Overview of JAPAN VCCI As an actual example

Overview of JAPAN VCCI As an actual example of SDo. C WTO ITA Workshop April 23, 2003 Haruyoshi NAGASAWA Researcher METI, Japan (Executive Board Director VCCI) 1

1．EMC Control Scheme of Japan Immunity Emission ITE Each Industry Association's Standard VCCI Computers, PDAs , Peripherals TTE Electrical Appliance Facsimiles, Modems Copiers TVs, VCRs, Refrigerators, Transformers, Electronic Wires, Fluorescent Lights, others Radio Law Radios, Mobile Phones Microwave Ovens Industry Association's Standard Each Industry Association's Standard Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Law Medical Electrical Equipment ＭＲＩ　Equipment, X-ray Generator, others JIS T 0601 -1 -2(IEC 60601 -1 -1) Pharmaceutical Affairs Law Only Industry Guideline for Immunity except for Medical Electrical Equipment 2

2. What’s VCCI? VCCI Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment Inauguration 1985 (when CISPR 22 released) By Related Industry Associations - JEIDA (IT) - EIAJ (Electronic Devices, Home) - JBMA (Business machines) - CIAJ (Telecom) JEITA (Oct, 2000) Membership Operation No Restriction with Nationality More than 1, 200 membership (as of Jan, 2003) Exclusiveness No other bodies controlling EMI of ITE in Japan 3

Technical specifications Well harmonized with CISPR 22 and CISPR 16 Self verification test with a filed test site Self Declaration Approach Filing a declaration (conformance report) with VCCI office More than 6, 000 reports in 2001 e-filing started since 2002 Regular Market Sampling test practice More than 600 samples tested cumulatively Increasing annual sampling Products 4

Membership Ranks A to C for members to market their IT product in Japan A, B, or C depends on selling volume Now Rank A members are less than 3 % of all membership A > B > C in annual membership charge Rank D for members not to market their IT product in Japan Test Laboratory Filing Test lab to be used for VCCI compliance test must be filed to the VCCI prior to starting a VCCI compliance process Technical assessment required for the filing through either VCCI Measuring facility examination (document only) , or VLAC on-site assessment (ISO 17025 + VCCI technical specs) 5

Test Laboratory Filing (continued) - Certification through VCCI examination of site report (1993 Apr. - ) 　　Around 1, 500 applications (1993 - 1998) - Accreditation through VLAC on-site assessment (1998 Apr. - ) 　　 Test Laboratory Filing VCCI Lab Accreditation VLAC Since 1998 April Since 1993 April Lab Certification VCCI Since 1993 April 　　Accreditation or Certification is a member-option 6

VCCI Self-Declaration Process Flow example VCCI Members Filing Product Shipment Sampling from Market Conformance Report (SDo. C) Acknowledge Conformance Test Notification Certification Application Test Lab Registration Selection from the File Market Sampling Test VCCI 7

3. Current Status of Activity Growth of the Membership 1200 1093 1126 1022 Oversea's D 1000 927 Oversea's C Oversea's Ｂ 849 Oversea's Ａ 800 Japanese D Members Japanese C 545 Japanese B 703 Japanese A 600 612 473 441 341 400 392 303 235 200 179 141 0 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 Fiscal Year 1996 1998 2000 8

Membership detail (Rank Based) JAPANESE A 2% JAPANESE B OVERSEA'S D 2% 10% Category Ratio (%) 1126 23 2. 0 21 1. 9 C OVERSEA'S Ｃ 39% A B JAPANESE C 39% Japanese Membership 442 39. 3 D 63 5. 6 Overseas A 1 0. 1 B 26 2. 3 C 433 38. 5 D 117 10. 4 1126 100. 0 OVERSEA'S A 0% JAPANESE D 6% OVERSEA'S B 2% Total As of March 31, 2002 9

Membership detail (country based) SINGAPORE CHAINA CANADA Country OTHERS Membership Ratio(%) A, B, C D Total USA 223 38. 6 161 20 181 31. 4 68 11 79 13. 7 9 11 20 3. 5 10 8 18 3. 1 Israel GERMANY 47 Chinese Taipei ISRAEL UK 176 9 4 13 2. 3 Canada 7 2 9 1. 6 Singapore 4 1 5 0. 9 China 1 2 3 0. 5 15 11 26 4. 5 460 117 577 100 Korea U. S. A KOREA 577 CHINESE TAIPEI Germany UK Others Total As of March 31, 2002 10

Test Site Registration Application total (renewal included) 3000 2800 2600 2400 2200 2000 Conducted 1800 1600 1400 Anech 3 m 1200 Anech 10 m 1000 Open 3 m 800 600 Open 10 m 400 200 Open 30 m 2001 2000 Year 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 0 11

Test Site Registration 3000 net registration 2800 2600 2400 2200 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 renewal 800 600 400 200 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 12 6 9 12 3 9 12 6 9 1996 12 3 9 6 9 12 3 3 6 12 6 9 0 2002 Year 12

Product Registration Fiscal Year 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 7000 Other 6000 LAN Equipment Communication Equipment # of Registration 5000 Modem Fax 4000 Terminal I/O 3000 Display Printer 2000 Memory WS 1000 Personal Computer 0 13

ORGANIZATION CHAIRMAN VICE-CHAIRMAN JEITA / JBMIA / CIAJ Members BOARD OF DIRECTORS STEERING COMMITTEE Subcommittees PLANNING MEASURING FACILITY REGISTRATION COMMITTEE SECRETARIAT OFFICE EVALUATION WG TECNICAL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MARKET SAMPLING TEST COMMUNICATIONS EDUCATION & TRAINING Committees and Subcommittees consist of 100 or more competent members from VCCI Member Companies, Independent Laboratories, Universities and National Laboratories. Committees lead policy development and course of action 14

4. Implementation of SDo. C and Post-Market Surveillance Product Ship Sampling Marketplace Conformity Reporting A-C Members Request Acknowledge MST Results VCCI Market Sampling Result Reporting Test (MST) SC Request Actions Designation Results Report Test by Designated Public Test houses VCCI Conformity Reporting to Sampling Test 15

Summary of VCCI Compliance Verification Process Time-to-market conscious ! Enhance Post-surveillance ! _ Technical Specifications: CISPR 22 / CISPR 16 -1 _ Test Lab Registration (Filing): –With No VCCI Technical Assessment for Site Report: ‘ 85 - ‘ 93 –thru VCCI Technical Assessment for Site Report: ‘ 93 –thru VLAC Accreditation: ‘ 98 _ Self-Verification Tests before Product Marketing _ Submission of Conformance Report (sort of Do. C, not test report) to VCCI _ Self Marking on Product/Manual _ Periodical Market Sampling Tests by VCCI 16

Where VCCI Scheme located in the WW Regulations? SDo. C zone CATEGORY TEST LAB. TESTING CONFORMITY GROUP 1 . . PRESENTATION LEGAL GROUP 2 Self. Verification Self. Test Self. Declaration KNOWN COUNTRIES No Legal Malaysia REQUIREMENT Australia / NZ EU Many Others Canada (ICES) GROUP 3 GROUP 4 GROUP 5 Certification (Filing) Accreditation Restricted Self. Test Authorized. Test Certification Self. Test Self. Declaration Legal except VCCI (certification)* Self. Test Self. Declaration Legal except VCCI (accreditation)* US(FCC PC’s) Singapore* Legal US(FCC) (TCB) GROUP 6 Legal Korea Chinese Taipei China Russia Mexico Note: (*) - Certification is awarded through an application document examination by VCCI. - Accreditation by VLAC is only accepted for now Provided by VCCI (Reference only) 17

VCCI Sampling Test Record (7 th - 19 th) No. 7 th 8 th Product Telephone # of sample 19 9 th FAX 10 th Word Processor Work Station 15 11 th 22 18 12 th Printer A B A B A Total 3 16 7 11 2 13 21 1 Pass 3 16 6 6 2 10 18 with note A 0 0 1 4 0 3 with note B 0 0 0 1 0 Fail 0 0 0 14 th All B A All 82 40 Class 13 th 25 15 th 39 B A 16 th 17 th B A B 14 26 52 30 13 12 17 22 3 1 13 23 48 24 10 9 16 12 3 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Overseas Members’ Products PCs WP FAX Copier 33 24 19 th All PC 18 th 15 26 33 A B A B Ａ 21 19 14 4 11 3 23 10 23 3 15 16 5 3 4 3 10 9 17 4 0 4 1 6 1 4 0 8 1 4 0 6 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 note A: Pass Judgment but Insufficient Margin and sending a caution letter. note B: Pass Judgment but Critical Margin and sending a warning letter to encourage review of Quality Process. 18 Ｂ

5. Awareness Building Actions l Reach out to Industry Associations ( in Japan and Overseas) l Invite a number of competence people into the committee activities l Take every opportunity to participate in various Computer and 　 Business Exhibitions l Hold annual Technical Workshops / Seminars l Run advertisement in Magazines and Newspapers / Ad. Posters Results l VCCI standards incorporated into member companies’ standards as 　　essential as their quality standards l VCCI compliance has become a de facto requisite for trades in Japan l The Eco Mark Program adopted VCCI as a condition for PCs and Printers qualification l Public recognition of VCCI mark steadily growing 19

The Eco Mark Program is administrated by the Japan Environment Association (JEA) under the auspices of the Ministry of Environment denotes: “This product is tender to the earth” http: //www. jeas. or. jp/ecomark/english/ 20

Ad. Poster displayed in the car of Tokyo Metro Ad. Poster displayed in the Japan Railway Station “AKIHABARA” 21

Exhibition EMC Japan 2002 CEATEC Japan 2002 22

6. Advantages of Industry Self-Regulation 1. Economic Advantages The policy of Government of Japan to honor industry’s voluntarism in controlling EMC was very successful as consumers and manufacturers have enjoyed saving amounting to as much as: US$ 204 M since the establishment of VCCI (1985) (according to our calculation) It was very effective to foster IT industries 2. Technical Advantages Flexible in Operation l Fast market access l Up-to-date International Standards applicable 23

“Industry Self-Regulations” fulfill all the conditions for regulation COST to Market TIME to Market Compliance Reliability Implementing International Standards timelybasis a a - Providing Uniform interpretation of rules a a a Creating Mind-set as “Our Rule” a a a Key Elements 24

VLAC For Facilitating MRA Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Center (VLAC) established by VCCI in 1998 April Now Independent of VCCI operation Operation complied with ISO Guide 58 Accrediting VCCI Rules / CISPR 22 / CISPR 24 with ISO Guide 25 Anyone can get assessment and accreditation The VCCI recognized accrediting organization Participation to APLAC planned for ISO 58 mutual approval 25

Immunity Handling of Immunity or Susceptibility - No plan to implement immunity requirements by VCCI - to be handled as a Quality issue legal Self Verification or SDo. C Certification Japan (Medical) EU quality Japan (except for Medical) US AUS/NZ Chinese Taipei？ China? Others? Korea --- World Wide Immunity Requirements 26

Contact VCCI　Web　 http: //www. vcci. or. jp Haruyoshi Nagasawa (Executive Board Director) nagasawa@vcci. or. jp 27