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North America and Western Europe

Country	European Union	United States	Canada	Australia	New Zealand
Compliance Requirement for Telecom or Radio	Self Declaration	Approval	Approval	Self Declaration	Approval
Mandatory Requirements for Telecom, Radio, Safety, and EMC	New Approach Directive R&TTE, EMC, LVD	Telecom Radio	Telecom Radio Safety	Self Declaration with report for accredited lab	Telecom Radio Safety EMC
Requirement for Local Representative	No	No	Yes - Telecom Yes - Radio	Yes	Yes
Language Requirment for Test Report, Manuals, Application	English*	English	English	English	English
Are Rhein Tech Test Reports Accepted?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marking Requirement	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sample of Required Mark
Will the Approval Certificate Expire? (how long is it valid for?)	No **	No **	No **	No **	No **
Factory Inspection Requirement	No	No	No	No	No
Requirement for "in-country" Test Sample	No	No	No	No	No
Time to Obtain Approval (after test report submitted to agency)	1 week	1 - 2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 - 4 weeks
Requirement for Inspection or Surveillance	Market Surveillance	Import Inspection and Survelliance	Survelliance	Technical Files reviewed	Surveillance

•  *Some EU countries will require a User Manual in national language.
• ** Product changes (that cause changes to EMI/EMC/Safety profile) will require retest and certificate updates.  In some cases, new approvals will be required.
• For additional information, please contact us at 703-689-0368 or sales@rheintech.com