Conformity assessment procedures of EU’s New Battery Regulation,
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▍What is CB Certification？

IECEE CB is the first genuine international system for mutual recognition of electrical equipment safety test reports. NCB (National Certification Body) reaches a multilateral agreement, which enables manufacturers to obtain national certification from other member countries under CB scheme on the basis of transferring one of the NCB certificates.

CB certificate is a formal CB scheme document issued by authorized NCB, which is to inform other NCB that the tested product samples conform to present standard requirement.

As a kind of standardized report, CB report lists relevant requirements from IEC standard item by item. CB report not only provides results of all required testing, measurement, verification, inspection and assessment with clearness and non-ambiguity, but also including photos, circuit diagram, pictures and product description. According to the rule of CB scheme, CB report will not take effect until it presents with CB certificate together.

▍Why we need CB Certification?

1. Directly recognized or approved by member countries

With CB certificate and CB test report, your products can be exported to some countries directly.

1. Convert to other countries certificates

The CB certificate can be directly converted to the certificate of its member countries, by providing the CB certificate, test report and difference test report (when applicable) without repeating the test, which can shorten the lead time of certification.

1. Ensure the Safety of Product

The CB certification test considers the product’s reasonable use and foreseeable safety when misused. The certified product proves the satisfactory of the safety requirements.

▍Why MCM? 

● Qualification: MCM is the first authorized CBTL of IEC 62133 standard qualification by TUV RH in mainland China.

● Certification and testing capability: MCM is among the first patch of testing and certification third party for IEC62133 standard, and has finished more than 7000 battery IEC62133 testing and CB reports for global clients.

● Technical support: MCM possesses more than 15 technical engineers specialized in testing as per IEC 62133 standard. MCM provides clients with comprehensive, accurate, closed-loop type of technical support and leading-edge information services.

The conformity assessment procedure is designed to ensure that manufacturers meet all applicable requirements before placing a product on the EU market, and it is carried out before the product is sold. The main objective of the European Commission is to help ensure that unsafe or non-compliant products do not enter the EU market. According to the requirements of EU Resolution 768/2008/EC, the conformity assessment procedure has a total of 16 modes in 8 modules. Conformity assessment generally includes the design stage and the production stage.
The EU’s New Battery Regulation has three conformity assessment modes, and the applicable assessment mode is selected according to the requirements of product category and the production methods.
1) Batteries that need to meet the material limitations, performance durability, stationary energy storage safety, labeling and other requirements of the EU battery regulation:
Serial production: Mode A – Internal production control or Mode D1 – Quality assurance of the production process Non-serial production: Mode A – Internal production control or Mode G – Conformity based on unit verification
2) Batteries that need to meet carbon footprint and recycled material requirements:
Serial production: Mode D1 – Quality assurance of the production process
Non-serial production: Mode G – Conformity based on unit verification
A general description of the battery and its intended use;
(b) Conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and schemes of components, sub-components and circuits;
(c) Description and explanation necessary to understand the drawings and schemes mentioned in point (b) and the operation of the battery
(d) Sampling label;
(e) A list of harmonized standards to be implemented in whole or in part for conformity assessment;
(f) If the harmonized standards and specifications mentioned in point (e) have not been applied or are not available, a solution is described to meet the specified applicable requirements or to verify that the battery complies with those requirements;
(g) Results of design calculations and tests performed, as well as technical or documentary evidence used.
(h) Studies that support the values and categories of carbon footprints, including calculations carried out by using the methods set forth in the enabling Act, as well as evidence and information to determine the data input to those calculations; (Required for mode D1 and G)
(i) Studies that support the share of recovered content, including calculations carried out by using the methods set forth in the enabling Act, as well as evidence and information to determine the data input to those calculations; (Required for mode D1 and G)
(j) Test report.