KC certification

The Ministry of knowledge and economy (mke) announced on August 25, 2008 that the national standards committee will implement a new national unified certification mark named "KC mark" from July 2009 to December 2010.



The new logo is called KC mark, representing Korea certification. The current 13 mandatory signs will be finally unified under this new sign.



One result of this initiative is to reduce the cost of certification for suppliers, so that Korean KC mark gradually becomes a world brand certification. But there is a disadvantage. The recently issued KCC logo will only be implemented for a few years, and will eventually be unified under the new KCC logo.



2 implementation plan

December 2008: update of national basic laws and regulations and current laws and regulations



July 2009: mke began to implement the national unified logo



January 2009 - December 2010: improving regulations related to certification standards



January 2011: complete the national unified mark to all compulsory certification



3 product catalog

KC mark certification products list



According to the regulations of Korean electrical appliances Safety Management Law, the electrical appliances Safety Certification is divided into two types: compulsory certification and self-discipline (voluntary) certification since January 1, 2009.



Compulsory certification means that all electronic products belonging to compulsory products can only be sold in Korean market after obtaining KC mark certification. They need to be subject to Factory review and product sampling test every year.



Self regulatory (voluntary) certification means that all electronic products belonging to voluntary products only need to be tested to obtain certificates and do not need to be reviewed by the factory. The certificate is valid for 5 years.



4 review requirements

Requirements for the first audit of KC certified factory:



Korean Safety Law stipulates that after accepting the application, the authorization needs to conduct the first factory review on the factory. According to the requirements of the safety law, the quality control system of the factory is preliminarily evaluated, involving the following aspects:



The factory shall produce certified products consistent with the samples confirmed to be qualified by the certification authority in accordance with the requirements of product certification implementation measurement and factory quality assurance capability. According to the relevant laws of Korean safety certification and relevant regulations of KTL, your factory shall have the following documented procedures or regulations, which shall be compatible with factory quality management and product quality control:



1) Product change control procedure (for example: after the certification product change application is approved by the certification body, the Department shall formulate corresponding technical documents and distribute them to relevant departments in strict accordance with the approved change contents to correctly implement the change of certified products. For unapproved changes, the certification mark cannot be applied to the changed products. )



2) Document and data control procedure



3) Quality record control procedures {shall include records with a retention period of at least 3 years (only purchase, routine and operation inspection records are required)}



4) Routine inspection and confirmation inspection procedure



5) Nonconforming product control procedure



6) Inspection or verification procedures for key components and materials



7) Internal quality audit procedure



8) The factory shall keep at least the following quality records to confirm that the factory has carried out all production inspection and production tests, and the quality records shall be true and effective



9) Routine inspection and confirmation inspection records of products, incoming inspection / verification records of key components and materials and qualification certificates provided by the supplier



① Records of regular calibration or verification of inspection and test equipment;



② Routine inspection and confirmation (operation) inspection records;



③ Daily spot inspection record of safety equipment on production line (workshop);



④ Disposal records of nonconforming products (purchase, routine and operation);



⑤ Internal audit records;



⑥ Records of corrective actions taken for customer complaints;



⑦ Corrective record of nonconformities in operation inspection;



Annual Factory review requirements:



After the certificate is authorized, the certification authority will conduct an annual follow-up review on the factory once a year, the main purpose of which is to check the consistency of the quality control system of the factory and whether it can continuously meet the standards of safety law.



The annual Factory review is divided into two parts



1) The inspection, requirements and contents of quality documents, quality records and relevant contents of manufacturing site are basically the same as those of initial review.



2) It is necessary to confirm the consistency of all products authorized by KC mark. According to the attached page of the product authorization certificate (list of key components), confirm the key components, materials, circuits and structures of the certified products to see whether they are consistent.



Sampling requirements:



Up to now, there are 216 kinds of products listed in the compulsory certification scope of KC mark. According to the Korean safety law, all kinds of products are sampled every year, so each product is sampled once a year.



The sampling method is;



It shall be conducted by the factory inspector during the annual review. When there is production or inventory on site, the inspector shall seal the sample and the factory shall send the sample to the designated address within 3 months.



If there is no production or inventory during the factory review, the factory shall send the designated samples to the designated address within 6 months.