What is Korean KC certification?
The Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) of South Korea announced on August 25, 2008 that the National Standards Committee will implement a new unified national certification mark called "KC Mark" from July 2009 to December 2010.
The new mark is called KC Mark, which stands for Korea Certification. The current 13 mandatory signs will eventually be unified under this new sign.
One result of this initiative is to reduce the supplier’s expenditure on certification fees, making South Korea’s KC Mark gradually become a certification of a world brand. But there is a shortcoming. The recently promulgated KCC mark will only be implemented for a few years, and will eventually be unified under this new KC mark.
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December 2008: Update of the basic national regulations and current laws and regulations
July 2009: MKE began to implement the national unified logo
January 2009-December 2010: Improve regulations related to certification standards
January 2011: Completion of the national uniform mark to all compulsory certification
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KC Mark Certification Products List
According to the "Korea Electrical Appliances Safety Management Act", since January 1, 2009, electrical appliance safety certification is divided into two types: compulsory certification and self-discipline (voluntary) certification.
Compulsory certification means that all electronic products belonging to compulsory products must obtain KC Mark certification before they can be sold on the Korean market. Factory inspections and product sampling tests are required every year.
Self-discipline (voluntary) certification means that all electronic products belonging to voluntary products only need to be tested to obtain a certificate, and do not need to be subject to factory inspection. The certificate is valid for 5 years.
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KC certification factory audit first audit requirements:
South Korea's safety law stipulates that after accepting the application, the authorization needs to conduct the first factory inspection of the factory. In accordance with the requirements of the safety law, a preliminary assessment of the quality control system of the factory is carried out, and the following aspects are involved:
The factory shall produce certified products consistent with the qualified samples confirmed by the certification body in accordance with the product certification implementation regulations and the factory quality assurance capability requirements. According to the relevant laws of Korea safety certification and the relevant regulations of the Korea Industrial Technology Testing Institute (KTL), your factory should have the following documented procedures or regulations, and the content should be compatible with factory quality management and product quality control:
1) Product change control procedures (e.g., after a certified product change application is approved by the certification body, the relevant department should strictly follow the approved changes to formulate corresponding technical documents and issue them to the relevant departments to correctly implement the changes to the certified products. Not approved The certification mark cannot be applied to the changed product.)
2) Document and data control program
3) Quality record control procedures {should include a record retention period of at least 3 years (only purchase, routine and operational inspection records are required)}
4) Routine inspection and confirmation inspection procedures
5) Nonconforming product control procedure
6) Inspection or verification procedures for key components and materials
7) Internal quality audit procedures
8) Process work instructions, inspection standards, instrument and equipment operating procedures, management systems and other procedures. The factory should keep at least the following quality records to verify that the factory has indeed carried out all production inspections and production tests. The quality records should be true and effective
9) Product routine inspection and confirmation inspection records; purchase inspection/verification records of key components and materials and qualification certificates provided by suppliers
① The record of regular calibration or verification of inspection and test equipment;
② Routine inspection and confirmation (operation) inspection records;
③ Daily inspection records of safety equipment on the production line (workshop);
④ Disposal records of non-conforming products (purchase, routine and operation);
⑤ Internal audit records;
⑥ Records of corrective actions taken in response to customer complaints;
⑦ Non-conformity correction record of running inspection;
Annual factory inspection requirements:
After the certificate is authorized, the certification body will conduct an annual follow-up review of the factory every year. The main purpose is to check the consistency of the factory's quality control system and whether it can continue to meet the standards of the safety law.
Annual factory inspection matters are divided into two parts
1) The requirements and content of the inspection of quality documents, quality records, and related content of the manufacturing site are basically the same as those of the initial review.
2) It is necessary to confirm the consistency of all products authorized by KC Mark in the factory. According to the attached page of the product authorization certificate (list of key components), confirm the key components, materials, circuits, structures, etc. of the certified products to see if they are consistent.
Sampling requirements:
There are 216 kinds of products included in the scope of KC Mark compulsory certification so far. The Korean Safety Law stipulates that all kinds of products are sampled every year, so each product is sampled once a year.
The sampling method is;
It is carried out by the factory inspector during the annual inspection. When there is production or inventory on site, the inspector seals the samples, and the factory sends the samples to the designated address within 3 months.
When there is no production or inventory at the time of factory inspection, the factory must send the designated samples to the designated address within 6 months.
