NIST UPDATES TELECOM MRAS

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1 NIST UPDATES TELECOM MRAS ACIL Mid-Winter Meeting March 28, 2012 Jogindar Dhillon

2 2 Topics G-to-G Telecom/EMC MRAs Current MRAs NIST Role Various MRA activities Other activities & meetings Other programs at GSI website

3 3 G-to-G Telecom/EMC MRAs Government to government agreements to facilitate trade of telecom products. Six MRAs APEC Tel US-EFTA US-EU US-Japan US-Mexico (in transitional phase) CITEL (not operational) Allows for telecom products to be tested/certified to foreign requirements by recognized domestic conformity assessment bodies (CABs) prior to export Foreign regulations and technical standards become more transparent New technologies reach end users faster and at a lower cost

4 4 Current MRAs Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation European Union EU APEC Japan United States European Free Trade Association EFTA Fully Operational Mexico Inter-America Telecommunication Commission CITEL Not operational

5 5 NIST Role Split responsibility; FCC RA; NIST DA NIST - Designating Authority NIST receives and processes applications from US CABs seeking foreign recognition Requirements differ for each MRA Technical competency of CABs NIST relies on US ABs to verify competency of CABs NIST listed ABs for Test Labs/Phase-I CABs A2LA, ACLASS, NVLAP NIST recognized ABs for TCBs/Phase-II CABs A2LA, ANSI

6 6 US EU MRA R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC Under review for alignment with New Legislative Framework Under periodic review for effectiveness NIST keeps stakeholders informed regarding info received from R&TTE CA and ECANB 20 U.S. CABS (NBs) at 29 locations EMC Directive 2004/108/EC Under review for alignment with New Legislative Framework 26 CABS (NBs) at 40 locations R&TTE CA and ECANB meetings Vienna - May 24 and 25, 2012

7 7 APEC TEL MRA Phase I APEC Economy (RA) No. of Designated U.S. CABs No. of U.S. CAB Locations Australia (ACMA) Canada (IC) Chinese Taipei (NCC) Chinese Taipei (BSMI) Hong Kong China (OFTA) 9 10 Korea ROK (RRA) Singapore (ida) Vietnam (MIC) 14 17

8 8 APEC TEL MRA Phase II APEC Economy (RA) No. of Designated U.S. CABs Canada (IC) 17 Singapore (ida) 4 Hong Kong China (OFTA) 2

9 9 APEC TEL MRA - Updates Republic of Korea (Phase-I) For latest list of updated regulations visit NIST website; 0for%20RRA%20Tech%20Req.pdf Due to frequent updates of Korean test methods, the U.S. CABs must test to the latest test methods even if English translations are not available. U.S. CABs should request NIST for updated scope of designation after each re-assessment or surveillance cycle whichever comes first. Canada (Phase-II CABs) Following standards & documents have been revised in the past year On-going updates to applicable standards See CB-02, Issue 6, October 2011; 5 Radio sub-scopes; 5% surveillance REC-CB was superseded by CB-01 as of October 2011

10 10 APEC TEL MRA - Updates BSMI Chinese Taipei CNS clarifications per BSMI Measurement distance for frequencies up to 1 GHz is 10m Measurement distance for frequencies from 1 to 6 GHz is 3m BSMI publishes official interpretations and modified test plans in Chinese language at: =a&mp=1

11 11 APEC TEL MRA - Updates BSMI - Chinese Taipei (Phase-I continued) BSMI welcomes all interested parties, manufactures, CABs, agents, etc., to attend monthly technical meetings and submit technical topics to discuss because it is open to public. BSMI needs a contact person in Taiwan to help facilitate communication on any issues related to the EMC test reports issued by US CABs. While test reports & documentation may be in English, the warning labels must be in Chinese

12 12 APEC TEL MRA - Updates Vietnam (Phase-I) MIC updated titles for its technical regulations including some formatting changes Reference to international standards have been updated where relevant Several regulations have been superseded MIC prepared a cross-reference table that shows the link between the new titles and the old ones. Updated Annex 1 and the cross-reference tables can be accessed from NIST website: U.S. CABs designated to MIC should update their scopes during next accreditation or surveillance cycle

13 13 US-Japan - Updates US-Japan MRA mutual acceptance of the results of conformity assessment procedures conducted by Registered (Recognized) CABs Scope includes TTE & Radio equipment NIST criteria for designation is listed at: MIC is open to meeting with RCBs & ABs periodically that could be held on the margins of the TCB Council workshops and the MIC MRA workshops.

14 Special EMC Arrangement for IT equipment VCCI 14 The NIST MRA Office is not involved since CAB designation is not required for this activity VCCI accepts test data from U.S. laboratories Laboratories must register with VCCI Contact your AB for registration information

15 15 US-Mexico MRA Phase I US-Mexico MRA signed in May 2011 This MRA is for Phase-I only Follow ISO/IEC Standard for conformity assessment procedures Cover equipment without regard to the nationality of the equipment Will not include homologation Mexico to accept test reports for 3 rd party testing labs only MRA will not cover electrical safety of telecom equipment Expected to become operation at the end of 2012 after the 18 months confidence building period COFETEL (Regulatory Authority) Mexico is willing to organize a technical training session on the NOMs (in Mexico)

16 16 US-Mexico MRA Phase I The technical regulations for which Mexico will (once the MRA is implemented) accept test reports from recognized testing laboratories designated by the U.S. are: NOM-083-SCT NOM-084-SCT NOM-088/1-SCT NOM-088/2-SCT NOM-151-SCT NOM-152-SCT NOM-121-SCT1-2009

17 17 Future MRAs? Israel Negotiations in process Preliminary MRA draft for Phase-I & II is in process Israel MRA will follow US-Mexico MRA text with some modifications Korea Phase II possibly in near future

18 18 Other CAB Activities/Responsibilities Scope Update for CABS The NIST MRA Office sends out requests for updated Accreditation Scopes/Certificates and other relevant MRA information as needed on a monthly basis. In 2011 NIST also completed a broad U.S. CABs scope update project for BSMI to specify testing capability to 6 GHz or <1 GHz NIST is currently in the process of updating IDA scopes Please respond to NIST inquiries in a timely manner Failure to respond may result in withdrawal of CAB designation for the particular economy 45 th APEC Tel Meeting: April 2 7, 2012 in Da Nang, Vietnam Japan MRA Workshop: March 29-30, 2012 in Tokyo

19 19 Other Programs at NIST GSI Website Global Standards Information Website - Standards.gov - Provides links for locating information about the use of standards in government WTO TBT Inquiry Point - to gather and efficiently distribute trade-related regulatory, standards and conformity assessment information Standards in Trade Workshops - organizes workshops and educational seminars for domestic and international audiences EMC/Telecom MRAs - government-to-government agreements that help to facilitate trade NVCASE Program - offers a voluntary program to evaluate and recognize accreditation bodies Notify U.S. - a free, web-based registration service that offers U.S. entities an opportunity to review and comment on proposed foreign technical regulations

20 20 Thank you. Any questions or comments? For further information contact Ramona Saar: Joe Dhillon: