Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products - EMC/EMI pilot project - Draft list of the types of conformity assessment procedures for EMC/EMI used by ITA participants - Note by the Secretariat - Revision

EMC/EMI PILOT PROJECT

dRAFT LIST OF TYPES OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES FOR
EMC/EMI USED BY ITA PARTICIPANTS

Note by the Secretariat[1]

Revision

1.1.  At the Committee's formal meeting of 24 February 2005, the Secretariat was asked to draw up a list to categorize the type of assessment procedures adopted and used by each ITA participant. The list below has been drafted based on the information available as contained in G/IT/SPEC/Q4 series and compiled in G/IT/SPEC/Q4/19/Rev.2. Types of the conformity assessment procedures used by ITA participants are summarized below as (a) to (f) in descending order of complexity as per the Guidelines for EMC/EMI Conformity Assessment Procedures (G/IT/25), however, another category is added as (g) to specify those participants applying no mandatory assessment procedure:



[1] This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.