Announcement on the revised “Interpretation of Technical requirements for the regulated electrical products by Ministerial ordinance” as of September 18th 2014(Sep.22. 2014)
As of September 18th 2014, revised “Interpretation of Technical requirements for the regulated electrical products by Ministerial ordinance”(See Table 2 for the summary) was promulgated.
JET takes following action for its service based on the revision of the Interpretation.
1. PSE Conformity Inspection
For the following electrical products (See in Table 1) whose date of application for the PSE Conformity Inspection is after September 18th 2014, the inspection of those products is conducted based on the revised Interpretation promulgated. Samples and their Inspection fee for the test of the relevant electrical products are required.
If the products are found to be incompliance with the revised Interpretation, products applied for the inspection until 31st May 2015(scheduled) during the transition period(One year after enforcement: till 17th September 2015) are possible to apply again for the Inspection with the Interpretation before revision and issue conformity certificate for the PSE Conformity Inspection. However, please note that products which are found to be incompliance with the revised Interpretation cannot be imported after 18th September 2015.
In addition, products with conformity certificate within the period of validity are not necessary to apply for the Inspection but you are requested to check the compliance with the revised Interpretation till 17th September 2015 based on the obligation to comply with the Interpretation.
Name of products | Additional tests | Additional fee | Number of samples to be tested |
Attachment plugs | Trucking test Glow-wire test |
29,000 JP Yen | 6 pieces maximum |
Multiple socket-outlets with pins directly plugged into socket outlets | |||
Residual current operated circuit breakers with pins directly plugged into socket outlets | |||
Appliances with pins directly plugged into socket outlets | |||
Wiring devices with remote control function | Evaluation test on the remote control | Depend on the type of remote control | As appropriate |
Requirements | Appendix | Relevant Products or Parts | Summary of the addition |
Expanded application of Tracking test as a follow-up action for Tracking of Attachment plugs | Connecting devices in Appendix 4 | -Attachment plugs other than those made of rubber(So-called “Standard attachment plugs”) -Multiple socket-outlets with pins directly plugged into socket outlets |
PTI value: not less than 400 GWIT: not less than 750℃ |
Circuit breakers and similar devices in Appendix 4 | Residual current operated circuit breakers with pins directly plugged into socket outlets | PTI value: not less than 250 GWIT: not less than 750℃ |
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Part 1 in Appendix 8 | Appliances with pins directly plugged into socket outlets | PTI value: not less than 100 GWIT: not less than 750℃ |
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Addition of Interpretation on the Wiring devices with remote control function | Part 1 in Appendix 4 | Wiring devices with remote control function using telecommunication network | - Risk evaluation of the switched-on appliances - Telecommunication network related - Priority of manual operation - Others such as correct operation, etc. |
Addition of Interpretation on the Lead-in type polyethylene insulated cables | Appendix 1 | Lead-in type polyethylene insulated cables | Test methods in addition to clarification of the requirements |
2. S-JET Certification
Customers of S-JET Certification service, whose products are listed on the Table 1 are requested to apply for test on revised standards and to finalize till 17th September 2015.
3. CMJ Registration (Test for trucking of Attachment plugs)
We have a certification service(model by model) of attachment plugs having resistance to trucking which is also registered to CMJ. Please use it as one of effective means to testify to follow the revision standards made at this time.
Contact information is available on our website;
For Technical requirement
JET Yokohama Laboratory, Reception group 1-12-30, Motomiya, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 230-0004 JAPAN | |||
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TEL:+81-45-582-2151 | FAX:+81-45-582-2671 | E-mail:yokohama@jet.or.jp | |
JET Kansai Laboratory, General Service group 4-1, Kouyouchounishi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi,Hyogo, 658-0033 | |||
TEL:+81-78-771-5135 | FAX:+81-78-771-5136 | E-mail:kansai@jet.or.jp | |
JET Tokyo Laboratory, General Service group 5-14-12, Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8545, JAPAN | |||
TEL:+81-3-3466-5234 | FAX:+81-3-3466-9219 | E-mail:tokyo@jet.or.jp |
For the Announcement
Product Certification Division 5-14-12, Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-8545 JAPAN | |||
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TEL:+81-3-3466-5183 | FAX:+81-3-3466-5250 | E-mail:pcd@jet.or.jp |