Regulations Governing Recognition of Designated Testing Laboratory for Commodity Inspection Article 21

A testing laboratory that has been recognized by the BSMI through an international cooperation or a mutual recognition agreement shall be deemed as a designated testing laboratory.The National Certification Body (NCB) and its associated CB Testing Laboratory (CBTL) under the Certification Bodies’ Scheme of the IEC System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrical Equipment (IECEE CB Scheme) may apply to the BSMI for registration; for CBTLs, the application for registration shall be made via the NCB. The scope shall be limited to those designated and announced by the BSMI. The CB Test Certificates attached with test reports issued by the registered NCBs and its associated CBTLs may be reviewed and tested by a domestic designated testing laboratory to verify compliance of the products with the designated inspection standards. Based on the verification results, the domestic designated testing laboratory may issue its test reports.A domestic designated testing laboratory that has been approved by the BSMI and the foreign competent authority through an international cooperation or a mutual recognition agreement may sign a mutual recognition agreement for test reports with a foreign testing laboratory. The foreign testing laboratory which has signed a mutual recognition agreement for test reports issues a test report in accordance with the designated inspection standards of the BSMI. The test report may be reviewed and tested by the domestic designated testing laboratory to verify compliance of the products with the designated inspection standards. Based on the verification results, the domestic designated testing laboratory may issue its test reports.