Subject: Conformity with limits on radiated disturbance above 1GHz

VCCI Council will start enforcement of conformity with limits on radiated disturbance above 1GHz of products subject to conformity verification report filing on and after October 1, 2010. However, for one year until September 2011 it is up to each member to decide whether or not he will opt in conformity assessment tests above 1GHz. Nevertheless, however, let us ask you to positively go ahead and ship products conforming to the 1GHz+ requirement by filing conformity verification reports on and after October 1, 2010 as if there were no 1-year grace period. This is because VCCI runs its operation based on CISPR standards transposed to Japanese standard by the Information and Communication Committee, and July 2007 Japanese standard says implementation of 1GHz+ should start in 2010.

Background for 1-year grace period introduced

EU Official Journal issued on August 21, 2009 says that the valid period of EN55022:1998, European equivalence of CISPR22 Edition 3, is extended to September 30, 2011. With this extension manufactures can select either CISPR22 Edition 3 or Edition 5 for product conformity until September 30, 2011. • Similarly US FCC has announced that conformity assessment test can be based either on ANSI C63.4-2009 or ANSI C63.4-2003. • Under such circumstances it is necessary for VCCI Council to establish the 1-year grace period for avoidance of creating potential technical barrier to trade against overseas product to be distributed in Japan and, at the same time, for affording Japanese manufacturers flexibility in choice of marketable products in the grace period.