Brazilian ANATEL certification,
Brazilian ANATEL,

▍What is ANATEL Homologation?

ANATEL is a short for Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes which is Brazil governmental authority to certified communication products for both compulsory and voluntary certification. Its approval and compliance procedures are the same both for Brazil domestic and abroad products. If products are applicable to compulsory certification, the testing result and report must be in line with the specified rules and regulations as requested by ANATEL. Product certificate shall be granted by ANATEL first before product is circulated in marketing and put into practical application.

▍Who is liable for ANATEL Homologation? 

The Brazil governmental standard organizations, other recognized certification bodies and testing labs are ANATEL certification authority for analyzing the production system of manufacturing unit, such as product design process, procurement, manufacturing process, after service and so on to verify the physical product to be complied with Brazil standard. Manufacturer shall provide documents and samples for testing and assessment.

▍Why MCM?

● MCM possesses 10 years abundant experience and resources in testing and certification industry: high quality service system, deeply qualified technical team, quick and simple certification and testing solutions.

● MCM collaborates with multiple high-quality local officially recognized organizations providing various solutions, accurate and convenient service for clients.

ANATEL (Agencia Nacional DE Telecomunicacoes) is short for National Agency for Telecommunications-Brazil, which is the official agency responsible for the approval of telecommunications products. On November 30, 2000 ANATEL published RESOLUTION NO. 242 to announce the product category which was soon mandated to be certified, and the detailed implementing rules of the certification scheme. The publication of RESOLUTION NO. 303 on June 2, 2002 marked the beginning of ANATEL compulsory certification.
The United Kingdom officially “left” the European Union on January 31, 2020, ending its 47-year membership of the European Union and then entering an 11-month transition period that ended on December 31, 2020. Prior to Brexit, most products entered the UK market used the same CE mark (Unified Product Compliance Mark in EU market) as other EU countries. After Brexit, the UK introduced its own product compliance mark UKCA and the UKNI mark which is unique to Northern Ireland. From 1 January 2021, when the UK left the EU, products are exported to the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) with UKCA mark, which replaced the CE mark.
The UKCA (UK Conformity Assessment) mark is a new UK product conformity mark which will be used for products placed on the market in the Great Britain (” GB “), which includes England, Wales and Scotland but excludes Northern Ireland. The UKCA covers most products that previously required CE marking.