Taiwan Issued Voluntary Certification Requirements for Energy Storage Batteries,
Energy Storage Batteries,

▍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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● Sharer of Latest Information

● Co-founder of Quacert battery testing laboratory 

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On May 16, the Bureau of Commodity Inspection, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan introduced the Energy Storage System of Single Cell and Battery System Implementation of Voluntary Product Verification Related Provisions, marking the inclusion of energy storage cells, general battery systems, and small home energy storage battery systems into Taiwan’s voluntary certification, with the provisions taking effect immediately. The measure to implement the Bureau of Commodity Inspection Priority Working Paper 2022, is an important step to improve the standard of energy storage systems in Taiwan.
According to the Measures for the implementation of voluntary product certification and Method for drawing the marking scheme of voluntary product certification, accessory products that have obtained the voluntary product certification certificate need to print the following accessories voluntary logo.
Although voluntary in nature, the official document also mentioned that if there are units describe this certification as “the basis for its mandatory provisions, comply with its provisions. Different from the CCC battery program mode, battery systems also need factory audit and then issue report. Factory audit is necessary for the first time to apply for certification, while subsequent additions to the series models do not require repeat factory audit. However, an annual factory inspection is required for certificate maintenance, while the battery cells are not required.