Telecommunications and information technology equipment in Australia must be labeled to demonstrate compliance with technical standards for EMC, telecommunications, radiocommunications, and/or safety. Labeling must be backed up by compliance records, which include Declarations of Conformity. The declarations must be signed by an Australian citizen, and the compliance records are held by an Australian supplier or agent, whose Supplier Code Number (SCN) is printed on the product labeling.

This system puts the weight of responsibility for compliance on the manufacturer, rather than the regulator. For this reason, it is critically important that the compliance records be prepared properly. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) may (and will) audit those compliance records at any time.

We support conformity assessment for our clients' telecommunications, radio equipment and other ITE in Australia through our Australia office.

Our support service in Australia is a turnkey solution that includes:

• advice on compliance requirements and strategy
• preparing complete compliance folders taking into account the most recent formal and informal rulemaking from the ACMA
• engineering test support where required
• serving as our clients' agent for compliance -- signing the declarations and maintaining compliance folders as required by local law. This allows our clients to use our registered supplier code number on product labeling without even having their own presence in Australia.
• for compliance records we maintain, we support the file when ACMA audits

How can we help you in Australia?