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There are two forms of confirmation of conformity: certification and declaring.
The main difference between them is in the fact that for declaring a manufacturer shall conduct tests by itself, and on the basis of received results (test reports) shall register the declaration of communication product conformity.
In case of certification, the certificate of conformity shall be issued by a certification body, which, in its turn, shall conclude a contract on testing with a test laboratory on its own, and on the basis of received results shall decide whether to issue the certificate or not.
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Each test laboratory and communication product certification body must have the accreditation which grants them the right to perform works on confirmation of conformity exclusively within the sphere of accreditation. The accreditation sphere is governed by the regulatory legal acts, according to the requirements of which confirmation of communication products conformity shall be conducted.
Declaring
All communication products with regard to their connection to public communications networks, not included into the list of communication products subject to mandatory certification, shall be subject to conformity declaring.
The declaration of conformity, as a rule, is required for end user (terminals) communications equipment - CPE (wire and wireless telephones, IP-telephones, mobile devices, modems, BlueTooth and Wi-Fi wireless modules of 802.15 and 802.11a/b/g/n standards, telematic service servers, antennas, etc.).
Certification
Communication products used in technological communications networks and dedicated networks are subject to mandatory certification with regard to their connection to common communications networks.
For communication products used in the telecommunication network, confirmation of conformity in the form of certification is required for:
- automated telephone systems (ATS) of both mobile and fixed-line telephony;
- switches, routers, firewalls and trunk data transmission systems;
- communication products, which perform functions of systems of control and monitoring (NMS);
- billing systems - (billing);
- base stations of cellular telecommunications and radio access networks, trunk systems, radio relay stations, television broadcasting equipment, and earth satellite broadcasting stations;
- law enforcement support system equipment;
- end equipment, which may lead to the malfunctioning of public communications networks.
The certificate of conformity may be issued according to one of the four approved schemes for the period from 1 to 3 years (depending on the scheme).
The equipment not included into the list of communication products subject to mandatory certification shall be subject to declaring.
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The certificate of conformity and the declaration of conformity have equal legal effect.
