EXTENDMAX – On November 29, 2022, the Ministry of Information and Communications issued Circular No. 22/2022/TT-BTTTT enclosed with QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT National technical regulation on electromagnetic compatibility for radio communication equipment. The QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT standard was compiled based on ETIS EN 301 489-1 V2.2.2 standard, which includes EMC electromagnetic compatibility requirements for emission and immunity applies to radio-communication equipment in general. Circular No. 22/2022/TT-BTTTT and QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT will take effect from May 1, 2023 and are mandatory for application in import procedures and for certification of conformity and announcement of conformity for certain types of radio transceiver equipment such as SHF, 5G base station, 5G NR phones, walkie-talkies, some types of radars and maritime transceivers from July 1, 2023.
Insights of the QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT
1) Pursuant to Circular 22/2022/TT-BTTTT, the Ministry of Information and Communications encourages organizations and individuals to voluntarily apply QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT from May 1, 2023. However, according to the List of Group 2 goods of the Ministry of Information and Communications, which is Circular No. 02/2022/TT-BTTTT, the mandatory standard is still QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT until July 1, 2023. In case of voluntary application, enterprises still need to test and announce conformity according to QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT.
2) As of July 1, 2023, QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT completely replaces QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT. In case the enterprise continues to import products within the scope of application of this regulation that have been tested and certified for conformity before, the importing company and the manufacturer are not required to re-apply for ICT Type Approval. but will have to re-test according to QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT to make the declaration of conformity according to the new standard.
3) Since the Circular 02/2022/TT-BTTTT on the current list of group 2 goods and the guiding documents No. 2361/BTTTT-KHCN are all refering to QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT, it is expected that the MIC will issue a new Circular on amending, supplementing, or replacing the Circular 02/2022/TT-BTTTT around March or April 2023, listing newly issued technical regulations such as QCVN 130: 2022/BTTTT for wireless audio device, QCVN 131:2022/BTTTT for NB-IoT, QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT, QCVN 132:2022/BTTTT for ITE, MME and takes effect from July 1, 2023.
4) Radio transceivers and information technology affected by this regulation include 5G NR base station and mobile communication terminal equipment such as 5G NR phones, 5G tablets , walkie-talkies, some types of radar and specialized transceivers in the maritime industry from July 1, 2023. Details as the list at the bottom of the article.
5) There are a number of devices within the scope of application of the QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT but not in the current list of Group 2 goods of the Ministry of Information and Communications (Circular 02/2022/TT-BTTTT), for example "Radio equipment for control 27 MHz civil-band single- and/or duplex amplitude mode" and "Transportation 5.8 GHz low-speed data transmission equipment" (formerly these devices were listed on previous list of group 2 goods, which is Circular 01/2021/TT-BTTTT). Is this a warning sign that these products will be returned to the list of products subject to type approval certification and declaration of conformity?
6) There are some products and goods with descriptions to "Listed in Appendix I of this Circular" and "Listed in Appendix II of this Circular", you can understand those contents refer to Appendix I and Appendix II prescribe the list of group 2 goods of the Ministry of Information and Communications (currently it is Circular 02/2022/TT-BTTTT)
In case you would like to learn more about certain products, please visit our separate article guiding for market access requirements of mobile phones, or tablets, or walkie-talkies, and marine radios.
Download Circular No. 22/2022/TT-BTTTT together with QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT from MIC website: https://mic.gov.vn/Pages/VanBan/14836/22_2022_TT-BTTTT.html
List of products and according HS code under application scope of the QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT
| No. | Product name according to QCVN | HS code | Product description |
| 1 | Wireless telephone equipment (subscription extension type) | 8517.11.00 | - The central block (also called the base station or the mother machine): is fixed and connected to the telephone pair of the public telephone network (PSTN); use an integrated antenna or an external antenna; - Mobile unit (also called handheld unit): hand-held machine using integrated antenna and table-top or mounted on mobile vehicles using external antenna. This block carries the telephone subscriber number of the central block and can talk internally with the central block. |
| 2 | Single-side and/or duplex amplitude-modulated radio equipment in the civil band 27 MHz | 8517.61.00 | Base station (equipment with antenna socket, used in fixed location); |
| 8517.14.00 |
Mobile equipment (equipment with an antenna socket, commonly used in vehicles or mobile stations) used to transmit data and voice; Hand-held mobile equipment (with antenna socket; or without external antenna socket) for data and voice transmission;
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| 8517.62.59 |
Mobile equipment (equipment with an antenna socket, commonly used in vehicles or mobile stations) used for data transmission; Hand-held mobile device (with antenna socket; or without external antenna socket) used for data transmission.
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| 3 | Equipment for low-speed data transmission in the 5.8 GHz frequency band applied in the field of transportation | 8517.62.59 |
Equipment for low-speed data transmission in the 5.8 GHz band used in road traffic (transmission equipment combined with receiver equipment); - With a radio and antenna output connection or with a built-in antenna; - For data transmission only; - Upstream and downstream data rates up to 31.5 kbit/s; - Operates on radio frequencies in the range 5725 MHz to 5875 MHz.
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| 4 | C-band VSAT equipment | 8517.62.59 | VSAT equipment (transmission equipment combined with receiver) operating in C band of satellite communication services via geostationary orbit satellite. |
| 5 | Ku-band VSAT equipment | 8517.62.59 | VSAT equipment (transmission equipment combined with receiver) operating in Ku band of satellite communication services via geostationary orbit satellite. |
| 6 | Mobile earth stations for Global Non-Geostationary Mobile – Satellite Service Systems operate in 1GHz - 3 GHz band | 8517.62.59 | Mobile earth terminal station (equipment) in non- geostationary global satellite communicating systems global operating in 1 GHz - 3 GHz band (transmission equipment combined with receiver) |
| 7 | Aeronautical landing angle navigator | 8526.91.10 | Civil aeronautical landing angle navigator for use on land, operate in 328.6 MHz ~ 335.4 MHz frequency band. |
| 8 | Radio transmitters, transceivers used for remote positioning and distance measurement (excluding equipment used for offshore oil and gas industry) | 8517.62.59 8517.62.69 | Radio transmitters, transceivers used for remote positioning and distance measurement (excluding equipment used for offshore oil and gas industry) but not applicable for telegraph / telephone applications. |
| 9 | Radio navigator | 8526.91.10 8526.91.90 | Radio navigator used for navigation and alarming obstacles in maritime radio navigation services, maritime satellite radio navigation services, aeronautical radio navigation service, satellite aeronautical radio navigation service. |
| 10 | Mobile terminal using 5th generation of cellular network (5G) | 8517.62.59 8517.13.00 8517.14.00 |
Telephones or mobile terminals (transmitter combine with receiver) using 5th generation of cellular network (5G) integrated with or without one or more of following functions: - Land mobile terminal; - Radio modulation technique using spread spectrum in the 2.4 GHz; - Accessing 5 GHz radio frequency band; - Transmitting, transceiving short-range radio frequency bands;
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| 11 | Base station equipment in 5th generation cellular network (5G) | 8517.61.00 |
Base transceiver stations (BTS) used in a 5th generation cellular network (5G) integrated with or without one or more of following functions: - Base transceiver stations in network using GSM technology; - Base transceiver stations in network using W-CDMA FDD technology; - Base transceiver stations in network using E-UTRA FDD technology;
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| 12 | 5th generation cellular network (5G) repeater | 8517.62.59 | Equipment has function of receiving and repeating radio signals from E-UTRA FDD (4G/LTE) network integrated with or without one or more of following functions: - Repeating signals from GSM network; - Repeating signals from W-CDMA FDD network. - Repeating signals from E-UTRA FDD network. |
| 13 | Radio transmitters and transceiver used for LPWAN | 8517.61.00 8517.62.21 8517.62.59 8517.62.69 8517.62.99 8517.69.00 | Base station equipment, radio access equipment or terminal equipment having function of sensing, measure, record, and transmit measured data via radio interface |
| 9015.10.90 9026.80.20 | Sensor having function of measuring environment data and transmit measured data via radio interface | ||
| 14 | Radar equipment (except for radar equipment used for seagoing ships and radars of short range radio transmitters, transceivers) | 8526.10.10 8526.10.90 | All types of radar equipment used on the ground, or equipped on civil aircraft, except radar equipment used for ships at sea and Radar of the type of short-range radio transmitters, transceivers. |
| 15 | Digital super high frequency equipment | 8517.62.59 | The super high frequency transmission device combined with the receiver device uses digital microwave technology. |
| 16 | Land mobile radio equipment using an integral antenna intended primarily for analogue speech | 8517.14.00 | Hand-held radio transmitter having integrated antenna using angle modulation in land mobile radio communication service, primarily for analog speech, frequency range from 30 MHz to 1000 MHz, channel spacing is 12.5 kHz and 25 kHz. |
| 17 | Land mobile radio equipment having an external antenna connector intended for the transmission of data (and speech) | 8517.61.00 | - Base station equipment (antenna socket is used at a fixed location) |
| 8517.14.00 | - Mobile station (with antenna socket commonly used on a means of transport or as a mobile station) or a handset for the purpose of transmitting data and/or speech | ||
| 18 | Land mobile radio equipment having an integral antenna intended primarily for data transmission (and speech) | 8517.14.00 | Land mobile radio equipment using angle constant envelope modulation, operating frequency from 30 MHz to 1GHz, channel spacing is 12.5 kHz and 25 kHz, including digital radio handset or devices using combination of analog/digital, having integral antenna, for the purpose of data and/or speech transmission. |
| 19 | Land mobile radio equipment having an external antenna connector intended primarily for analogue speech |
| Radio equipment using angle modulation in land mobile radio communication service, frequency range from 30 MHz to 1000 MHz, channel spacing is 12.5 kHz and 25 kHz, used for analog speech, including: |
| 8517.61.00 | - Base station equipment (having antenna socket); | ||
| 8517.14.00 | - Mobile station equipment (having antenna socket) - Handheld transmitter having antenna socket; or not having antenna socket (integral antenna equipment) but having fixed or temporary 50 Ω RF connector inside which allows connecting to output port of transmitter and input port of receiver. | ||
| 20 | Short-range radio transmitter and transceiver used for non-specific application | 8517.62.59 8517.62.69 8517.62.59 8526.10.10 8526.10.90 8526.92.00 | Device has external antenna connector and/or integrated antenna for the transmission or record of speech, image or other data forms, including active NFC (Near Field Communications) device Radio detection and alarm equipment, radio remote control equipment, radio telemetry equipment, general data transmission equipment operating in the frequency range from 40 GHz to 246 GHz for below cases : - Have a radio output connection with a separate antenna or with an integrated antenna; - Use any type of modulation; - Fixed or mobile or handheld equipment |
| 21 | Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) | 8517.62.61 | Radio equipment for transmitting emergency position used on aircraft (ELT) |
| 22 | Radio navigation equipment | 8526.91.10 8526.91.90 | Radio navigation equipment used for navigation and obstacle warning purposes in the satellite radio navigation, and aeronautical navigation services. |
| 23 | Radar equipment for road or rail traffic applications | 8526.10.10 8526.10.90 | Short range radar equipment used for applications in traffic information (road or railway) such as cruise control, detection, warning, collision avoidance between vehicles and surrounding objects. |
| 24 | Other short-range radio equipment | 8517.62.59 8526.10.10 8526.10.90 8526.92.00 |
Short-range radio transmitters and transceivers has not been listed in item 2 of Appendix I of this Circular and item 4 of Appendix II of this Circular Short-range radio transmitters and transceivers which has been listed in item 2 of Appendix I of this Circular and item 4 of Appendix II of this Circular but not under application scope of respective national technical regulation
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| 25 | Other devices | 8517.62.59 8517.62.69 8517.62.99 8517.69.00 8526.10.10 8526.10.90 8526.91.10 8526.91.90 8526.92.00 |
Radio transmitters, receivers and transmitters with the frequency band between 9 kHz and 400 GHz and with a transmitting power of 60 mW or more not listed in item 1 of the List in Appendix I and Section 3 of this Decree. The list is in Appendix II of this Circular. - Radio transmitters, receivers and transmitters with a frequency band between 9 kHz and 400 GHz and with a transmitting capacity of 60 mW or more listed in item 1 of the List in Appendix I and Section 3. of the List in Appendix II of this Circular but not within the scope of the respective applicable technical regulations.
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