UAE TRA New Type Approval Regulation version 2.0 effective from May 15, 2019

On April 17, 2019 United Arab Emirates Telecommunication s Regulatory Authority has announced a New Type Approval Policy 2.0 which effective from May 15, 2019. This Type Approval regulation version 2.0 was issued on 2 Oct. 2018, there are many changes from the version 1 (2007). Below, we mentioned few changes for your attention:

1. Telecommunications Equipment Compliance Levels

TRA has set the 3 compliance levels of telecommunications equipment as follow:

a) First level: Declaration of Conformity

This level shall apply to telecommunications equipment of low risk and priority, where approval is granted based on the SDoC with the technical standards and essential requirements.

b) Second level: General Equipment Registration
This level shall apply to telecommunications equipment of medium risk and priority, where the registered manufacturer or importer of telecommunications equipment provides proof of conformity with the technical standards and essential requirements by submitting technical test reports issued by an ILAC-certified lab, or based on a certificate of conformity issued by one of TRA's certification entities.
If the certified test report is not available, TRA may, at the applicant's expense, perform equipment testing or request equipment testing in a recognized testing lab.

c)  Third level: Advance Equipment Registration

This level shall apply to telecommunications equipment of high risk and priority, where the registered manufacturer or importer of telecommunications equipment provides proof of conformity with the technical standards and essential requirements on the basis of:
- Submitting test reports issued by a recognized test labs
- Performing additional technical tests at the telecom equipment National Lab.

The manufacturer or importer of telecommunications equipment shall provide a sample of the telecommunications equipment to be approved under this level as part of the mandatory Type Approval requirements.

From April 30, 2019 workshop with UAE TRA, it mentioned that Level 3 will be applied on any product which does not have a test report from ILAC certified test labs. This is also includes Mobile, Tablets, Handsets devices even if test reports issued by ILAC certified test labs are available.

2. Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC)
The registered manufacturer or importer of telecommunications equipment shall provide the SDoC in accordance with ISO/IEC 17050-1:2004, and shall be responsible for equipment conformity with all requirements specified in the Type Approval Regime.

3. TRA Declaration of Conformity Card (Type Approval Regime Conformity Mark)

The registered manufacturer or importer of telecommunications equipment shall provide the TRA Declaration of Conformity Card (Type Approval Regime Conformity Mark) on the equipment box in a clear, readable and non-removable format before offering, selling or making the equipment available in the UAE market. The TRA Declaration of Conformity Card shall be placed under the display platform of telecommunications equipment in retail stores in a way that is clear and readable to users.)

4. New additional fees will be applicable on the new submission after May 15, 2019.

The regulation is available for download.

If you have any question, please contact Bureau Veritas International Approval team.