Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) is a registered mark that indicates that the supplier declares that the product complies with the safety and other requirements of the Australian states and New Zealand's electrical safety laws / regulations. EMC requirements under New Zealand's Radio Communications Act. The RCM mark can only be used if the product meets the requirements of both electrical safety regulations and EMC regulations.
The owner of the RCM mark is the federal government. Both the legal safety regulatory agency and the EMC legal regulatory agency accept the RCM mark as a supplier's declaration of conformity. As long as the supplier is approved to use the RCM mark in any state, the statutory regulatory agencies in other states can accept it, thus achieving a one-time approval of the state traffic.
The supplier needs to apply for and register before using the RCM logo. Once registered, suppliers can use the RCM logo on all products that meet the requirements of applicable laws and regulations. If it is found that the product using the RCM logo does not meet the legal / regulatory requirements for use, the supplier will penalize in accordance with the Australian Trademark Law.
RCM English definition
RCM = Safety + EMC + Importer Declaration
1. Safety (Product Safety Certification):
Product safety certification includes two parts: electrical products are divided into regulated electrical products (Prescribed Product) and non-regulated products (Non-prescribed product).
1) Regulated electrical products are classified according to AS / NZS4417.2 and include electric heating equipment, refrigeration equipment, power tools, parts, etc. Three of them, Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, are the most active in the certification process. Regulatory appliances are required to obtain a Certificate of Approval issued by the monitoring department, and require identification (must be marked with a certificate number) . The first letter of the certificate number shows which state or region the certificate was issued from.
Example: (1) Q04051 (Queensland) --- Q Number
(2) W2015 (Western Australia) --- W Number
(3) V03101 (Victoria) --- ESV Certificate V Number
4 (4) NSW18099 (New South Wales) --- DOFT Certificate NSW Number
2) Non-regulated electrical appliances can be sold directly without certification, but the manufacturer must ensure that the product's electrical safety meets the Australian standard AS / NZS3820: 1998 (Essential Safety Requirements for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment); the monitoring department will issue Certificate of Suitability. The electrical products that have obtained the certificate of compliance can be marked with a certificate number. The last letter of the certificate shows which state or region issued the certificate.
Example: (1) CS / 431 / Q (Queensland)
(2) CS / 108 / NSW (New South Wales)
2. EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)
Australia's electromagnetic compatibility compliance program is based on the Radio Communications ACT 1992 and covers a wide range of products, including motor-driven and heat-generating electrical products, power tools and similar products, lights and similar equipment, TV receivers and audio equipment, information technology products, industrial science and medical equipment, ignition engines and arc welding equipment. The plan divides products into three categories based on the danger level of electromagnetic interference caused by the products. The second and third products must be marked with C-Tick. Regardless of the product category, it must meet the relevant EMC standards.
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