"China Compulsory Certification (China Compulsory Certification), referred to as 3C certification, is the Chinese government to protect consumers' health and safety, environmental protection, protection of national security, in accordance with laws and regulations for the implementation of a product evaluation system, which requires that the product must comply with national standards and relevant technical specifications before production, import or Sales.
The Catalogue of Products for Compulsory Product Certification (3C Catalogue) is determined and dynamically adjusted by CNCA.
At present, the 3C catalogue involves a total of twenty-one categories of products:
Wires and cables, circuit switches and electrical devices for protection or connection, low-voltage electrical appliances, low-power motors, power tools, welding machines, household and similar equipment, audio and video equipment, information technology equipment, lighting appliances, motor vehicles and safety accessories, motor vehicle tyres, safety glass, agricultural products, telecommunications terminal equipment, fire protection products, safety products, decorative products, children's products, Explosion-proof electrical appliances, household gas appliances
Trivia:
In order to further optimise the business environment and enhance the level of cross-border trade facilitation, the Customs and Excise Department has implemented a series of facilitation measures for the verification of mandatory certification entry.
"Network verification of documents"
Customs is now "exempt from compulsory product certification" and "Compulsory Product Certification Certificate" implementation of network verification, enterprises only need to declare customs in the "single window" fill in the licence number.
"Statement first after verification" pilot
In line with the exemption from mandatory certification of imported auto parts (11 HS code), customs clearance units can be issued by the consignee of their own "exemption from mandatory product certification self-declaration" (referred to as self-declaration), according to the requirements of the declaration procedures can be lifted out of the port of entry of the goods. The declaration of information in accordance with the customs declaration to amend the way to make up the record can be."
