Test and certification

Domestic conformity assessment test services

Testing and certification services for conformity assessment of broadcasting and telecommunication equipment and electrical appliances under the Korean Acts.

Domestic conformity assessment test services

The broadcasting and communication equipment conformity assessment system has been implemented according to Article 58-2 of the Radio Waves Act. It is divided into the certification of conformity, registration of compatibility, and interim of conformity.

Type and Method of Application for Certification

All conformity assessments can be requested over the Internet (http://www.ekcc.go.kr).

  • Certification of Conformity

    A party intending to manufacture, sell, or import equipment that can harm the radio environment, the broadcasting communication network, or others, as well as those whose normal operation can be affected by radio waves, can apply for the certification of conformity by attaching the related documents to the NATIONAL RADIO RESEARCH AGENCY (RRA), including a test report tested and issued by a designated test laboratory.


  • Registration of Compatibility

    A party intending to manufacture, sell, or import broadcasting and communication equipment that is not subject to certification of conformity can register the equipment by attaching the letter of confirmation that verifies the compatibility to RRA over the Internet. The test report tested and issued by a designated test laboratory must be kept by the applicant for 5 years.


  • Interim of Conformity

    If there are no criteria for assessing the conformity of the broadcasting and communication equipment or if it is difficult to assess the conformity for whatever reason, the conformity can be assessed using the standard, specification, or technical criteria of Korea or other countries and then attaching the region, period of validity, and condition of certification to the manufactured, sold, or imported equipment.

Required Document

Required Document - This table includes Subject, Required Document, Examples of certificaion targeted equipment, Related provision of laws
Subject Required Document Examples of certificaion targeted equipment Related provision of laws
Certification of
Conformity
  • User’s manual
  • Test report (issued by the authorized testing agency or the testing agency in an MRA country)
  • Appearance drawing
  • Part arrangement diagram or picture
  • Circuit diagram
  • Letter of representation
  • Wireless telephone alarm
  • Automatic receiver
  • Radar equipment for ships
  • Telephone, modem, etc.
  • Article 58-2 of the Radio Waves Act and Article 3-1 of Public Announcement on Assessment of Conformity, and Equipment in Accompanying Table 1
Registration of
Compatibility
  • Letter of Confirmation
  • Conforming to the Compatibility Assessment Criteria
  • Letter of Representation
  • Computing device and peripheral, and broadcasting set-top box
  • Article 58-2 of the Radio Waves Act, and Article 3-2 of the Public Announcement on Assessment of Conformity, and Equipment in Accompanying Table 2
  • Measuring instrument, industrial device, connector, etc.
  • Article 58-2 of the Radio Waves Act, and Article 3-3 of the Public Announcement on Assessment of Conformity, and Equipment in Accompanying Table 3
Interim of
Conformity
  • Technical manual
  • In-house test report
  • User’s manual
  • Appearance drawing
  • Circuit diagram
  • Part arrangement diagram or picture
  • Letter of representatio
  • Newly developed equipment whose conformity assessment criteria are not yet available
  • Article 58-2 of the Radio Waves Act and Article 11 of Public Announcement on Assessment of Conformity.

Certification-exempt equipment

Certification-exempt equipment - This table includes Certification-exempt equipment, Quantity
Certification-exempt equipment Quantity
Equipment for the purpose of product or broadcasting /
communication service testing or research or technical development.		 100 or fewer
Equipment not for sale but to be used in events like an exhibition and/or an international contest Exempled quantity
Equipment brought in by the foreign technical personnel as needed by the domestic industry under the condition that it will be taken out after a certain period Exempled quantity
Same components or parts manufactured or imported to maintain or repair the equipment certified for conformity Exempled quantity
Equipment manufactured or imported to be used for military purposes Exempled quantity
Equipment imported to be installed inside a ship being manufactured to be delivered to another country, or the equipment installed in a ship or airplane purchased, rented, chartered from another country, or the same type of equipment needed to replace it Exempled quantity
Equipment procured not for resale but to be used for personal use 1
Equipment certified for conformity under the internationally mutually accepted treaty or equivalent agreement Exempled quantity
Radio equipment for an amateur radio station that is being manufactured, assembled, or procured not for sale but to be used in-house Exempled quantity
Equipment (excluding the terminals) used for the business process by one main telecommunication operator, secondary telecommunication operator, or transport network operator and equipment supplied by the transport network operator to the user (excluding the equipment the user can purchase from a party other than the operator) Exempled quantity
Equipment manufactured in Korea for the purpose of being exclusively for export Exempled quantity
Part or semi-finished equipment imported to Korea for the purpose of being assembled into finished equipment for export Exempled quantity

Application and certification Procedure

Application and certification Procedure