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Update：According to the SAMR notice [5] issued on 3rd July, the self-declaration logo is as shown below.
On 16th May, China State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released China RoHS 2: Implementation Arrangements for Compliance Assessment System [1]. The Implementation Arrangements were formulated to strengthen the management of the Qualification Management Catalogue (First Batch) for China RoHS 2 [2]. China RoHS 2 normally refers to Administrative Measures on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products [3], which was released on 1st July, 2016. Following on from this a series of regulations have been formulated based on it. Products in the Catalogue that are manufactured and imported after 1st November, 2019 shall meet the requirements of the Implementation Arrangement to complete compliance assessment.
Two methods of compliance assessment are recognized in the Implementation Arrangements. The supplier (including producers, authorized representatives, etc.) can select the voluntary certification promoted by the state, or the compliance self-declaration to complete the compliance assessment of products in the Catalogue. For the voluntary certification, the enterprise should submit an application for compliance assessment to an official certification body established according to law. The whole process is implemented and standardized by the state. For the self-declaration, suppliers can autonomously adopt a reasonable way to complete the compliance assessment and then provide the government with corresponding technical support documents to get reviewed.
Products with different compliance assessment methods have different logos. Products which undergo voluntary certification must use the compliance assessment mark on the left, while products which undergo self-declaration use the mark on the right.
Figure 1. Compliance Assessment Logos
A public service platform of China RoHS for managing compliance assessment information and publishing compliance assessment results has also been established and will be administrated by SAMR and MIIT. The certification body shall submit the assessment results to the platform within 5 working days after the relevant product obtains the certification. The self-declaration support documents must be submitted to the platform within 30 days after the product is put on the market. Then the contents submitted will be reviewed and published by SAMR and MIIT.
It is worth noting that the implementation arrangements do not mention that the products in the China RoHS 2: Exemption List [4] are required to perform compliance assessments in this way. After all, the new Implementation Arrangements will make compliance assessment work more open and efficient. The specific duties of the official certification body and the supplier's responsibilities for declaration are described in detail in the Implementation Arrangements, as well as the operational details for the two methods.
