More and more countries have joined the WTO, in order to protect the country'sindustry and market, many countries have formulated relevant laws and regulations, technical index of imported goods of the restrictions, the formation of technical barriers, so that products with safety, environmental protection and compatibility, while limiting imports of products - Japan is such a security systemcomplex country.
In 1995, Japan enacted the law against new products, new regulations will no longer follow the wrong side of liability principle, and the use of the practice in Europe and North America (fault responsibility principle), the provisions of theproduct safety, the responsible party for the product manufacturers, importers,distributors etc..
Before April 1, 2001, electrical appliance and material control law of Japan(DENTORI) will control the products are divided into A, B two categories, among them, a class includes 165 kinds of products, mainly has the power line, fuse,switch, transformer, ballast; B class includes 333 kinds of products, the mainlighting, household appliances, office equipment etc.. A product must obtaingovernment compulsory certification, T markers, and the markers only by the MITI (MITI) issued by. The B class of the conformity of the product must do selfdeclared or for third party certification, for example can be marked with S logoGermany Rhine TUV.
After 1 April 2001, electrical and Material Safety Law (DENAN) instead of theDENTORI method, at the same time, Japan also abolished the T logo, the government no longer directly awarded a certificate, but the authorized third party certification bodies for product conformity assessment test.
PSE Japanese product safety signs
The new regulations are divided into "specific appliances and materials" and"non specific appliances and materials". The "specific electrical appliance and material class" consists of 112 kinds of products; "non specific appliances andmaterials" includes 340 kinds of products. To enter the Japanese market"specific electrical appliance and material" products must obtain third party certification, marked PSE (diamond) mark; "non specific electrical appliance and material" products must do self declared or for third party certification, marked PSE (circular) logo.
The number of new classification of products is reduced, more products wereclassified as "no product classification", no longer subject to DENAN constraints,while the part originally classified as "a" products are now classified as "specific appliances and materials".
Japan electrical product market is very big, the consumers in Japan alsoattaches great importance to the safety of electrical products. Since April 1, 2001, Japan's "electrical product control method (DENTORI)" officially changed its name to "the electrical appliances Safety Act (DENAE), unified use PSE mark,and strengthening of the importers of punishment.
PSE (Product Safety of Electrical Appliance & Materials) certification (in Japan called the "fit check") is a Japanese electrical products mandatory market access system, is an important content of Japan stipulates "electrical appliances Safety Law" in. At present, the Japanese government in accordance with the provisions of the Japanese "electrical appliances Safety Law", the electric product is divided into "specific electrical supplies" and "non specific electrical supplies", which "specific electrical goods" includes 115 kinds of products; the "non specificelectrical supplies" includes 338 kinds of products. PSE includes EMC and safety requirements of the two part. Everyone who belongs to the "specific electrical supplies" the catalogue of products, to enter the Japanese market, must be certified by the Japanese Ministry of economy authorized third party certificationinstitutions, certification certificate, and the labels have a diamond PSE mark, as shown below:
CQC as the only apply for certification bodies within the territory of China JapanPSE certified, in 2007 February, the application materials will be formallysubmitted to the province of Japanese economy industry. In March of the same year, the Japanese Ministry of economy sent Japanese NITE mechanism PSE evaluation expert on-site assessment working group on CQC for a period of three days on-site audit, regulate the expert assessment of CQC operation and strict working attitude expressed great admiration, evaluation of the engineer'stechnical level and professional quality to high, and that the CQC is world classcertification, the on-site assessment is not found any nonconformities orobservation, and ultimately to the "zero defect" conclusion of CQC review.
In April 23, 2007, the Japanese Ministry of economy 129th announcementreleased by Japan's MITI Minister signed a decree formally authorized by the China Quality Certification Center (abbreviation CQC) undertake mandatory product certification of PSE in Japan, so far, CQC becomes after UL, TUV and other international famous certification body fourth foreign certification agenciesauthorized by the government of japan.
At present, the product categories range of Japanese PSE product certificationCQC get into three categories:
Wire and cable (including 20 items), wiring device (electrical accessories, lightingelectrical appliance) (including 38 items), electric power application ofmechanical appliances (household appliances) (including 12 items) etc..