A Trial of Parallel Testing of Mobile Phone and Its Components by BIS,
BIS,

▍Vietnam MIC Certification

Circular 42/2016/TT-BTTTT stipulated that batteries installed in mobile phones, tablets and notebooks are not allowed to be exported to Vietnam unless  they are subjected to DoC certifctaion since Oct.1,2016. DoC will also be required to provide when applying Type Approval for end products (mobile phones, tablets and notebooks).

MIC released new Circular 04/2018/TT-BTTTT in May,2018 which stipulates that no more IEC 62133:2012 report issued by overseas accredited laboratory is accepted in July 1, 2018. Local test is necessity while applying for ADoC certificate.

▍Testing Standard

QCVN101：2016/BTTTT（refer to IEC 62133：2012)

▍PQIR

The Vietnamese government issued a new decree No. 74/2018 / ND-CP on May 15, 2018 to stipulate that two types of products imported into Vietnam are subject to PQIR (Product Quality Inspection Registration) application when being imported to Vietnam.

Based on this law, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) of Vietnam issued the official document 2305/BTTTT-CVT on July 1, 2018, stipulating that the products under its control (including batteries) must be applied for PQIR when being imported into Vietnam. SDoC shall be submitted to complete the customs clearance process. The official date of entry into force of this regulation is August 10, 2018. PQIR is applicable to a single import to Vietnam, that is, every time an importer imports goods, he shall apply for PQIR (batch inspection) + SDoC.

However, for importers who are urgent to import goods without SDOC, VNTA will temporarily verify PQIR and facilitate customs clearance. But importers need to submit SDoC to VNTA to complete the entire customs clearance process within 15 working days after customs clearance. (VNTA will no longer issue the previous ADOC which is only applicable to Vietnam Local Manufacturers)

▍Why MCM?

● Sharer of Latest Information

● Co-founder of Quacert battery testing laboratory 

MCM thus becomes the sole agent of this lab in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

● One-stop Agency Service

MCM, an ideal one-stop agency, provides testing, certification and agent service for clients.

As early as July 26, 2022, the Indian Association of Industries put forward a proposal for parallel testing of mobile phones, wireless headphones and headsets as a way to shorten the time to market.In reference to Registration/Guidelines RG: 01 dated 15 December 2022 regarding ‘Guidelines for Grant of Licence (GoL) as per the Conformity Assessment Scheme-II of Schedule-II of BIS (Conformity
Assessment) Regulation, 2018’, BIS issued new guidelines for parallel testing of electronic products covered under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) on December 16. As a more active consumer product, mobile phone will run parallel testing first in the first half of 2023. On December 19, BIS updated the guidelines to correct the date.These guidelines will enable parallel testing of electronic products covered under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS). These guidelines are voluntary in nature and the manufacturers will still have options for submitting application sequentially to BIS for registration as per the existing procedure, or testing all components in the final products in parallel according to the new guidelines.Products such as batteries can be tested without having to wait for a BIS certificate for a previously tested component. Under parallel testing, the lab will test the first component & issue test report. This test report no. along-with name of lab will be mentioned in the test report of the second component. This procedure will be followed for subsequent components & final product also. The battery & final product testing laboratory shall evaluate the previously tested components before generating the final test report.