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IECEE/CMC Workshop
Japanese Industry’s Perspective on the Use of
IECEE-CB Scheme for Trade Facilitation
25 June 2007
Toshiyuki Kajiya
Chair, Japanese National Committee on IECEE
Vice-chair, Conformity Assessment System Committee of JEITA
delegated from
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
JEITA & its Product Characteristics
JEITA stands for ;
Japan Electronics & Information Technology Industries Association,
- the second largest industry association in Japan next to automobile industry,
- consisting of 500 electronics and IT equipment manufacturers,
- reaching approximately 20 trillion JPY in its annual business turn over,
- having more than 1000 overseas manufacturing subsidiaries worldwide
Product & its Business Characteristics;
- Consumer oriented and serial production based
- Unified product design intended for global marketing
- Safety & EMC, & RoHS recently, are major regulated area
- Multi-national operation in key-functions of manufacturing
Typical Example of Multi-national Operation
Europe
Conformity assessment
for mass-production
Japan
Planning
R&D
Production
Local Suppliers
To enable successful multi‐national
operation, it is essential that unified
conformity assessment among
countries, where design, production,
and market supervision activities
are conducted.
IEC based design and CA
is the most appropriate measures
U.S.A
Design
Others
Conformity assessment
for product
Basic Data on Conformity Assessment Requirement
Example: Safety requirement for TV broadcasting receivers
► Among 74 countries/regions stipulating regulatory requirement;
- All countries/regions has transposed, or has made reference to,
the IEC safety standard IEC60065 for their conformity assessment
- Countries/regions implementing mandatory certifications prior to
product marketing;
32 (CIS, Middle-East & Far-East Asia, etc.)
- Countries/regions implementing manufacturer’s/supplier’s self
verification system (SDoC) ;
42 (EU, Eastern Europe, Australia, New Zealand, etc.)
Product design to IEC standard & use of IECEE-CB scheme
are the essential tool for worldwide one-stop testing !
Our Industry’s Contribution to IECEE-CB Scheme
- Extracted from 2006 statistics Total number of CB certificates
issued worldwide in 2006: 50,278
Others:15%
OFF:43%
OFF + TRON + HOUS
42,729
TRON:17%
HOUS:25%
OFF + TRON + HOUS
42,729 (85%)
Note: “OFF” means certificates for IEC60950,
“TRON” for IEC60065, and “HOUS” for
IEC60335 series of safety standards.
CB certificates issued by
Japanese 4 NCBs: 10,985 (22%)
Committee Structure Contributing IECEE Operation
Conformity Assessment Board (CAB)
IECEx
IECEE
IEC Council Board
Objective
Strengthening of Japanese influence by
reflecting industry’s opinion to promote
sound operation of IECEE-CB Scheme
IECQ
IECEE-CMC
JISC: Japanese Industrial Standards Committee
JISC
Secretariat: METI-AIST
National Mirror Committee on IECEE
IEC/CAB National Committee
Secretariat: JSA
Regulators
Industries
4 NCBs
Japan
Secretariat: JEITA
JET
CBTLs
Yokohama/Kansai Labo
JQA
Tokyo/Kita-kansai Labo
TÜV-Rh/JP
Osaka/Yokohama/I-Tec, etc.
UL Japan
Ise/Yokohama Labo
Our Experiences/Findings on the Use of IECEE-CB Scheme
- Positive Aspects -
► For countries/regions stipulating mandatory product certifications,
CB certificate/test report is;
• Accepted by national regulators without duplicated testing in;
Russian GOST-R, Chinese CCC, Korean EK marking schemes, &
many others…
• Accepted by non-IEC member countries/regions even in ;
Hong Kong EMSD, Taiwan BSMI, & GCC national authorities…
► For countries/regions accepting SDoC, CB certificate/test report is
used for;
• Supportive measures to pursue manufacturer’s accountability in the
conformity of product safety;
European CE marking, Australia/New Zealand, and others…
Our Experiences/Findings on the Use of IECEE-CB Scheme
- Negative Aspects -
► Regulatory Obstacles
There are countries/regions whose national mandatory certification
scheme include not only safety but also other requirements in one mark
• Russian GOST-R; Safety + EMC + Sanitary/Hygienic + …
• Chinese CCC, Korean EK marking schemes; Safety + EMC
Inclusion of other regulatory arena in one mark reduces the value of
CB scheme !
► Standard Obstacles
Timing in national transposition of updated IEC standards is different
from one country to another
• IEC 60065 for Audio/Video: 5th Edition – 7th Edition
• IEC60950 for ITE: 3rd Edition – IEC60950-1
Such different version prevents our unified product design principle !
Industry’s Focal Points on Conformity Assessment
For Regulators
For CABs
Global Acceptance
Assessment Quality
TBT observance
Partnership
Mutual recognition
Tested once,
accepted everywhere
 Laboratory competence
 Skills & experiences
 Data quality created
For Consumers
For Manufacturers
User’s Awareness
Cost Effectiveness
 Conformity marking
 Safe product operation
 Education
Simultaneous Product
Launch on Global Market
 Localized services
 MTL integration
 Minimum formality
Our Expectation to CB Scheme Operations - 1
- To gain its global reliance -
1. Peer Assessment vs. Formal Accreditation
NCB/CBTL competence is currently retained by peer assessment under
IECEE, rather than by formal accreditation, which causes sometimes
confusion, especially in developing countries. IECEE may need to clarify
the equivalency of both methods to convince them.
2. MTL Integration in the Scheme
MTL is one of the most welcome tools in the scheme but there are
everlasting questions on the equivalency of MTL & CBTL. Further
improvement of ODs may be necessary in IECEE
3. Quantitative Data Creation
Reliance to product conformity is NOT put on the certificate itself but
the quality of test report created by issuing NCB/CBTL. This is effective
especially in non-IEC member countries/regions.
Our Expectation to CB Scheme Operations -2
- To gain its global reliance -
4. Factory Inspection/Surveillance
Product testing is just a part of overall conformity management
process in the product chain. Continued conformity of product after
testing by factory inspection of mass production may need to be more
focused.
5. Assistance to non-IEC members
There are developing countries/regions of non-IEC members that
need assistance for building up of their common CA infrastructure.
IECEE may set up expert group to assist such regional schemes as;
- GCC Regional Conformity Assessment Scheme for safety
- ASEAN Harmonized EEE Agreement for safety/EMC
Sustainable Conformance Activities in Product Chain
ISO9001 Conformance Structure
Planning
► Investigation of applicable technical regulations
► Set-up of measures to achieve required conformity
► Feedback of market information
Design
► Conformity design to;
IEC/CISPR + industry/in-house safety standard
Verification
► Securing of conformity by periodic design review
► One-stop certification by IECEE-CB scheme
Purchasing
► Purchase contract for conforming parts/material supply
► Periodic second-party audit for continued conformity
Production
► Conformity to CENELEC/CIG021 for production control
► Periodic factory inspection by NCB
Marketing
► Gathering & analysis of market information
► Securing of product trace-ability by serial number
► Set-up of measures to regulator’s market surveillance
► Information disclosure & accountability by records
Standards are of no use
if not used…
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