MIC Vietnam has released Circular 05/2019/TT-BTTTT dated July 9, 2019, to replace Circular 04/2018/TT-BTTTT- Regulations on list of products subjected to MIC Type Approval and Declaration of Conformity. The official Circular 05/2019/TT-BTTTT shall enter in force on September 1, 2019.
Major Impact:
All the Type Approval certificates and test reports for the below products, which were granted based off the old standard (QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT), shall be invalid and need to be renewed with the new technical regulations from September 1, 2019:
1. Mobile phone, tablet, laptop having a 4G LTE connection
2. Other LTE terminal devices (gateway, router…)
3. W-CDMA FDD repeater
4. W-CDMA FDD base station
5. Marine EPIRB beacon
6. Walkie-Talkie with integrated antenna for speech
7. Walkie-Talkie with integrated antenna for speech and text message
Key changes include:
1. Type Approval certificate and ADoC granted based on expired or expiring National Technical Regulation (QCVN) and National Technical Standards (TCVN) shall be invalid from September 1, 2019 and must be renewed with the new standards. This means test reports need to be renewed with new standards accordingly.
2. MIC listed all applicable HS code and product description under MIC regulatory scope for easier import control implementation. However, MIC does not confirm the HS code, if the product has a different HS code but has the same product description, it will fall under MIC regulatory approval scope.
3. The new RF standard for LTE , QCVN 117:2017/BTTTT, will be implemented and Type approval and DOC are required.
4. Servers, Routesr, Gateways and Firewalls (without wireless connection) have been removed from list of products under MIC regulatory approval.
5. Removal of requirement on DVB-T of QCVN 63:2013/BTTTT and removal of requirement on transportation (UN 38.3) of QCVN 101:2016/BTTTT in comparison to existing requirements.
The new Circular 05/2019/TT-BTTTT can be viewed here.
For more information on the upcoming MIC regulations and to avoid unexpected impacts, please contact iCertifi.