Claim of compliance with Australian and New Zealand regulatory requirements
Regulatory Compliance Mark
The RCM symbol may be affixed to the product, its packaging, or depicted prominently on a website at a URL affixed – or encoded into a QR code affixed – to the product or its packaging.
The Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) is a trademarked symbol that denotes a claim that a product is safe for use in Australia and New Zealand because it satisfies applicable regulatory requirements.[1] These requirements comprise both the requirements under the Electrical Equipment Safety System (EESS) and the Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) requirements for EMC, EME, and telecommunications and wireless devices.[2][3][4] As of May 2024[update], the EESS regulates the safety of household electrical equipment in the Australian states of Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania.[5][6]
Owned by the Electrical Regulatory Authorities Council (ERAC) – the peak body of electrical safety regulators in Australia and New Zealand – and the ACMA, RCM use is defined by AS/NZS 4417.[7][8] On 1 March 2016, the RCM became mandatory and replaced ACMA's A-tick and C-tick marks.[9] Similar to the CE mark, the RCM is not a quality indicator nor a certification mark.[10]
^Robinson, Paul W (2016). Regulatory Compliance Mark(PDF). IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering. Anaheim, California. pp. 1–27. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
^Robinson, Paul W (31 March 2016). Regulatory Compliance Mark. IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering. Anaheim, California. doi:10.1109/ISPCE.2016.7492843. S2CID34896380.
