Compulsory Certification Mark Management Rules

Announcement No. 1, 2001 by CNCA

Chapter 1 General rules
Clause 1 To strengthen uniform supervision and management of compulsory certification mark (shortened form 'certification mark' as below) and safeguard consumers legal rights, we set up this measure according to national related laws and regulations.
Clause 2 This measure is adapted to the setting, issue, use,management of product certification mark listed in 'Compulsory Product Certification Catalogue Implemented by People's Republic of China' (hereafter referred to <Catalog>(http://china-ccc-certification.com/ccc-catalogue.asp) as abbreviated).
Clause 3 CNCA set and issue certification mark uniformly, and supervise/manage the certification mark.
Clause 4 Products listed in <Catalog> must obtain certificate approved by certification institute which is designated by CNCA, and can use certification mark only when they met certification requirement in certification validity term.
Clause 5 Products listed in <Catalog> is allowed to leave factory/import/sale/commerce use, only if this product is past the certification and tagged certification mark.
Chapter 2 certification mark pattern
Clause 6 Certification mark name is 'China Compulsory Certification' (abbreviation is 'CCC').
Clause 7 Certification mark pattern is composed of basic pattern and note of certification kind.
Basic pattern
Basic pattern is as figure1 shows.
Figure1: Certification mark basic pattern
The note of Certification kind
The note of certification kind is as figure2 showing. Printing certification kind note on the right of certification mark basic pattern to prove certification kind of product, certification kind note is composed of abbreviation letters of English words which stand for certification kind. E.g. 's' in figure2 stands for safety certification.
CNCA set and announce related certification kind note according to certification work demand.
Figure 2 Certification mark pattern
Clause 8 Specific pattern of 'China Compulsory Certification' mark: 'CCC', the abbreviation of 'China Compulsory Certification' is adapted to special products such as electrical wires/cables which passed certification.
Clause 9 Certification mark specification
Certification mark is divided into standard specification certification marks(http://china-ccc-certification.com/148.html) and nonstandard specification certification marks(http://china-ccc-certification.com/167.html).
Standard specification certification marks have 5 kinds, the specification and standard are as table1 and figure3 showing.
Figure3 Scale of certification mark pattern
Nonstandard certification mark's specification is different from table1's specification, but its size should be linear scale of standard specification certification marks.
Clause 10 The color of certification mark
The color of standard specification certification marks which uniformly printed by CNCA (hereafter referred to uniformly printed standard specification certification marks as abbreviated) is white backboard and black pattern;
If certification mark on product or product name plate use print / mold press / mould / silk-screen / spray-paint / candle engraving / carving / pyrograph / poke and such mode (hereafter referred to print and mould as abbreviated), the color of backboard and pattern can be chosen rightly according to product appearance or general design of name plate.
Chapter 3 The utilization of certification mark
Clause 11 The way of certificated product using certification mark can be chosen with following rules according to product feature:
Uniformly printed standard specification certification mark must be labeled on the preset position of certificate product outer part;
The certification mark should be printed/moulded on name plate or apparent position of product outer part if print/ mould certification mark;
The certification mark must be labeled on product minimum pack and enclosed document when can not label certification mark on main body of certificated product.
The specific pattern of 'China Compulsory Certification' mark must be printed/moulded on main body of product when the special certificated product can not be applied certification mark as above rules.
Clause 12 Certification mark can be labeled on the certificated product outer pack.
Clause 13 The product produced in foreign country and passed certification must be labeled certification mark before importing; the product produced in China and passed certification must be labeled certification mark before leaving the factory.
Chapter 4 Make, Application and grant of Certification Mark
Clause 14 The printing institutes which appointed by CNCA undertake the making of uniformly printed standard specification certification marks.
Clause 15 According to Article 2 and Article 4, Clause 11 of this measure, applicant of certification mark (abbreviated 'applicant' below) should go to the organization designated by CNCA (abbreviated 'designated organization' below) to apply for the printing and mould pressing design, and then fabricate it after being approved by CNCA.
Clause 16 Apply for using of certification mark
Applicant should go to designated organization to apply for using certification mark, and submit the duplicate of application form and certificate.
If the applicant trusts others to apply for using certification mark, the consignee should apply to designated organization for using certification mark and submit the copy of application form and certificate.
If applicant applies for the use of certification mark by letter or telecommunications, the applicant should provide the written/electronic text of the duplicate of application form and certificate to the designated organization.
Clause 17 Applicant who apply for using certification mark should pay cost of uniformly printed standard specification certification marks or supervision/management fee of mould/print certification mark.
Clause 18 uniformly printed standard specification certification marks are granted by designated organization.
Chapter 5 Certification Mark Supervision and Management
Clause 19 CNCA carry out uniform supervision and management of certification mark making, grant and using.
According to the duty, local quality inspection administration should be responsible for supervising/managing the use of certification mark in jurisdictional area.
The designated organization should supervising/managing the issue certification mark of certificated product.
Commissioned foreign inspection institute carry out supervision/inspection of certification mark using of the commissioned certificated product.
Clause 20 The designated inspection organization/the designated organization are in duty bound to notify the rules of managing certification mark to the applicant, and guide the applicant to use the mark under the rules.
Clause 21 Applicant should abide by following rules:
Set up certification mark use/management regulations, record and file certification mark using condition according to the facts;
Guarantee certification mark used product met certification regulations;
No using certification mark for the product which exceeded certification term of validity;
Using certification mark correctly in advertisement, product brochure and other publicity release, no using the certification mark to misguide and cheat consumers;
Accept the supervision/audit of certification mark use by CNCA, local quality inspection administration and the designated certification organization.
Clause 22 Certification institute/test institute/inspection institute appointed by CNCA can use certification mark correctly in business and advertisement propagate, no using the certification mark to misguide and cheat consumers.
Clause 23 The enterprise which undertake the work of making uniformly printed standard specification certification marks should responsible for keeping the secret of certification mark print technique and fraud-proof technique, no providing uniformly printed standard specification certification marks and print implements to any institutes or individual without the authorization of CNCA.
Clause 24 Product within the certification term of validity fail to meet certification regulations, designated certification institute should charge the applicant to correct within a time-limit, and can not use certification mark within the period of correct with time-limit.
Clause 25 Administrative penalty according to rules of national related laws and regulations will be given to who forgery, fabricate, embezzle, fraudulent use, contraband, transfer of certification mark; Investigating its legal duty which violated the laws.
Clause 26 Designated certification institute/institute and its staff fail to perform their obligation or abuse of authority should be punished according to related rules.
Chapter 6 Supplementary Articles
Clause 27 The certification mark applicant referred in this measure is certificate holder.
Clause 28 CNCA take charge of explains of this measure.
Clause 29 This measure will be implemented since May 1, 2002.

Process of Purchasing CCC mark
(http://china-ccc-certification.com/155.html)
Process of Printing/Impressing CCC mark
(http://china-ccc-certification.com/156.html)