CCC Certification

1. Certification in Brief

In December 2001, the State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China issued the Regulations for Compulsory Product Certification. The Compulsory Product Certification System began to replace the original Quality License System for Commodity Inspection and Safety Certification System for Electrical Equipment.

The abbreviation of China Compulsory Product Certification is CCC or 3C. It is the statutory compulsory safety certification system and the basic approach to safeguard the consumers' rights and interests and protect the personal and property safety, which is adopted widely by international organizations.

China Compulsory Certification System came into force since May 1, 2002. In accordance with the joint announcement No.38 [2003] by the State General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China, the time for implementing the supervision and management of the market for compulsory product certification was decided on August 1, 2003.

The Products subject to Compulsory Product Certification covers 135 products divided into 20 categories, including household appliances, motor vehicles, motorcycles, safety glasses, medical devices, lighting apparatus, cables and wires...etc. CQC is appointed to undertake the work of compulsory product certification for 17 categories within the CCC catalogue.

2. Certification Scope

01 Electrical wires and cables

02 Switches for circuits, Installation protective and connec...

03 Low-voltage electrical apparatus

04 Small power motors

05 Electric tools

06 Welding machines

07 Household and similar electrical appliances

08 Audio and video apparatus

09 Information technology equipment

10 Lighting apparatus

11 Motor vehicle and safety parts

12 Motor vehicle tyres

13 Safety glasses

16 Telecommunication terminal equipment

19 Detectors for intruder system

21 Decoration materials

22 Toys

3. Certification process

1) Submit application form，confirm the related cost;

2) Submit full unit of documents，CQC product certification engineer will finish data review, unit assignment, sample submission and sample test notification within one week;

3) Sample test（Must be test in CQC testing agency or cooperative agency）;

4) After passing the test, the testing organization will report the result to China quality certification center. The test cycle will increase if there is unqualified and need rectification;

5) Factory inspection. China quality certification center will arrange factory inspection after receiving the sample test result;

6) After receiving the sample test report and factory inspection report, China quality certification center will evaluate. If qualified, certification certificate shall be issued to the applicant within one week;

7) Continuous supervision audit

4. CCC Marking