Standards, Markings and Descriptions

The Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances was adopted by the European Union (EU).
The Directive restricts to contain certain hazardous substances to the the electrical and electronic equipment.

Safety standards certify to correspond to the subjects of safety requirement in North America.
(Listing Service represents finished products conform to UL Standards.)

508: Safety standards of industrial control devices
60950: Safety standards of information technology devices
+Haz: Hazardous Location
(Safety standards of electric devices used in a hazardous location)

Safety standards certify to correspond to the subjects of safety requirement in North America.
(Recognition Service represents parts or materials conform to UL Standards.)

508: Safety standards of Industrial Control Equipment
60950: Safety standards of information technology devices
+Haz: Hazardous Location
(Safety standards of electric devices used in a hazardous location)

Safety standards certify to correspond to the subjects of safety requirement in Canada.
(Recognition Service represents parts or materials conform to CSA-C22.2 Standards.)

No. 142-M1987: Safety standards for Process Control Equipment
No. 213-M1987: Process Control Equipment for Hazardous (Classified) Locations.

The safety mark is a mandatory conformity mark on designated products placed on the single market in the European Union (EU).
This mark is possible to be affixed to only the products that conform to the safety regulation, that the directives from the ministerial conference of the European Communities show.

The CE safety mark is a mandatory conformity mark on designated products placed on the market in the European Union (EU).
This mark is possible to be affixed to only the products that conform to the safety regulation, that the directives from the ministerial conference of the European Communities show. The additional Ex mark is a specific marking for explosive protection equipment. It is used to show that equipment, protective systems or components comply with the requirements of the European standards that are harmonised with the 94/9/EC Directive (ATEX Directive, named after the French "ATmosphere EXplosible").

The ATEX Directive 94/9/EC became mandatory on 1 July 2003.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), C-Tick compliance label:
The compliance label indicates that the product complies with the applicable standard and establishes a traceable link between the equipment and the manufacturer, importer or their agent responsible for compliance and for placing it on the Australian market (including New Zealand). Used when labeling:

• Radiocommunications Devices (Compliance Labelling) Notice 2003;
• Radiocommunications Labelling (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Notice 2008;
• Radiocommunications (Compliance Labelling - Electromagnetic Radiation) Labelling Notice 2003

GOST-R (Russia) has been abolished since Feb. 15th, 2013, and the EAC mark system is now in use in the Russian customs union (CU: Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus). Continued sale in the CU requires acquisition of the unified EAC mark.

Certificate of conformity GOST R (also known as quality certificate, State Standard Certificate, clearance certificate, GOST R certificate and etc.) - is a document, issued in accordance with the rules of certification system in order to confirm correspondence of quality and safety of certified products (services) to the stated requirements, applicable standards (GOST, GOST R, GOST R IEEC, GOST R ISO and etc.). Certification of products (services) may be obligatory and voluntary.

A certificate of compliance is intended for certification of goods produced either by Russian companies or shipped to Russia by an importer-company. A certificate of compliance can be issued for a batch of goods and for a series production. In the former case a certificate is legalized for a company engaged in supplying goods to the Russian market. Its validity varies with terms of a sale contract. In the latter case a foreign manufacturer of supplied goods is both an applicant and a recipient of a certificate.

The Korean Certification (KC), was previously the KCC compliance label:
The KCC (Korea Communications Commission) mark was unified to KC (Korea Certification) mark as of Jan. 24th 2011, The certified products before Jan. 24th 2011 can use the KCC mark from then on, also can change the certified logo from KCC to KC mark without any action. But all applied products from then should be marked as KC. The KC certification covers EMC & Safety, or EMC & Safety & Wired Telecom, or EMC and Safety & Wireless Telecom.

This certification system evaluates comprehensively products' explosion protection performance, manufacturers' technical capabilities and production system according to Korean safety certification criterion. This is the system to prove a product is adapted into safety certification criterion.

The China Compulsory Certificate (CCC) System is a certification system by which the People's Republic of China examines if products to be manufactured, imported, distributed to the People's Republic of China comply with the technical standards in China and then certifies them.

This certification system was established by SACS (Standardization Administration of China: State Administration of China for Standardization), and based on IEC60079 about explosion-proof electric equipment for GB standards (Chinese National Standard: Guojia Biaozhum).