GB 4943.1 (ITAV) standard interpretation,
GB 4943.1 (ITAV),

▍Vietnam MIC Certification

Circular 42/2016/TT-BTTTT stipulated that batteries installed in mobile phones, tablets and notebooks are not allowed to be exported to Vietnam unless  they are subjected to DoC certifctaion since Oct.1,2016. DoC will also be required to provide when applying Type Approval for end products (mobile phones, tablets and notebooks).

MIC released new Circular 04/2018/TT-BTTTT in May,2018 which stipulates that no more IEC 62133:2012 report issued by overseas accredited laboratory is accepted in July 1, 2018. Local test is necessity while applying for ADoC certificate.

▍Testing Standard

QCVN101：2016/BTTTT（refer to IEC 62133：2012)

▍PQIR

The Vietnamese government issued a new decree No. 74/2018 / ND-CP on May 15, 2018 to stipulate that two types of products imported into Vietnam are subject to PQIR (Product Quality Inspection Registration) application when being imported to Vietnam.

Based on this law, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) of Vietnam issued the official document 2305/BTTTT-CVT on July 1, 2018, stipulating that the products under its control (including batteries) must be applied for PQIR when being imported into Vietnam. SDoC shall be submitted to complete the customs clearance process. The official date of entry into force of this regulation is August 10, 2018. PQIR is applicable to a single import to Vietnam, that is, every time an importer imports goods, he shall apply for PQIR (batch inspection) + SDoC.

However, for importers who are urgent to import goods without SDOC, VNTA will temporarily verify PQIR and facilitate customs clearance. But importers need to submit SDoC to VNTA to complete the entire customs clearance process within 15 working days after customs clearance. (VNTA will no longer issue the previous ADOC which is only applicable to Vietnam Local Manufacturers)

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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”.