GB 4943.1 (ITAV) standard interpretation,
GB 4943.1,

▍What is TISI Certification?

TISI is short for Thai Industrial Standards Institute, affiliating to Thailand Industry Department. TISI is responsible for formulating the domestic standards as well as participating in international standards formulation and supervising the products and qualified assessment procedure to ensure the standard compliance and recognition. TISI is a governmental authorized regulatory organization for compulsory certification in Thailand. It is also responsible for formation and management of standards, lab approval, personnel training and product registration. It is noted that there is no non-governmental compulsory certification body in Thailand.

There is voluntary and compulsory certification in Thailand. TISI logos (see Figures 1 and 2) are allowed to use when products meet the standards. For products that have not yet been standardized, TISI also implements product registration as a temporary means of certification.

▍Compulsory Certification Scope

The compulsory certification covers 107 categories, 10 fields, including: electrical equipment, accessories, medical equipment, construction materials, consumer goods, vehicles, PVC pipes, LPG gas containers and agricultural products. Products beyond this scope are fall within the voluntary certification scope. Battery is compulsory certification product in TISI certification.

Applied standard: TIS 2217-2548 (2005)

Applied batteries：Secondary cells and batteries(containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes – safety requirements for portable sealed secondary cells, and for batteries made from them, for use in portable applications)

License issuance authority:  Thai Industrial Standards Institute

▍Why MCM?

● MCM cooperates with factory audit organizations, laboratory and TISI directly, capable to provide best certification solution for clients.

● MCM possesses 10 years abundant experience in battery industry, capable to provide professional technical support.

● MCM provides one-stop bundle service to help clients enter into multiple markets (not only Thailand included) successfully with simple procedure.

Chinese National mandatory standard GB 4943.1-2022, Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment Part 1: Security requirements, was released on July 19. The standard refers to the international standard IEC 62368-1:2018, there are two main outstanding improvements: on the one hand, the scope of application is further expanded, the new version of the standard integrates the original mandatory national standards GB 4943.1-2011 Information Technology Equipment Security Part 1: General Requirements and GB 8898-2011 Audio, Video and Similar Electronic Equipment Security Requirements, covering all products of audio, video, information and communication technology equipment; on the other hand, there are technically optimizing and upgrade. The new version of the standard raises the concept of safety engineering, proposes energy classification, and takes consideration of following six types of sources of danger: injury caused by electricity, fire caused by electricity, injury caused by harmful substances, injury caused by machinery, thermal burns, sound and light radiation, and put forward the corresponding safety requirements and test methods.
The application scope of two standards is different. The scope of new GB 4943 national standard will combined the previous version of GB 4943.1-2011 and GB 8898-2011, covering three categories of equipment, audio and video equipment, information technology equipment, communications technology equipment, which we often say “electronic products”.