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Please visit the following websites for additional information and services regarding Regulatory and Industry Approvals.

  • ACIL - American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL) is a national trade association representing independent, commercial engineering and scientific laboratory, testing, consulting and R&D firms.
  • ACMA - Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is Australia's authority for the A-tick and C-tick regulatory schemes.
  • AeA - The AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association) is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry and is dedicated solely to helping industry's top and bottom lines in partnership with small, medium, and large member companies by lobbying governments at the state, federal, and international levels.
  • ANSI - American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is an excellent source for all Regulatory & Industry Standards.
  • CB Scheme - The Worldwide System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrotechnical Equipment and Components (IECEE) CB Scheme is the world's first truly international system for mutual acceptance dealing with the safety of electrical and electronic components, equipment and products utilizing CB Test Certificates to attest that product samples have successfully passed the test conditions and are in compliance with the requirements of the relevant IEC Standard(s). It is a multilateral agreement among the 47 participating countries and is based on the use of international (IEC) Standards. The main objective of the Scheme is to promote harmonization of national standards with international Standards and cooperation among accepted NCBs worldwide.
  • CCL - Communications Certification Laboratory (CCL) provides an extensive range of EMC, Safety, and Telecom Type Testing Services. CCL is our first choice for all Regulatory Compliance Testing services.
  • CENELEC - The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) creates standards requested by the market and harmonized standards in support of European legislation, which have helped shape the European Internal Market.
  • CCL - Communications Certification Laboratory (CCL) provides an extensive range of EMC, Safety, and Telecom Type Testing Services. CCL is our first choice for all Regulatory Testing services.
  • Clearance/Creepage - Calculators based on Table 2G and Figure 2F of IEC 60950.
  • Compliance Engineering - Compliance Engineering is the world's foremost on-line resource for international developments in regulatory compliance for electronics engineers and serves as an on-line extension of Compliance Engineering magazine.
  • Compliance Club - The on-line Compliance Club featuring the EMC Journal (UK only), free EMC Yearbook 2007 (UK only) and free EMC Filters Directory and Testing Directory.
  • Conformity - Conformity Magazine is dedicated to the Compliance Community of electrical engineering professionals as a resource for compliance related issues.
  • Design Chain Associates - An excellent source for the latest environmental compliance information, particularly pertaining to the impacts of RoHS, WEEE, REACH and other environmental legislations.
  • ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) develops and issues telecom, EMC and safety regulatory and industry standards, technical requirements and specifications.
  • FCC - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the United States' EMC regulatory authority. The mission of the FCC is to encourage competition in all communications markets and to protect the public interest. In response to direction from the Congress, the FCC develops and implements policy concerning interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.
  • FDA - The U. S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Laws and Regulations.
  • Global Engineering Documents - An excellent source for all Regulatory & Industry Standards to purchase.
  • GPO - Government Printing Office (GPO) is the official source for all Government Printed Documents.
  • Green Supply Line - Get the latest news, updates, and how-to information on RoHS and WEEE. The Green Supply Line newsletter, a weekly e-mail guide, provides information on global environmental standards.
  • GSM Network Operators - The GSM Association's detailed information about network operators worldwide that offer services from the GSM family of Wireless Communications. Specific details included are network, roaming, services and coverage information for over 860 networks in 220 countries/areas of the world.
  • IEC - The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) develops and issues international EMC, Safety regulatory standards, and industry standards for government, business and society for all electrical, electronic and related technologies.
  • Industry Canada - The Certification and Engineering Bureau of Industry Canada provides a certification service for both radio and telecommunications terminal equipment in Canada.
  • Interference Technology - Interference Technology Publications (ITEM) has for over thirty years been the information source for engineering professionals dealing with interference problems-preventing EMI (electromagnetic interference) and achieving EMC (electromagnetic compatibility).
  • ISO - International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a network of the national standards institutes of 157 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.
  • NIST - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was established by Congress "to assist industry in the development of technology needed to improve product quality, to modernize manufacturing processes, to ensure product reliability and to facilitate rapid commercialization of products based on new scientific discoveries."
  • Official Journal - The Official Journal (OJ) is the European Union Commission's vehicle of formally releasing legislations, directives, etc.
  • OSHA - The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA, integral to the US Dept. of Labor) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers under the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
  • OSHA NRTL List - OSHA's Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities (OTPCA), Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL) Program, which is a part of OSHA's Directorate of Science, Technology, and Medicine that recognizes private sector organizations as NRTLs.
  • Patton & Associates - Patton & Associates is the premier Telecom Compliance consultancy.
  • RFCafe - An amazingly comprehensive collection of articles, calculators, tutorials, software, equations and tables associated with RF Engineering, Chemistry, Electronics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Physics.
  • RoHS International - Provides commercial RoHS Compliance services to businesses and Governments and has presented at numerous conferences on RoHS. RoHS-International is committed to a Global RoHS Standard to minimize the burden on industry of the proliferation of different RoHS style legislations.
  • RoHSUSA - A very comprehensive collection of environmental documentation. Click on the "Library Links/Papers" link.
  • SafetyLink - Is an excellent and extensive collection of electrical product safety and standards links.
  • SCC - The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) is a federal Crown corporation with the mandate to promote efficient and effective standardization by ensuring the effective and coordinated operation of standardization in Canada. Standardization is the development and application of standards - publications that establish accepted practices, technical requirements and terminologies for products, services and systems by ensuring better, safer and more efficient methods and products, and are an essential element of technology, innovation and trade.
  • Signal Consulting Inc - Dr. Howard Johnson, a true pioneer of Digital Design with over 30 years experience in the field of Signal Integrity. His seminars give you the power to instantly recognize and solve many of today's high speed design problems.
  • VCCI - Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) is Japan's council that consists of ITE (information technology equipment) manufacturers and EMC test laboratories. The purpose of this Council is to take voluntary control measures against electromagnetic interference from ITE, and thereby contribute to the development of a socially beneficial and responsible state of affairs in the realm of ITE in Japan.



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