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Compliance Management Market Access

The Bureau Veritas Electrical and Electronic Product Services Compliance Management / Homologation Management / Approvals Management range of services assists companies that desire regulatory approvals for their products, but lack the dedicated resources to effectively manage the process. To aid you with your need to access global markets quickly and cost-effectively, our International Homologation Services, with knowledge and experience for 110 countries, is avaialble. Working with our Bureau Veritas companies: Advanced Data Technology (ADT) in Taiwan, Curtis-Straus LLC in the USA, and LCIE in France, our dedicated experts can guide customers’ products through the homologation maze, thereby accelerating access to world markets. With a presence in each major world market, Bureau Veritas’ solution offers a local laboratory for global market access.

Determining what standards and country requirements apply to a given product is an arduous task. ADT, Curtis-Straus, and LCIE have many years of experience guiding high profile manufacturers of electronic products through the approval process. Leveraging our expertise in this segment is a significant benefit for companies seeking world-wide market access for their products, further strengthening the total one stop shop solution for Bureau Veritas Electrical and Electronic Product Services customers. Bureau Veritas is famous for its customer focus. Now that we can provide world wide homologation services, you can access markets for 110 countries, thus providing the tools you need to compete in today’s global marketplace.

Achieving on-time compliance in today's complex, competitive and changing environment entails expert knowledge of the differing in-country compliance requirements for electrical equipment, as well as the in-depth knowledge of the legislation which can change for certain products on a daily basis. To maintain competitive advantage, you cannot risk being late to market because of approvals bottlenecks. With over a century of experience in the approvals market and being active participants on many influential international compliance committees and working groups such as the IECEE and IECQ, we have the experience, knowledge, skills, pedigree and global contacts to assist you in getting your products to market quickly and on-time.

Bureau Veritas Electrical and Electronic Product Services (including ADT, Curtis Straus and LCIE) reports have been recognized by many worldwide authorities, there is no doubt we can save you cost and time in achieving certifications in many countries. Our International Approval Division is also responsible for studying the regulations in many countries and keeps close relationships with worldwide certification organizations. We have helped customers’ access more than 100 countries and it is our goal to provide you the most updated information for certification.

Bureau Veritas Electrical and Electronic Product Services has particular expertise with a wide range of electrical equipment, including:

• Wireless Bluetooth products: Bluetooth Earphone, Bluetooth Dongle and all related applied product
• Telecommunication products: Telephone, ADSL, Modem etc..
• 802.11 a /b /g WLAN products and Wi-Fi/WMM/WPA2: Wireless LAN card, Wireless AP, VOIP, etc.. equipment
• 2G-2.5G mobile communication devices: GSM/GPRS 2 band and 3 band cell phone and related product
• 3G mobile communication devices: WCDMA, CDMA2000 cell phone and related product
• WiMAX, HomePlug, UWB, ZigBee, RFID etc
• Information Technology Equipment (ITE): PDA, Notebook and all related information technology equipment
• Home appliances: Refrigerator, air conditioning, bake oven, electric tool etc..
• Broadcast products: Digital TV, audio, DVD Player, LCD TV etc..
• Industrial technology and medical instruments
• Light Bulbs: All kind of home use lighting equipment
• Remote control, wireless microphone and other low frequency devices

How the Compliance Management service Functions

When your company has a new product, or a compliance related issue, you can contract Bureau Veritas Electrical to quickly and efficiently address your compliance concerns. We offer hourly, daily, or project agreements based on your needs. Our support services include the following:

• advice on your target markets with clear bespoke guidance on regulatory market entry requirements for each and what is required to comply with them
• development of rationalized test plan to take into account all your target markets; both those you wish to access immediately and those possible in the future. This approach avoids cost and time delays associated with re-testing
• provision of a highly skilled team of compliance engineers to your organization on a contract basis to provide guidance and walk your product through the entire compliance process
• provision of general compliance related advice, including the applicability of standards and product classification
• design review at the front end of the process to assure a compliant design prior to product revisions or commencing production
• creation and implementation of compliance test programs
• support of actual laboratory testing at the test lab
• collation of test data and creation of technical files to assure compliance with your target markets
• in-country regulatory agency liaison to ensure your product(s) is(are) accepted in your target destination(S)
• patented 24/7 project tracking system enables you to maintain knowledge of progress with your product’s approval status in your target countries
• follow up to assure that all aspects of compliance and supporting documentation are in place to support product shipments

This program furthers our commitment to providing comprehensive one stop shop compliance support for its customers.

Our Compliance Management range of services are avaiable from all of our locations worldwide

• China
• France
• Germany
• Hong Kong
• Taiwan
• United Kingdom
• USA