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The electrical product and household goods safety certification program

A "product that requires safety certification," shall mean electrical products or household products that fall into any of the following categories;
A. The electrical products that require safety certification: The electrical products that are believed to be of a higher level of risks of fire or electrification due to the structure or how they are used, designated according to the Decree of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, as it is believed that safety certification may mitigate such risks.
B. The household products that require safety certification: The household products that are believed to be of a higher level of health risks, property damage risks, or the concerns of environmental damages due to the structure or how they are used, designated according to the Decree of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, as it is believed that safety certification may mitigate such risks.

The related laws and regulations

(Article 3 of the Enforcement Rules (The scope of the products subject to the safety management requirements)

① The electrical products that require safety certification are designated as the products which use an AC/DC power source of 1,000 V or less, as shown in Item 1 of Table 3.
② The household products that require safety certification shall be the products shown in Item 2 under Table 3.

(Article 3 of the Guideline for the Operation of the Safety Management of Electrical Products and Household Products (The detailed items of the products that require safety certification.))

① The details of the items that are designated as the electrical products that require safety certifications, electrical products of which the safety must be confirmed, and electrical products of which the conformity of the supplier must be confirmed (hereinafter referred to as the electrical products that require safety management), as per Item 8 under Article 3 of the rule, are as follows;
1. The detailed items in the electrical products that require safety certification are as follows;
② The details of the household products, as per Item 8, Article 3 of the rule, that require safety certification, safety confirmation, and confirmation of the conformity of the supplier, as well as the household products that require the packaging to protect the children (hereinafter referred to as the household products that require safety management) are as follows;
1. The details of the items that belong to the category of the household products that require safety certification are as shown in Table 4.
③ The electrical products that use an AC power source of 30V or less or a DC source of 42V or less are not counted as electrical products that require safety management. However, even if the product has a power source of AC 30V or less or DC 42 or less, the electrical products that are separately designated in Table 1 through 3 are counted as electrical products that require safety management.
④ The electrical products that combine more than two product functions into one are considered as a single model, to which the detailed criteria for model classification for their functions before the combination and safety have a direct impact.

The products that require safety certification

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Household products

Classifications	Items	Detailed items
Electrical instruments	A. Electrical cleaner	Vacuum cleaner Water suction cleaner Electric floor cleaner Electric surface washer Steam cleaner Steam defroster High-pressure washer (of which the rated input is no more than 3kW)
	Remarks) Those that are used with an AC power source of 30V or lower or a DC power source of 42V or lower are included. In this case, only the requirements for the supplier qualification will apply.
	B. Electric iron and press	Electric iron Steam iron Pants press Dewrinkler Ironing press
	C. Electric heating device for the kitchen	Electric range Electric oven Electric fixed grills Electric stove Electric heater Electric warmer Electric toaster Electric frying pan Electric movable grills Electric meat broiler Waffle making machine Hot plate
	D. Electric washing machines and spinning machine	Electric washing machine Electric spinning machine
	E. Hair managing devices	Hairdryer Electric hair soldering machine Hair rolls
	F. The powered kitchen tools using AC power	Juicer Juicer-mixer Hood mixer Electric green-juice maker Creaming agitator Egg batter maker Mixer Butter making machine Juice presser Slicing machine Electric knife sharpening machine Electric can opener Electric knife Coffee grinder Ice grinder Electric meat grinder Electric noodle maker Electric meat slicer Electric bone cutting machine Other powered kitchen appliances
	G. Electric liquid heater	Electric rice cooker Electric rice cooker Electric kettle Electric pot Electric water boiling machine Electric decocter Coffee maker Electric steam cooker Egg cooker Milk heater Feeding bottle heater Yogurt maker Steam cooking machine and other machines used to heat liquid
	H. Electric blankets, mats, and beds	Electric futon Electric mat Electric carpet Electric floor mat Electric bed
	Remarks) They include the ones used at AC 30V or lower or DC 42V or lower.
	I. Electric hot thermal treatment machine using AC power source, a foot warmer using an AC power source	Electric cushion Electric thermal treatment machine Food warmer
	Remarks) Includes those using AC 30V or less.
	J. Electric water heater	Electric water heater (including the ones that maintain the water at a temperature that is lower than the boiling point) Instant water heater
	K. Electric refrigerator or freezer	Electric refrigerators or freezers Ice makers Ice-Cream freezers Electric water cooler
	Remarks) Limited to those of which the rated input is no more than 1.5kW. However, ice makers are limited to those of 3kW or lower.
	L. Microwave ovens	A microwave oven (that uses a frequency between 300MHz and 30GHz)
	M. Electric charger	Electric charger
	Remarks) Limited to the products that are used at AC 250V or less.
	N. Electric dryer	Rotating electric dryer Hand dryer Electric dryer
	Remarks) Limited to those used in drying hands, feet, garments, agricultural products, or fishery products.
	O. Electric heating equipment	Electric stove Electric heating board Electric radiator Electric space heater Heat storage-type electric heater Light-bulb type electric heater Pellet stove (only the ones that use an electric element to ignite)
	P. Electric massaging machine	Electric massaging machine
	Q. Coolers	Coolers
	R. Electric pest killing machine using an AC power source	Electric-shock-based bug-killing machine
	Remarks) Includes those using AC 30V or less.
	S. Fans, range hoods	Fans Wind blowers Fans Rangehood Electric cool air blower
	Remarks) Only those of which the rated input is no more than 1kW.
	T. Electric devices for washrooms	Automatic washing and drying stool Electric toilet Waste chute
	U. Humidifier	Humidifier
	V. Other items that are similar to those named in Item A through U
	Remarks) Only those of which the rated input is no more than 10kW. Explosion-proof types are not included.

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The electrical product and household goods safety certification program

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(Article 3 of the Enforcement Rules (The scope of the products subject to the safety management requirements)

(Article 3 of the Guideline for the Operation of the Safety Management of Electrical Products and Household Products (The detailed items of the products that require safety certification.))

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The electrical product and household goods safety certification program

The related laws and regulations

(Article 3 of the Enforcement Rules (The scope of the products subject to the safety management requirements)

(Article 3 of the Guideline for the Operation of the Safety Management of Electrical Products and Household Products (The detailed items of the products that require safety certification.))

The products that require safety certification

Visit the website of the responsible department

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