Conformity assessment procedures of EU’s New Battery Regulation,
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▍What is CTIA CERTIFICATION?

CTIA, the abbreviation of Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, is a non-profit civic organization established in 1984 for the purpose of guaranteeing benefit of operators, manufacturers and users. CTIA consists of all U.S. operators and manufacturers from mobile radio services, as well as from wireless data services and products. Supported by FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and Congress, CTIA performs a large part of duties and functions that were used to be conducted by the government. In 1991, CTIA created an unbiased, independent and centralized product evaluation and certification system for wireless industry. Under the system, all wireless products in consumer grade shall take compliance tests and those complying with the relevant standards will be granted to utilize CTIA marking and hit store shelves of North American communication market.

CATL (CTIA Authorized Testing Laboratory) represents labs accredited by CTIA for testing and review. Testing reports issued from CATL would be all approved by CTIA. While other testing reports and results from non-CATL will not be recognized or have no access to CTIA. CATL accredited by CTIA varies in industries and certifications. Only CATL which is qualified for battery compliance test and inspection has access to battery certification for compliance to  IEEE1725.

▍CTIA Battery Testing Standards

a) Certification Requirement for Battery system Compliance to IEEE1725— Applicable to Battery Systems with single cell or multiple cells connected in parallel;

b) Certification Requirement for Battery system Compliance to IEEE1625— Applicable to Battery Systems with multiple cells connected in parallel or in both parallel and series;

Warm tips: Select above certification standards properly for batteries used in mobile phones and computers. Do not misuse IEE1725 for batteries in mobile phones or IEEE1625 for batteries in computers.

▍Why MCM？

● Hard Technology: Since 2014, MCM has been attending battery pack conference held by CTIA in US annually, and is able to obtain latest update and understand new policy trends about CTIA in a more prompt, accurate and active way. 

●Qualification: MCM is CATL accredited by CTIA and is qualified to perform all processes related to certification including testing, factory audit and report uploading.

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