EMC Regulations in Japan
and
VCCI
February 28, 201３
Shozo Satake
VCCI Council
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Conformity Labels Required
R 01NYAA0123
Wireless LAN is subject to
Radio Law（電波法）
T A02-1234JP
Modem is subject to
Telecommunications Business Law
（電気通信事業法）
To TEL Line
EMI
AC Adapter (Power Supply) is subject
to DEN-AN Law （電気用品安全法）
To AC Power
Supply
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EMC-related Regulations in Japan
Emission
ITE
TTE
VCCI
Computer, Tablet PC, Peripherals
Facsimiles
Modems
Copiers
Electrical
Appliance
Immunity
Radio Law
Radio
Mobile Phones
Microwave Ovens
Each
Industrial
Association’s
Standard
DEN-AN Law
TV, VCR, Refrigerators
Transformers, Electric Wires
Fluorescent Lights, Others
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EMC Regulation Scheme and VCCI
VCCI
Den-An Law
Specified
Den-An Law
Non-specified
EU
US
(PC etc.)
LEAGAL rq’t
NO
Legal
Legal
Legal
Legal
Technical STD’s
IEC/CISPR
Domestic STD
or IEC/CISPR
Domestic STD
or IEC/CISPR
IEC/CISPR
IEC/CISPR
TEST rq’t
Self-Test
Authorized-Test
Self-Test
Self-Test
Self-Test
LAB rq’t
Registration
Designated
Third Party
(Non)
(Non)
Accreditation
CONFORMITY
DOC
Certification
DOC
DOC
DOC
LABEL
VCCI mark
◇PSE mark
○PSE mark
CE mark
FCC mark
DOC: Declaration of Conformity
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What is VCCI?
A membership organization with the purpose to supress
electromagnetic interference given out from information
technology equipment distributed by the members in Japan.
History
 Founded in 1985 as voluntary membership organization
jointly by information technology related industry
associations in Japan
 Reconstituted as a legal entity “VCCI Council” in April
2009
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The Feature of VCCI
 Constitution
A not-for-profit membership organization governed by
internal council
 Scheme to underpin VCCI operations
1. Registration of members’ measurement facilities used for
conformity assessment against VCCI requirements for
upper limits of EMI emission
2. Members’ own declaration of conformity in the form of
conformity verification report filed to VCCI before the
shipment of the product bearing the VCCI mark
3. Market sampling test to maintain the confidence in the
declared conformity symbolized by the VCCI mark affixed on
the product
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VCCI Conformity Procedure
 Measure products by VCCI registered measurement facility, and
confirm the conformity with the disturbance limits.
 Submit a conformity verification report of the applicable ITE to
VCCI prior to placing the ITE into the market.
 Affix the VCCI mark on each product, and supply the warning
statement in instruction manuals.
 Coorporate with VCCI for market sampling test.
VCCI Members
Filing
Sampling from
Market
Conformity
Product
verification Report Shipment
Acknowledge
Conformance
Test
Filing
Certification
Application
Test Lab
Registration
Filing
Market
Sampling Test
Selection from the file
ＶＣＣＩ
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Test Laboratory Registration
 Test lab to be used for VCCI conformance test must be registered to
VCCI prior to starting a VCCI conformance process
 Two routes are available for technical assessment of the laboratory
to be registered. One is certification by VCCI and the other is
laboratory accreditation (ISO 17025 + VCCI technical rules) by
VLAC or JAB.
 In April 2007 VCCI extended the accreditation scheme to NVLAP,
A2LA and ACLASS that officially include VCCI rules, with the
exchange of letters under Japan-US telecom MRA.
Test Laboratory Registration
Since April 1993
VCCI
Lab Certification
VCCI
Since April 1993

Lab Accreditation
VLAC,JAB
Since April 1998
Choice of certification or accreditation is a member-option.
VLAC,JAB :Accreditation Bodies in Japan
NVLAP,A2LA,ACLASS : Accreditation Bodies in US
MRA
:Mutual Recognition Agreement
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Market Sampling Test
Conformity
Report of Compliance
Verification Report
Members
VCCI
Market Sampling
Test (MST) SC
Test by Test Laboratories
commissioned by VCCI
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Changes in membership
1400
1200
1093
23
21
1126
23
21
1174
1162
23
18
21
23
1213
800
600
442
426
441
463
67
26 0
69
30 2
72
39 2
469
444
447
1279
23
31
22
32
478
483
23
30
1000
446
1256
1290
22
37
501
1296
22
37
1234
22
36
1178
1180
22
36
23
35
450
453
72
6
43
78
10
41
391
376
491
477
68
37 4
70
37 4
75
41 5
77
5
48
477
483
452
451
73
6
44
60
20 1
63
26 1
430
433
112
117
125
132
137
138
148
157
165
162
158
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
400
414
Japan
Overseas
200
0
Ovs/Ｄ
Ovs/Ｃ
Ovs/Ｂ
Overseas
Ovs/Ａ
Jpn/Ｄ
Jpn/Ｃ
Jpn/Ｂ
Japan
Jpn/Ａ
164
2011
Colour coding for
Membership
categories
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Breakdown of Overseas Members
SINGAPORE
HONG KONG
CANADA
U.K.
ISRAEL
FRANCE
OTHERS
GERMANY
USA
CHINA
591
KOREA
CHINESE
TAIPEI
USA
214
CHINESE
TAIPEI
146
KOREA
73
CHINA
46
GERMANY
24
ISRAEL
16
CANADA
13
U.K.
15
HONG KONG
10
SINGAPORE
7
FRANCE
8
OTHERS
19
Total
591
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Changes in the number of
conformity verification reports filed
Number of filed conformity verification report
Computer
Printer
Fax
PC
Display
Modem
WS
Input/Output
Communication
Strage
Terminal
LAN
Others
7000
6000
6029
567
6114
627
6110
5841
684
6114
4000
1018
378
179
122
979
3000
483
2000
1000
662
1103
377
181
156
861
492
738
958
766
760
805
626
544
312
107
141
346
128
118
329
120
751
798
832
831
501
531
553
463
619
648
668
802
305
334
0
518
306
411
0
648
284
388
218
155
259
335
0
546
536
439
661
438
2002
2003
2004
2005
789
5128
713
264
127
249
313
0
543
0
5504
340
192
247
5823
798
749
5000
5784
147
669
492
897
5367
559
646
586
723
213
122
95
504
198
66
89
754
563
692
495
430
495
678
766
744
208
66
63
280
464
126
632
213
431
95
238
424
119
633
252
431
205
512
754
718
205
512
129
587
343
306
370
355
367
384
2008
2009
2010
2011
2006 2007
Fiscal year
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Organization
Steering committee
Council
Technical SC
Board of directors
International Relations SC
VCCI secretariat
office
Market Sampling Test SC
Communications SC
Education & Training SC
Committees and subcommittees are
positively participated by 100 or more
competent experts from VCCI member
companies, independent testing
laboratories and universities.
Measuring Facility
Registration Committee
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Major Activities of Subcommittees
Technical SC
Revision control of the VCCI Requirements
CISPR/I Secretary and experts for JPNC, and technical contribution to CISPR NC
Radiated & Conducted emission WGs
Measurement site validation method WG
International Relations SC
VCCI International Forum (Tokyo)
VCCI Workshop (overseas)
Watch Standards and Regulatory Movement overseas and update members
Market Sampling Test SC
Post Market Sampling Test
Monitor rightful use of VCCI mark at shop front
Communication SC
Operation of VCCI Homepage / Journal / Q&A
VCCI Promotion
Education & Training SC
Training Course for test engineers (entry level)
Training Course for test engineers (practical level)
EMI Antenna & Site Calibration course (advanced level)
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EMC Milestones
VCCI related
Worldｗide related
 1979 FCC Mandated testing
 1985 CISPR 22 published
 Dec. 1985 VCCI founded
 Jun. 1986 Started DoC filing
 April 1993 Started measuring facility
registration
 1996 EMC Directives issued by EU
 1996 FCC introduced DoC
 1997 Australia introduced DoC
 April 1998 VLAC established
(laboratory accreditation services)
 April 2007 Mutual recognition of
testing laboratories with FCC
 April 2009 Reconstituted as VCCI Council
Note: VCCI implemented DoC ahead of EU and US.
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MRA Scheme between Japan and US
Radio Law
and
Telecommunication
Business Law
MRA
Exchange
of letters
Voluntary Control
for ITE
47CFR Part 11,15,21,22
47CFR Part 68
47CFR Part 15 Subpart B
47CFR Part 18
(Constituting DOC)
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Exchange of Letters between Jpn and US
 Exchange of letters on the control of EMI from ITE came
into effect under Japan-US telecom MRA in February,
2007.
 ITE imported to US from Japan:
FCC accepts DOC with test report issued by testing
labs accredited by Japanese accreditation bodies.
Affixing the FCC mark on the products allowed
 ITE imported to Japan from US:
VCCI accepts test report issued by US testing
labs accredited by US accreditation bodies. Affixing
the VCCI mark on the products allowed
 Accreditation bodies to continuously monitor competence
of testing labs
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MRA between Japan and USA
VCCI and FCC mutually accept EMC test laboratories accredited by
accreditation bodies in the other country from April 2007 (by MoU).
Japan government
Exchange of letters
（METI,MIC）
US government
(USTR)
ＶＣＣＩ
MOU
Laboratory accreditation bodies
（VLAC, JAB）
EMC test laboratories
Manufactures
Japan Market
ＦＣＣ
MOU
Laboratory accreditation bodies
（NVLAP, A2LA, ACLASS）
EMC test laboratories
（VCCI Members）
Manufactures
（VCCI Members）
US Market
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Points to nurture reciprocity
 Secure equal market access from the
other
VCCI must sincerely accept test reports from US
as US accepts DoC from Japan.
 Keep level of laboratory accreditation
on parity
The equivalence is secured as the accreditation
bodies of the two countries are both members of
APLAC MRA.
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Merits of the Exchange of Letters in MRA
1. For testing laboratories
Once accredited by a Japanese accreditation body a
laboratory i. can enjoy the status of accredited laboratory both of
VCCI and FCC
ii. can enjoy fast-track facility registration at VCCI
(shortened to 1 week from usual 3 months)
iii. can be exempted from submission of measurement
data and payment of registration fees to VCCI
2. For Japanese ITE manufacturers
i.
Can enjoy one-stop testing at a laboratory in
Japanese passable both in Japan and US
ii. Can shoot troubles, when occurred, in Japan
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Registration of accredited laboratory
 A laboratory accredited by a accreditation body meeting
requirements of MRA can register its measurement
facilities to VCCI with examination exempted
 A single registration number is collectively assigned to
multiple measurement facilities listed in the scope of a
certificate of accreditation granted based on Article 15
on and after April 1, 2012
R: Radiated EMI
C: Conducted EMI
T: Telecom port conducted EMI
G: Radiated EMI above 1GHz
Ａ：Laboratory
 Facility registration based on Article 15 is possible via a
web site from July 2012.
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The number of accredited laboratories registered to VCCI
As of
March 31, 2012
No. of Facilities
Japan
No. of Labs
Overse
as
No. of Facilities
No. of Labs
303
469
-
As of
December 31, 2012
192
34
170
74
 Laboratory based collective registration is on the smooth increase
• Good acceptance of Web based registration procedure
• All accredited laboratories will be switched to registered
laboratories by March 2014
 3 – 4 measurement facilities per registered laboratory in average
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VCCI International Forum 2013
Date : March 1, Friday, 2013 10:30 – 16:50
Venue : U Thant Conference Hall, United Nation University
Admission fee : free
１．Development in EU regarding EMC
２．Development in the EU regarding
R&TTE Directive
３．Introduction to Customs Union
Customs Union Technical Regulation
４．EMC Legislation and Standardization
in Israel
５．Conformity Assessment System of
Communication Equipment's
Mr. Jan Coenraads, EU
Mr. Jose Prats, EU
Mr. Sergey Smirnov,
Russia
Mr. Elya B. Josse,
Israel
Mr. Choi Namho,
Korea
Hands-out is downloadable at:
http://www.vcci.jp/event/forum2013/materials.html
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Summary
1. VCCI is a membership organization with the purpose to
suppress electromagnetic interference from ITE in Japan.
2. Started as a voluntary organization in 1985 VCCI was
reconstituted as a legal entity “VCCI Council” in April 2009
3. The number of VCCI members is approximately 1,200
which is almost equally divided by companies in Japan
and overseas
4. VCCI and FCC came to an agreement to mutually accept
test reports issued by accredited laboratories of the other
country in February 2007 in the framework of Japan-US
telecommunication MRA
5. Registration of accredited laboratories is making smooth
progress in the both countries:
Japan :192 facilities + 34 laboratories
US
:170 facilities + 74 laboratories
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