ANATEL Resolution 715, the new Regulation for Conformity Assessment and Homologation of Telecommunications Products, became in force on April 20, 2020. However, due to COVID-19, ANATEL had to postpone the Public Consultation of the Operational Procedures and the documents necessary to set the guidelines of the new Resolution can not be released at this time.
In an effort to keep Resolution 715 in force, ANATEL has published three new Acts and the main changes are outlined below.
- Act 2220 – Operational Procedure for Telecommunication Products’ Conformity Assessment by Certification.
- There is no more Product division by categories (I, II, III);
- Certification is now based on 3 models:
– TYPE 1 scheme – Certification based on Type Testing. This model does not include the maintenance stage (like the rules used for Category III before);
– TYPE 4 scheme – Certification based on Type Testing with Periodic Product Evaluation (periodic maintenance) according to the Telecommunications Products Reference List (like the rules used for Category II before);
– TYPE 5 scheme – Certification based on Type Testing with Periodic Product Evaluation (periodic maintenance) and the Factory Management System (like the rules used for Category I before). - The equipment’s firmware or software identification and version should be included in the OCD RACT (Technical Compliance Assessment Report), if any of these items of the product’s design and operation interferes with the mandatory requirements for certification;
- In case of OCD transferring, the OCD responsible for the initial certification must make the documents available to the new OCD within 7 (seven) working days.
- Act 2221 – Operational Procedure for Anatel Homologation Identification Marking in Telecommunications Products
- E-Label is acceptable according to outlined criteria in the Resolution
- ANATEL symbol (logo) is now optional in the marking, it is possible to use the simplified marking (ANATEL: HHHHH-AA-FFFFF) for all devices.
- Devices where there is not enough space, if duly proved, and also where there is no other certification marking (such as FCC) can waive the marking in its label and choose to include it in the manual.
- The ANATEL marking on the product must be provided prior to use or making it available on the Brazil market, with some exceptions. (Will take force 6 months after the Act 2221 publication.)
- Act 2222 – Telecommunication Products Reference List
- The Telecommunications Products Reference List classifies products into families, taking into consideration the similarity of the technical characteristics and the field of application of the products, and describes the modality and model of conformity assessment applicable to each type or family of products subjected to approval by ANATEL, and there is no more product division by categories.
- This current list of products remains the same, there have been no updates of Product Types. As Categories I, II and III that defined the Maintenance period were excluded, the Conformity Assessment Model was added to the last column of this list, informing the Periodic Evaluation of the Product.
For more information on the new ANATEL requirements, please contact iCertifi.