In September 2019, as announced in advance, new regulations regarding the validity period of type approval certificates were implemented.
ARPTC recently annoucned decision 065 / ARPTC / CLG / 2019.
Terminal equipment and radio equipment are classified into six categories and approved under different expiration dates.
1. Equipment connected to telecommunications networks and radio transmitters (Validity: 5 years)
2. Landline and mobile phones. Low power equipment (Validity: 2 years)
3. All other equipment different from the first tow categories containing a radio module (Validity: 2 years)
4. Receivers, reception decoders (Validity: 2 years)
5. Antennas (Validity: 2 years)
6. All other equipment not listed in categories 1-5 (Validity: 2 years)
However, renewal is performed under the same conditions. In addition, the new regulations include requirements for marking.
Applicants must affix a label containing the following information to the equipment prior to marketing to prevent removal.
– Approval number and date
– Identification of the model and batch or serial number
– Manufacturer or supplier identification