As previously mentioned in our October blog, the ARPTC has recently published decision 065/ARPTC/CLG/2019, regarding the validity period of type approval certificates . Previously the validity was set at 10 years. As of the new regulation, validity is based on the nature of the device and the technologies used in the product.
The approval of terminal equipment or radio installation is now granted for varying duration, with equipment being classified into 6 categories:
- Equipment connected to telecommunications networks and radio transmitters (Validity – 5 years)
- Landline and mobile phones. Low power equipment (Validity – 2 years)
- All other equipment different from the first two categories containing a radio module (Validity – 2 years)
- Receivers, reception decoders (Validity – 2 years)
- Antennas (Validity – 5 years)
- All other equipment not listed in categories 1-5 (Validity – 2 years)
The renewal will be done under the same conditions.
The new regulation also indicates marking requirements. The equipment must be labelled prior to marketing by the applicant, with an irremovable label including the following information:
- Approval number and date
- Identification of the model and batch or serial number
- Manufacturer or supplier identification
If you would like more information, please contact iCertifi.