News Express | Taiwan BSMI releases voluntary certification regulations for energy storage batteries

On May 16, 2022, the Bureau of Standards and Inspection (BSMI) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan issued an announcement "Regulations on the Implementation of Voluntary Product Verification for Single Cells and Battery Systems of Energy Storage Systems" and announced that it will take effect immediately. The specific information is as follows:

01 Product name/standard/application mode

02 Questions about factory inspection

1. For the "product test mode + factory inspection mode" in the above table, when applying for the first time, the initial factory inspection must be carried out. After passing/obtaining the factory inspection report/certificate, the application documents can be submitted and obtained after the BSMI review. Certificate.

2. After the initial factory inspection is completed and passed, the factory inspection shall be applied for with the type test report.

3. Considering the current epidemic situation, BSMI may switch to "online remote initial factory inspection"

4. When applying for a new model in the future, there is no need to apply for a factory inspection, but only a factory inspection report valid for the current year is required.

5. The factory inspection must be carried out once a year to ensure the validity of all the same type of commodity certificates.

03 Questions about the validity period of the certificate

The validity period of the voluntary product verification certificate for the products in the above table is 3 years. If the product specifications and verification standards have not changed, the voluntary product verification certificate can be extended once.

04 Standard requirements for functional safety of battery systems

The battery system (group) of the products listed above must include a battery management system (BMS). Section 8.1 of the verification standard CNS 62619 requires that the functional safety of battery systems shall meet the following standards and requirements, and shall provide test reports from BSMI accredited laboratories or verification documents from other national certification bodies.

✦ IEC 60730-1:2013 Annex H (Safety Integrity Level Class B or C)

✦ IEC 61508 (Safety Integrity Level Series Standard SIL 2 and above)

✦ UL 991 and UL 1998

05 Information required for product testing

✦ Chinese manual and specification

✦ 4x6 inches or above color photos, including photos of appearance, internal structure and important components (pictures). When necessary, a product catalog can be used instead of a color photo of the appearance

✦ Important component verification certificate, factory report or specification

✦ Product circuit diagram, wiring diagram, layout diagram

✦ Critical Components List (CDF)

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