South Africa LOA/COC Certification National Regulator Of Compulsory Specification Safety Regulations EMC

South Africa LOA/COC certification National Regulator of Compulsory Specification Safety regulations/EMC

Description

All electronic and electrical products that meet the requirements, whether exported or sold in the South African market, must apply to NRCS for an authorization letter as a customs clearance and sales pass.

Certification of electronic and electrical products is mainly divided into two aspects: safety regulations and electromagnetic compatibility. For safety, it is necessary to obtain the LOA (letter of authority) certificate, and for electromagnetic compatibility, it is necessary to obtain the COC (certificate of Compliance) certificate. The following is an explanation of important terms:

1.NRCS: It is the issuing authority of LOA certificate.
2.SABS: It is the issuing agency for COC certificate and SABS mark certification. SABS (South African Bureau of Standards)
Responsible for brake standards in South Africa and also works on certification and testing.
3.LOA certification: letter of authority, targeting security aspects.
4.COC certification: certificate of Compliance, for EMC aspects.
5.SABS certification: This certification is voluntary. The requirements are relatively strict, requiring the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) to arrange factory inspections and testing, and there will be two annual audits after obtaining the certificate.

Product Range

The electronic and electrical products included in the mandatory specifications include the following five categories:

1. Household and similar products;
2. Information technology products;
3. Electronic entertainment equipment;
4.Handheld power tools;
5. Wires and cables.

Neither the LOA certificate nor the COC certificate has a certification mark.

The marks of SABS mark certification (voluntary certification) are as follows:

About Us

Shenzhen LCS Compliance Testing Laboratory Ltd., abbr. for LCS, was founded in 2004 in Shenzhen, LCS is now growing into an independent comprehensive third-party institution which focuses on test & certification. Profound technical background and diligent working attitude decided LCS with an outstanding high starting point from the outset，pioneering spirit and consciousness of keeping pace with the times which predestined the thoroughly tempered course of LCS.

Our Labs

LCS Founding Members have engineering background and had gradually built up Safety Lab, EMC Lab, RF Lab, SAR & HAC Lab, Reliability Lab, Lighting Electrical Lab, LED Lighting Performance Lab, Energy Efficiency Lab, Electronic Cigarette Testing Lab, Chemistry Lab, BQTF, Environmental and Occupational Evaluation Lab, Battery Lab, Toy Lab, Textile Lab, Food and Food Grade Material Lab. The establishment of our comprehensive labs ensure our test and certification scope covers almost all fields, such as Reliability and Safety test, EMC test, Chemical Hazardous Substances test, Material Analysis, Food Contact Material test, Bluetooth Test & Certification, Environment and Occupational Health, Performance test of spare parts of Automobile and so on.

Authorization

Moreover, LCS won many authorized qualifications both domestic and overseas. LCS is recognized as IEC/ISO17025 laboratories accepted by CNAS and NVLAP, accredited by CPSC, CMA, accredited for CQC, ISTA, CBTL, SASO, SABS. Meanwhile LCS become laboratory authorized by TUV, BQTF issued by the SIG. LCS had also signed cooperation agreements with FCC, ISED, ETL, CEC, UL, E-Mark, CETECOM, KTC, SAA Approval and many other authoritative institutions, hence we can provide our clients with efficient and professional service for product test and certification.

Experience

Our RF experience ranges from WLAN (802.11b/g/n/a/ac), Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth (802.15.1), ZigBee (802.15.4), Z-Wave, UWB (802.15.3), WiMAX (802.16), SRD, DECT, RFID, NFC, GSM, WCDMA (+HSDPA/HSUPA), LTE, 5G (NR/VoNR/eMTC/eMBB/URLLC),UHF/VHF, WHDI, AM, FM, DAB, DVB, GPS, GNSS, COMPASS, GLONASS and more. The products we are mostly working with are basestations, client adapters, laptops, cordless phones, baby monitors, cellulars, radars, sensors, scanners, receivers, immobilizers, remote controls, etc. Modern products incorporate not often one, but a variety of co-existing technologies.

Welcome

LCS is a reliable party. With more than 20 years hands-on experience in the field of Radio, Telecom, EMC and Safety certification, including country approvals worldwide, we will guide you with our knowledge. You are very welcome!

We will be pleased to assist you with your questions or inquiries, please contact us.