Description of Circulation Mark—CTP in Russia,
CTP,

▍What is cTUVus & ETL CERTIFICATION?

OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), affiliated to US DOL (Department of Labor), demands that all products to be used in workplace must be tested and certificated by NRTL before being sold in market. Applicable testing standards include American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards; American Society for Testing Material (ASTM) standards, Underwriter Laboratory (UL) standards, and factory mutual-recognition organization standards.

▍OSHA, NRTL, cTUVus, ETL and UL terms definition and relationship

OSHA: Abbreviation of Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It is an affiliation of US DOL (Department of Labor).

NRTL： Abbreviation of Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. It is in charge of lab accreditation. Up to now, there are 18 third-party testing institutions approved by NRTL, including TUV, ITS, MET and so forth.

cTUVus： Certification mark of TUVRh in North America.

ETL： Abbreviation of American Electrical Testing Laboratory. It was established in 1896 by Albert Einstein, the American inventor.

UL： Abbreviation of Underwriter Laboratories Inc.

▍Difference between cTUVus, ETL & UL

▍Why MCM?

● Soft Support from qualification and technology: As the witness testing lab of TUVRH and ITS in North American Certification, MCM is able to perform all types of testing and provide better service by exchanging technology face to face.

● Hard support from technology: MCM is equipped with all testing equipment for batteries of big-sized, small-sized and precision projects (i.e. electric mobile car, storage energy, and electronic digital products), able to provide overall battery testing and certification services in North America, covering standards UL2580, UL1973, UL2271, UL1642, UL2054 and so forth.

1.On Dec. 22nd, 2020, Russian Federal Government issued No. 460 Law, which is the revision based on Federal Government Laws of No. 184 ‘On Technical Regulation’ and No. 425 ‘On Protection of Consumer Rights’.
2.In the revision requirement in Article 27 and Article 46 of No. 184 Law’ On Technical Regulation’, products that are subject to mandatory confirmation of conformity, including prior to the date of entry into force of technical regulations, and the conformity of which has been confirmed in the manner prescribed by this Federal Law, shall be marked with a mark of circulation on the market, CTP mark (No. 696 regulation).
3.No. 460 Law is officially put into force after 180 days from its issued date (Dec. 22nd, 2020), so effective from Jun. 21st, 2021. From that on, products that are subject to mandatory confirmation of conformity shall be marked with a mark of circulation (CTP) on the market.
4.Regarding to the requirements of circulation mark CTP for products in No. 460 Law, Russian Industrial and Foreign Trade Department, Russian Economic Development Department, Russian State Certification System Ministry, Russian Federal Technical Regulations and Metrology Ministry, Industry Association and Business Organization Representatives co-sponsored a draft proposal on https://regulation.gov.ru. According to draft proposal, it suggests the conformity of which was confirmed before the date of entry into force of this order and marked with the conformity mark (PCT), are released into circulation before the expiration of the documents on conformity assessment, but no later than June 20, 2022.