On 29 March 2024, MIC officially issued the new Circular 02/2024/TT-BTTTT on the list of products required for TA certification and/or SDoC. This Circular shall replace Circular 04/2023/TT-BTTTT and take effect from 15 May 2024.
Highlighted features of this new Circular can be summarized as follows:
- New and updated standards including QCVN117:2023/BTTTT, QCVN55:2023/BTTTT, QCVN110:2023/BTTTT; QCVN111:2023/BTTTT are added into this new Circular;
- Except for wifi modems/access points, the requirement of tests under extreme conditions for other RF products shall not be mandatory until 30 June 2025;
- Granted TA certificates based on QCVN117:2020/BTTTT for mobile terminal equipment shall continues their effectiveness until the expiry date. However, for terminal equipment which are not mobile phone and integrated with GSM and W-CDMA technologies only, their granted TA certicates under QCVN117:2020/BTTTT will be expired on 30 June 2024 and must be updated with QCVN117:2023/BTTTT. Besides, from 1 July 2024, this kind of products need to be integrated with LTE technology.
- Requirement on TA certification and SDoC shall be exempted for imported products (such as laptops, tablets, desktop computers, TVs) if such products are imported for self-use purpose and the number is not more than 3 units;
- 5G NR mobile phones are required to support both SA and NSA operating modes and support frequency bands provided in QCVN127:2021/BTTTT;
- For wireless charging device, only QCVN96:2015/BTTTT test report and QCVN55 shall no longer be applied;
- For vehicle radars 76-77GHz, QCVN 124:2021/BTTTT shall no longer be applied and only QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT will be applicable;
- For a large number of maritime products, QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT shall be applied in replacement for specialized QCVNs which cannot be locally tested.
- For QCVN 63:2020/BTTTT, the TV using the same chassis can share the test reports for the SDoC process.
The Circular can be downloaded at https://thuvienphapluat.vn/van-ban/Bo-may-hanh-chinh/Thong-tu-02-2024-TT-BTTTT-Danh-muc-san-pham-hang-hoa-co-kha-nang-gay-mat-an-toan-605048.aspx
For any further details on this new Circular, please do not hesitate to contact us at bdc@bdconsultant.com.vn