Taiwan Releases a Notice that Voluntary Product Verification is implemented to Lithium Battery Used in Electric Vehicles,
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▍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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On July 25, 2022, Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) issued a draft on the implementation of voluntary product verification of lithium battery used in electric vehicles. On August 16, BSMI officially announced its plan to implement a voluntary verification mode on electrics vehicles with less than 100 kWh, which is composed of Product Test and Conformity Type Statement. Test standard is CNS 16160 (version of year 110), referring to ECE R100.02.
On October 5, 2017, BSMI issued To Implement Regulations for the Inspection of chargers and other four commodities used in electric bicycles, which came into effect on the same day; and become mandatory on January 1, 2019. The Regulations specify the certification requirements for secondary lithium cell/battery used in electric bicycles and secondary lithium cell/battery used in electric assisted bicycles.
Taiwan BSMI Group III stated in a document sent to the general BSMI testing laboratories on July 21, 2022, that a laboratory system management system will be implemented to strengthen the management of designated laboratories and to keep track of the testing progress and situation. The relevant implementation is as follows.From the management methods to be implemented by the third group, BSMI has more and more stringent requirements for each laboratory’s test capacity capacity, test cycle, and test records. The later development of management methods will inevitably have an impact on sample arrival time and test time management, and MCM will keep observation and update timely.