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2017/SOM1/SCSC/016 Agenda Item: 5.6.1

Report on the Joint Regulatory Advisory Committee Activities in 2017

Purpose: Information

Submitted by: JRAC Chair

First Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance Meeting

Nha Trang, Viet Nam 20-21 February 2017

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REPORT ON JOINT REGULATORY ADVISORY

COMMITTEE(JRAC) ACTIVITIES IN 2017

21st JRAC MEETING• 21st JRAC on EEE meeting was held on 18-19 August 2016 in Lima, Peru• Chairman - Dr Ki-Seuk Lee (Republic of Korea – Director of GlobalCertification Cooperation Center, Certification Bussiness Division ofKorea Testing laboratory(KTL))

• Secretary – Mr Mohd Elmi Anas (Malaysia- Director of Electrical SafetyRegulation, Malaysian Energy Commission)

• Attendence – Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Chile, Japan(first day only),Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, IEC,Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC)

• Non Attendence – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, China, HongKong China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Vietnam

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PRESENTATION DURING 21ST JRAC MEETING• Presentation by ASEAN – ASEAN EE MRA (Objective, Status, FuturePlan)

• Presentation by IEC – Utilization of International Standards,membership, benefits and new IEC Programs

• Presentation by Chile – Product Certification in Chile• Presentation by Korea – Korea’s operation on electrical andelectronic equipment regulation and conditions for mutualrecognition

• Economy Update - Chile, Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia• SCSC’S Update – APEC secretariat• SCSC Priorities 2016 – SCSC Chair

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION, FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS, WAYFORWARD

• Updating contact information of member economy representative (NewZealand Case).

• Updating Conformity Assessment Regulations for EEE products.• Continuation of APEC JRAC Benchmarking.• Amendment of some questionnaire in the matrix form due to redundancy.• Sharing and exchanging experience/information from members economy.• Considering providing/introducing pilot programme. Survey will be conductedduring next APEC JRAC meeting.

• Considering the Chairmanship of APEC JRAC meeting to be a two-year term.Survey will be conducted during next APEC JRAC meeting.

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22nd APEC JRAC MEETING• JRAC Chairman – Malaysia• JRAC Secretary – New Zealand (to be Confirmed. Papua New Guineawilling to take role of JRAC Secretary if New Zealand not be able todo it)

• Venue – Vietnam• Date – August 2017

THANK YOU