1、 The importance of METI filing in Japan

 

1) PSE certification is a Japanese compulsory safety certification to prove that the electrical and electronic products have passed the safety standard test of Japanese electrical and raw material safety law or international IEC standards.

 

2) According to Japan's dentorl law (electrical equipment and material control law), products entering the Japanese market must pass PSE safety certification. Among them, 116 class a products should obtain the diamond PSE mark, and 341 class B products should obtain the round PSE mark.

 

3) METI filing regulations require Japanese purchasers to register and declare with METI within one month after purchasing commodities, and must mark the purchase name or ID on the products, so as to supervise and manage the product sales process in the future.

 

 

 

Special reminder: at present, products exported to Japan and applied for PSE certification are required to be filed with METI!

 

2、 Introduction to METI filing in Japan

 

METI (Ministry of economy, trade and industry) released the detailed information of the method, which was formulated by the information economy division of Commerce and Information Policy Bureau of the Department.

 

3、 A brief introduction to the filing process of METI in Japan

 

3.1 registration and application process of METI in Japan

 

1) Applicants cooperate with microtest to provide application documents;

 

2) Submit the test report and relevant documents to the Ministry of economy and industry of Japan;

 

3) Registration of application documents;

 

4) Product brand design and confirmation.

 

3.2 list of METI filing materials in Japan

 

1) Opening application form;

 

2) PSE test report (for products with batteries or adapters, PSE test report is also required for batteries and adapters);

 

3) Product manual (Japanese + English);

 

4) Product specification (BOM, product photo);

 

5) Discrepancy statement (if series models are included in the report).

 

3.3 filing cycle and samples of METI in Japan

 

1) Cycle 5-15 working days;

 

2) 3-5 samples.

 

 

 

3.4. METI filing form template:

 

The validity of METI filing is 3 years.