Communication approval
Telecommunications and wireless communications equipment sold in Singapore are registered one with the Singapore Information Communications Media Development Authority (IMF) in compliance with relevant IMDEA standards / technical specifications.
There are five types of applications, depending on the registration scheme and the type of equipment.
– Enhanced Simplified Equipment Registration (ESER) – Self declaration
– Simplified Equipment Registration (SER) – Self declaration
– General Equipment Registration (GER) – A declaration certified by an IMDA accredited certification body (CB) or evaluated by IMDA. The GER application corresponds to the SER / ESER scheme, but is also optional for equipment categories that are subject to a registration fee under the GER scheme.
– Registration of general equipment by a certification authority (GER-CB). GER-CB only applies to authorized CB applicants who have received MRA Level 2 certification with an IMDA-accredited certification body to register all types of equipment.
– Conformity Check Application (COFC). COFC is optional for telecommunications equipment that does not requre sales approval, such as facsimile transceivers.
IMDA accepts test reports presenting test results of equipment tests performed in accordance with IMDA standards by:
1. Laboratories accredited by IMDA under the Phase 1 mutual recognition agreemet
2. Laboratories accredited by a certification body recognized by IMDA
3. Equipment manufacturer
IMDA also receives equipment certification from local or foreign certification bodies recognized by IMDA under a two-phase mutual recognition agreement.
Equipment categories that can be registered in ESER Scheme:
– Short-range / low-power devices (SRD / LPD) such as alarms, RFID, radio detection, field paging and vehicle radar systems, remote control, remote command, telemetry, wireless microphones and video transmitters, wireless LAN and Bluetooth
– DECT cordless phones <500mW, portable mobile radio (PMR446) and multi-channel portable radio(MCR446)
– DVB-T2 integrated receiver decoder (e.g. DVB-T2 set-top box, integrated digital TV, in-car receiver)
– Complex multi-line equipment (e.g. PABX, KTS, ISDN, PSTN, PLC)
Required equipment categories according to the SER scheme:
– Mobile terminal such as 3G / LTE / GMPCS mobile phone
– Broadband access equipment (e.g. ADSL, cable modem and CCHN equipment)
Required equipment categories under the GER scheme:
– Mobile / loT base station / repeater system, land mobile radio / walkie talkie, TV white space device, UWB, DSRC, loT user equipment and near field devices requiring IMDA approval
Foreign manufacturers must have a local dealer. Applicants applying for equipment registration must be a local equipment registration must be a local equipment supplier / dealer with a valid telecommunications retailer license with IMDA.
The product must be marked with the following compliance label:
Telecommunication equipment must be marked with the vendor / manufacturer’s brand or identification mark and the vendor / manufacturer’s model or type reference.
Safety requirements
Enterprise Singapore has been appointed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) as a safety agency to manage the Singapore Consumer Protection (Safety Requirements) Registration Scheme (CPS Scheme) under the Consumer Protection (Safety Requirements) Regulation (CPSR).
The CPSR requires 33 categories of household products, also called “controlled products,” and must comply with the following regulations.
– Registered with Enterprise Singapore
– Test according to specified safety standards
– Safety mark before sale in Singapore
In accordance with the CPSR, registration of “control goods” is based on:
– Certificate of Conformity CoC issued by a designated third-party conformity assessment body(CAB) forcontrolled goods in the medium and high risk categories must be submitted to Enterprise Singapore for registration.
– Supplier Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) declared by registered suppliers for low risk management products.
Controlled goods are classified into three risk levels: low, medium or high:
– Room air conditioning (low risk)
– Audio and video products (medium risk)
– AC adapter (medium risk)
– Home computer systems (including monitors, printers, speakers and other main operating accessories (medium risk)
– Washing machine (medium risk)
– Water heater (high risk)
– Refrigerator (high risk), etc.
All controlled goods registered with a safety agency must comply with the following safety marks before being shipped to the Singapore market.
The mark consists of a “safety logo” and a “safety mark” in the right square.
In addition to the CPS system, there is also a CGSR under the CPSR to protect consumers from unsafe consumer products. This applies to all consumer goods that do not belong to any other regulatory or regulatory body in Singapore and is based on postmarketing surveilance and action.
Examples of electrical, electronic and gas products that are not regulated as controlled goods in the CPS scheme but are applied as general consumer goods under the CGSR:
– Split air conditioner
– Clothes dryer
– Massage chair
– Wine cooler
– Dish washer
– Camping stove
– BBQ stove
Energy efficiency
Registered suppliers who import or manufacture the following regulated items must register their products with the National Environment Agency (NEA) before they are shipped to Singapore.
– Air conditioner
– Clothes dryer
– Lamp
– Refrigerator
– Television
– Motor
The NEA has announced four improvements in MELS and MEPS that will go into effect on November 1, 2019.
– Raising the MEPS for incandescent bulbs
– Introduction of MEPS for fluorescent ballast
– Introduction to MELS for different lamp types
– Mandatory labeling of energy labels in promotional materials
The energy label should only be attached after the National Environment Agency (NEA) issues a Certificate of Registration (COR) for the model.
Examples of energy labels for air conditioners, refrigerators, clothes dryers and TVs:
Energy label for the lamp:
RoHS
The Environmental Protection and Control Act (Singapore RoHS or SG RoHS) has been adopted in the EU Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2) and limits the following six hazardous substances in some electrical and electronic equipment (EEE).
– Cadmium (Cd) and its compounds: 0.01% by weight
– Mercury and its compounds: 0.1% by weight
– Lead (Pb) and its compounds: 0.1% by weight
– Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) and its compounds: 0.1% by weight
– Polybrominated Biphenyl (PBB): 0.1 wt%
– Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE): 0.1% by weight
SG-RoHS covers six categories of electrical and electronic equipment for local sales in Singapore.
1. Cell phone
2. Portable computer
3. Refrigerator
4. Air conditioner
5. Panel TV
6. Washing machin
The following items are excluded from the scope of SG-RoHS.
– Spare parts and components sold separately
– Batteries and accumulators used in EEE, whether or not they are embedded in consumer electronics- currently in Singapore, the mercury content of batteries is controlled in accordance with the Environmental Protection and Control Act (EPMA).
– Used or used EEE
– Packaging used in EEE
– Other types of EEE such as industrial equipment, medical devices and microwave ovens
Currently, batteries containing button mercury (including button cells) that exceed the 0.0005% (5 ppm) limit by weight per cell are not allowed to be manufactured, imported or exported.
– Mercury content in excess of 5 mg per hot cathode compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
– Mercury content in excess of 10 mg per hot cathode linear / straight or circular fluorescent lamp
Labeling products sold in Singapore do not require special RoHS marking.