EN/IEC 62368-1 will replace EN/IEC 60950-1 & EN/IEC 60065,
62368,

▍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.

According to the European electrotechnical commission (CENELEC), the low voltage directive EN/IEC
62368-1:2014 (second edition) corresponding to replace the old standard, the low voltage directive (EU
LVD) will stop the EN/IEC 60950-1 & EN/IEC 60065 standard as the basis of compliance, and EN/IEC
62368-1:14 will take its place, namely: since December 20, 2020, EN 62368-1:2014 standard will be
enforcing.
Scope applied to EN/IEC 62368-1：
1. Computer peripherals: mouse and keyboard, servers, computers, routers, laptops/desktops and
power supplies for their applications;
2. Electronic products: loudspeakers, speakers, headphones, home theater series, digital cameras,
personal music players, etc.
3. Display devices: monitors, TELEVISIONS and digital projectors;
4. Communications products: network infrastructure equipment, wireless and mobile phones, and
similar communications devices;
5. Office equipment: photocopiers and shredders;
6. Wearable devices: Bluetooth watches, Bluetooth headsets and other electronic and electrical
products.
Therefore, all new EN and IEC certification assessments will be conducted in accordance with EN/IEC
62368-1.This process can be viewed as a one-time complete reassessment; CB certified equipment will
need to update the report and certificate.
Manufacturers need to check the standards to determine if changes to existing equipment are needed,
although many devices that passed the old standard may also pass the new standard, but risks still exist.
We recommend that manufacturers begin the evaluation process as soon as possible, as the product
launch may be hampered by the lack of updated documentation.