Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive

The R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC) has been mandatory since 08.Apr. 2000 and the TTE Directive (98/13/EC) became accordingly invalid after one year's transition period. This new directive has the following main points:
Not only the telecommunications terminal equipment connected to public telephone telecommunications network but also radio equipment are the scope of this directive.

The basic requirements of this directive are:

Conformity Assessment

By this change of the directive, the evaluation of conformity became easier for the manufacturers, and therefore reducing their cost and time to get an approval. However the products which do not comply with the requirements can also enter the market, and this might cause the confusion among consumers. On the other hand manufacturers bear all responsibilities and reliability for the products. Therefore it is getting necessary for the manufacturers to certify that their products fulfill its function normally also in the countries where they are exported.

TÜV Rheinland Group China offers the approval services through our offices in China. Our telecom mark shows that the product was tested by a third person and conforms to the necessary requirements. Distributors, importers, retailers, and consumers can be assured of the compliance with the requirements and the safety of the product, when they see the telecom-mark on it. Thus we can say that telecom mark and the certification is the best tool for the manufacturers, who want to distinguish their products.