What standards and certifications should LED products pass through when they are exported to Europe and the United States

According to LEDinside, when it comes to LED standards, Chinese manufacturers say that the highly demanding technology and safety standards in Europe and the United States are invisible technical trade barriers. The industry believes that if domestic LED lighting practitioners want to break these technical barriers and go to overseas markets, they must first understand the safety, electromagnetic compatibility, performance and other requirements of European and American LED standards for LED lighting products.

1. Major standard institutions and certification marks

ANSI: The American National Standards Institute (American National Standards Institute) is a voluntary organization composed of companies, governments and other members. It rarely formulates standards. ANSI standards are adopted voluntarily, but they are cited by law and formulated by government agencies. Standards are generally mandatory standards.

UL: Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (Underwriters Laboratories Inc.) is the most authoritative in the United States and the largest private organization engaged in safety testing and appraisal in the world.

FCC: The Federal Communications Commission (Federal Communications Commission), an independent agency of the US government, is directly responsible to Congress. The FCC coordinates domestic and international communications by controlling radio broadcasting, television, telecommunications, satellites and cables.

ETL: American Electronic Testing Laboratories (ElectricalTestingLaboratories), founded by American inventor Edison in 1896, enjoys a high reputation in the United States and the world. us indicates that it is applicable to the United States, c indicates that it is applicable to Canada, and both us and c are applicable to both countries.

EnergyStar: Energy Star is an energy saving plan led by the US government, mainly for consumer electronic products. The Energy Star plan was initiated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1992 to reduce energy Consumption and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission (InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission) is the world’s earliest established international electrotechnical standardization organization, responsible for international standardization in the fields of electrical engineering and electronic engineering. Nearly 100,000 experts from all over the world are participating in the IEC’s Standard formulation and revision work.

ENEC: (EuropeanNormsElectricalCertification, European Standard Electrical Certification) is a general European standard for specific products that meet European standards (such as lighting equipment, components, and office and data equipment). The ENEC mark is a general European safety certification mark Since 2000, the ENEC mark, which was originally only allowed to be adopted by European manufacturers, has been opened to all manufacturers in the world.

GB: The Chinese Pinyin abbreviation of the national standard. The serial number is composed of the code number of the national standard, the serial number of the national standard issuance, and the year number of the national standard issuance (using the last two digits of the year of publication), and is compiled by the administrative department of standardization under the State Council , Approved and promulgated by the national standardization authority, a nationally unified standard.

CCC: China Compulsory Certification. The compulsory product certification system was implemented on December 3, 2001. The original CCIB certification and Great Wall CCEE certification were unified into China Compulsory Certification, and its English abbreviation is CCC, or 3C for short Certification, its product catalog contains 132 categories in 19 categories, and the products in the catalog must be certified by a nationally designated certification body, after obtaining relevant certificates and applying certification marks, before they can leave the factory, import, sell and use in business service places .