Applicable products: 61 electronic and electrical products only have EMI requirements, and 124 electronic and electrical products only need EMI+ safety reports (if the products have safety requirements). Applicable standards: only EMI. The documents that need to be provided are (electromagnetic compatibility type approval application, test report, technical documents: photos, labels, parts with electromagnetic compatibility, block diagrams and manuals).
2. Certification and registration
Enforcement date: Not yet announced. Applicable standards: EMI+ safety regulations. The documents that need to be provided include (product type approval application, company or factory license, test report, technical documents for electromagnetic compatibility: photos, labels, parts with electromagnetic interference, block diagrams and user manuals, and safety technology Documents, declaration of conformity).
Certificate validity: three years, can be extended once
3. Declaration of conformity
Enforcement date: January 18, 2002. Applicable products: 19 kinds of information technology equipment components. Applicable standard: CNS13438 (ONLY EMC. The documents that need to be provided are (declaration of conformity, test report, technical documents: photos, labels, parts with electromagnetic interference, block diagrams and manuals). No certificate.
For electronic and electrical products, the characteristics of the three application methods provided by the Bureau of Standards are as follows:
1. The declaration of conformity is only applicable to some parts of information technology equipment (please refer to the product description on the website of the Bureau of Standards, Inspection and Quarantine).
2. The product cost manufacturer decides on its own to apply for certification registration or type approval.
3. The difference between certification registration and type approval is:
Inspection method: If the product has been type approved, the inspection of the customer will be simplified. For products applying for certification and registration, customers will not be inspected, and random random tests will be adopted in the market.
Cost difference: The application fee for certification registration is higher than that for formal approval. And there is an annual fee, and there is no annual fee for type approval.
BSMI certified factory inspection
No need for factory inspection
BSMI certification cycle
The usual period is 3-5 weeks, but it can be expedited, and extra charges will be required for expediting.