SAA certification

Australia's standards body is the Standards Association of Australian, so many friends call Australian certification SAA certification. Electrical products entering the Australian market must comply with SAA certification. There are two main types of SAA marks, one is formal approval and the other is standard mark. Formal certification is only responsible for samples, while standard marks are subject to factory inspection. The scope of SAA certification is mainly divided into quality management system; environmental management system; occupational health and safety management; extend.

If the product shipped is not certified, the product will be detained or confiscated or fined.

SAA Accreditation - Overview

Australia's standards body is the Standards Association of Australian, so many friends call Australian certification SAA certification. In fact, SAA is only a standard-setting body and does not issue product certification. SAA later changed its name to: Standards Australia Limited. SAA is an independent company with no direct relationship with the government, but the federal and state governments are its members. The SAA and the Commonwealth of Australia have signed a memorandum recognizing that the SAA is Australia's apex non-governmental standards body. The memorandum also pointed out that the standard setting should be consistent with the requirements of the WTO. Therefore, there is agreement that when the appropriate

When International Standards already exist, there is no need to develop new Australian Standards. Australian standards start with "AS" and Australia-New Zealand joint standards start with "AS/NZS". Australia's standard and New Zealand's standard are basically the same as IEC, and there are some national differences. Australia and New Zealand implement standard unification and mutual recognition of certification, and products can be sold in another country as long as they have obtained the certification of one country.

About SAA Certification

SAA is that electrical products entering the Australian market must comply with local safety regulations, that is, the certification that the industry often faces. Due to the mutual recognition agreement between Australia and New Zealand, all products certified by Australia can smoothly enter the New Zealand market for sale. All electrical products are subject to safety certification ( SAA ). There are two main types of SAA marks, one is formal approval and the other is standard mark. Formal certification is only responsible for samples, and standard marks are subject to factory inspection.

At present, there are two ways to apply for SAA certification in China. One is to transfer through the CB test report. If there is no CB test report, you can also apply directly.

SAA Certification Market

Australia and New Zealand are two sparsely populated countries, with a current population of only 23 million, but very strong spending power.

The commonly known SAA (Standards Association of Australia) is actually a standards institute, in charge of the formulation and revision of standards. Electronic appliances and other products entering Australia (including Australia and New Zealand) must pass this certification, and the certification number will be marked on the product before they can legally enter Australia for sale.

Cited SAA Accreditation - Accreditation/Supervisory Body

Australia is a federal country, and the certification, control and management of electrical safety and energy consumption requirements are carried out by the monitoring departments (Regulatory Authority) of each state or region.

Follow the state/territory certification process. Certificates issued in any one state are valid in other states without any additional formalities. In addition, QAS (Quality Assurance Services Pty Ltd.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the SAA standard setting agency, is Australia's NCB (National Certification Body), and the certificates issued by it have also been recognized by various states or regions and have the same effect.

Surveillance authorities in each state or territory of Australia:

1. Queensland Electrical Safety Office (DOIR) (Department of Industrial Relations)

2. Western Australia Technical and Safety Division (Office of Energy)

3. New South Wales Safety and Standards Branch (OFT) (Office of Fair Trading)---formerly known as (DOFT)

4. Energy Safe Victoria (ESV)---Former name (OCEI)

5. Office of the Tasmanian Energy Regulator

6. South Australia Energy Division

(Department of Mines and Energy)

7. Australian Capital Territory Regulation

(Department of Urban Services)

8. Northern Territory Power and Water Authority

9. SAI Global

In addition to the monitoring departments of the above states, which can issue certificates, other private institutions such as SGS TCA can also be recognized by the government.

SAA Certification - Product Safety Certification

Australia does not have a unified safety certification mark, and each state or region has successively stipulated the management methods of electrical products in the form of legislation. Although the name and promulgation

The dates vary, and the content of electrical safety legislation in each state or territory is basically the same. Electrical products are divided into regulated electrical (prescribed product) and non-regulated

Non-prescribed products. Controlled electrical products are classified according to AS/NZS4417.2, including electric heating equipment, refrigeration equipment, power tools,

parts, etc. The list is published in the Government Gazette and will be increased according to the actual situation. Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria were the most active in the certification process.

Taking Queensland as an example, the electricity law (the electricity Act 1994) announced detailed regulations on the certification, sale and use of electrical appliances.

1. Regulated electrical appliances: The regulated electrical appliances must obtain a certificate of approval issued by the monitoring department, and specify the identification (must be marked with a certificate number). It should be noted that the certification process is only for safety and not performance or quality, unless it is related to safety. The first letter of the certificate number shows which state or territory the certificate was issued from.

2. Non-regulated electrical appliances: Although non-regulated products are not required to obtain certification, their safety is the responsibility of the seller/manufacturer, who can voluntarily apply for certification. The monitoring department will issue a certificate of conformity (Certificate of Suitability) for products that meet the requirements of the standard. Electrical products that have obtained a certificate of conformity can be marked with a certificate number, and the last letter of the certificate shows which state or region issued the certificate, such as:

CS/431/Q (Queensland)

CS/108/N (New South Wales)

RCM mark: Currently Australia and New Zealand are introducing the RCM mark (Regulatory Compliance Mark) to achieve a unified identification of electrical products. This mark is a trademark owned by the regulatory agencies in Australia and New Zealand, indicating that the product complies with both safety regulations and EMC requirements. It is optional sexual. After the product has obtained safety certification and electromagnetic compatibility registration, it can apply for the use of the RCM mark through the regulatory agency that issued the safety certification or "RCM Registrar" (Standards Australia).

SAIGLOBAL mark: It is a product safety mark issued by SAI (original SAI), this mark is non-mandatory and requires factory inspection and so on.

The EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) requirements of electrical products, that is, in a fixed situation, the measurement of electromagnetic disturbance generated by electrical equipment must be lower than a certain standard, without hindering the normal operation of other electrical appliances; and the equipment itself also has a certain anti-electromagnetic disturbance. ability.

SAA Certification - Energy Consumption Label

Although most states and territories have similar mandatory requirements for the energy consumption of white goods and household air conditioners, the list of mandatory certification products varies from state to state. Currently Queensland and Victoria have the most complete product catalogues. Registration in any one state is also valid in other states and territories.

Energy consumption requirements apply to the following household appliances:

Refrigerators and refrigerators (test standards: AS/NZS 44741.1, AS/NZS 4474.2)

Washing machine (test standard: AS/NZS 2040.1, AS/NZS 2040.2)

Dryer (Test Standard: AS/NZS2442.1, AS/NZS2442.2)

Dishwasher (Test Standard: AS/NZS 2007.1, AS/NZS 2007.2)

One-way household air conditioners (test standards: AS/NZS3823.1.1, AS/NZS3823.1.2, AS/NZS3823.2, AS/NZS3823.3) applicants must submit an application form to the monitoring agency with a complete and correct test report and Sample of energy consumption labels.

The test report must be issued by an accredited laboratory and is valid for three years from the date of issue.

Electromagnetic Safety Requirements

When electrical and electronic products enter Australia, in addition to the safety label, there should also be the EMC mark, that is, the c-tick mark. The purpose is to protect the resources of the radio communication frequency band, and the implementation system it stipulates is somewhat similar to the European EMC Directive. Therefore, it can be self-declared by the manufacturer/importer. However, before applying for the C-tick mark, it must be tested according to the relevant CISPR standards. And to be endorsed & submitted by the Australian importer. The Australian ACA (Australian Commication Authority) uniformly accepts and issues registration numbers.

Electromagnetic compatibility is monitored by ACA (Australian Communications Authority) in Australia. Under Australia's EMC system, products are divided into three categories. Suppliers must register and apply for the use of the C-TICK mark with ACA before selling the second and third categories of products.

Class I products: products with low interference radiation to equipment using the wireless spectrum, such as manual switches, simple relays, one-way squirrel-cage induction motors, resistors, etc.

Such products can voluntarily apply for the use of the c-tick mark when they are produced and sold.

Class II products: products with high interference radiation to equipment using the wireless spectrum, such as switching power supplies, electric welding machines, dimmers, and most household appliances.

Three types of products: products with extremely high interference to equipment using the wireless spectrum, that is, products covered by CISPR11 and CISPR22. Since the applicants who apply for the use of the C-TICK logo in ACA are limited to registered companies in Australia or New Zealand, they can be applied by buyers in Australia or New Zealand or by the certification bodies of branches/partners in Australia or New Zealand.

SAA certification - certification method

In the scope of SAA certification, the current Chinese manufacturers' application for SAA certification is mainly limited to product certification. According to different product types, product certification mainly adopts two methods: "formal approval" and "standard mark". Among them, "formal approval" only requires the manufacturer to provide product samples and conduct laboratory testing according to SAA's product standards. In addition to the detection of samples, the "standard mark" also requires factory inspection of the factory. Generally, the factory is required to have an effective quality management system in the production process of the product applying for certification.

SAA Issuing Agency-Australian Issuing Agency

There are a total of 8 certification and certification bodies in Australia (including New Zealand)

Department of Fair Trading, New South Wales

Department of Mines and Energy, Queensland

The Office of the Chief Electrical Inspector, Victoria

Office of Energy Policy, South Australia

Office of Energy, Western Australia

Office of Electricity, Standards and Safety, Tasmania

TCA Testing & Certification Australia, Sydney

Ministry of Commerce, New Zealand

SAA Certification - Scope of Certification

SAA has a wide range of certifications, and different types of certification marks are slightly different. The main scope includes:

quality management system;

environmental management system;

Occupational health and safety management;

information security management;

HACCP food safety management; and product certification

SAA certification - certification cycle

Under normal circumstances, it takes 3-4 weeks for common products such as IT AV lamps and small household appliances to apply for Australian SAA certification. If the product quality does not meet the standard, the date may be extended.

When submitting the report to Australia for audit, you need to provide the SAA certificate of the product plug (mainly for products with plugs), otherwise it will not be processed, and the important components in the product SAA certificate, such as lamps, need to provide the SAA certificate of the transformer in the lamps, otherwise Australia's audit data failed

SAA Certification - Certification Process

1. Fill in the application form

2. Product sample delivery test

3. Product rectification (when the test fails)

4. Issue a report

5. Report evaluation

6. Issue a certificate

SAA Certification - Penalty

Electrical products exported to Australia must meet electrical safety and electromagnetic compatibility standards. If they fail to meet the requirements, they will be dealt with as follows:

◆ Detention or confiscation of products

◆ Or a fine, generally about USD 10,000 for individuals and about USD 200,000 for companies

SAA certified logo

There are two main types of SAA logos:

One is formal recognition;

One is the standard logo.

Formal certification is only responsible for samples, and standard marks are subject to factory inspection.

At present, there are two ways to apply for SAA certification in China. One is to pass the CB test report. If there is no CB test report, you can also apply directly.