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News Release from: Radio Frequency Investigation
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 04 January 2001
Radio frequency certifier gets FCC
recognition
RFI is one of the first organisations in the UK to be appointed as a Telecommunications Certification Body, establishing RFI as a certification body recognised by the FCC in the USA
Radio Frequency Investigation (RFI) Ltd is one of the first organisations in the UK to be appointed as a Telecommunications Certification Body (TCB), establishing RFI as a certification body recognised by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States In accordance with an EU-US mutual recognition agreement, RFI is now able to directly certify almost all radio frequency devices, except those requiring SAR evaluation which at present must still be certified by the FCC
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 11 Apr 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Radio Frequency Investigation (RFI) has been appointed a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) under the EC-US Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), which is now in its transitional phase.
Once FCC regulations are finalised RFI will be able to certify these devices as well.
TCBs in the UK give manufacturers access to local certification for their products, helping speed up critical time to market.
Previously certification was carried out by the FCC or TCBs in the States, a process which could prove cumbersome and time consuming.
Steve Dillingham RFI's regulatory and technical support manager commented, "We are keen to seek accreditations which will streamline and improve the efficiency of the compliance process for our customers.
This new service complements the Notified Body role under the R and TTE Directive allowing a one-stop European Community and US certification service".
In addition RFI is a designated Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) under the EU-US MRA, allowing manufacturers, following successful testing at RFI, to self-declare compliance with the FCC rules, the Declaration of Conformity (DoC) route for certain types of equipment such as personal computers.
The agreement covers a number of sectors only two of which, EMC and Telecommunications were fully implemented following the end of the transition phase on 3 December 2000.
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