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On 04.02.2020, the authorities SAMR (State Administration for Market Regulation) and CNCA (China National Certification Administration) published in their Notice No 9/2020 general support measures to contain the corona virus outbreak. Chinese certification organizations are bound by these requirements.The measures include:

• Processes are to be optimized so that personal contact is reduced as much as possible.
• Factory inspections by a Chinese certification organization, which must be postponed due to the current situation, must be communicated openly with the affected certificate holders in order to fix an alternative date by mutual agreement. Or other solutions are agreed upon.
• Applications for factories that have stopped production due to the outbreak and are unable to complete an inspection of their manufacturing plant in order to obtain the desired certification (e.g. CCC - China Compulsory Certification), but are subject to a time limit for this, may not be suspended. The necessary inspection should be completed at the latest 3 months after the official announcement that the state of emergency has been lifted.

Beijing, June 11, 2020:

The certification organisation CCAP (China Certification Centre of Automotive Products) started to issue its certificates for CCC (China Compulsory Certification) and voluntary product certifications in electronic form on June 5, 2020. They will be provided together with the conventional printed form.

For certificates issued before June 5, 2020, the organisation will provide an electronic version when the next change is made.

Read our related news: CQC implements e-certificates for CCC and other certifications

By Florian Waegele. Contact Cisema to learn more.

Beijing, June 12, 2020:

The certification authority CNCA (Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China) gave three definitions, which so far have led to confusion:

1. Further definitions of the mandatory 17 CCC product groups which are intended to make the identification clearer.
2. Should a product have characteristics which would make it mandatory to be certified according to CCC and other Chinese product certifications, it should only be certified according to CCC.
3. In case CCC certificates have already been issued which violate the above two points, they shall be cancelled by the certification organization as soon as possible.

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By Florian Waegele. Contact Cisema to learn more.

Beijing, July 3, 2020:

The certification organization CCAP (China Certification Centre for Automotive Products) has published the 2020 revision of its implementing regulation CCAP-GZ-5101 for product certification of automotive interior materials. It replaces the 2019 revision immediately.

The new revision CCAP-GZ-5101:2020 contains additions and amendments for buses.

In particular, the additions include:

• GB 38262:2019 Flammability of interior materials for buses
• GB 24407:2012 Technical Safety Specifications for Dedicated School Buses

Manufacturers of components affected by the added standards are requested to submit applications to update their existing certificates. This will require tests according to the standards mentioned above. For non-affected manufacturers, existing certificates will be automatically updated to CCAP-GZ-5101:2020 at no additional cost the next time an application is submitted, for which the certificate must be changed.

By Florian Waegele. Contact Cisema to learn more.