The GMA Consult Group reminds our Subscribers that the SASO officially published standard SASO-IEC-62368-1:2020 “Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements” in the end of November 2020 and announced the transition from the Standards SASO-IEC-60950-1 and SASO-IEC-60065 to SASO-IEC-62368-1 for Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment that should be ended on July 1, 2021. However, recently the SASO has notified the postponement of the implementation date of SASO IEC 62368-1:2020. Thus, the new standard will be effective from January 1, 2023.

This national standard is equivalent to IEC 62368-1:2018 standard and was developed as identical to IEC 62368-1:2018. So test reports issued against the requirements of the previous version of the standard SASO IEC 62368-1:2017 (IEC 62368-1:2014) will be accepted until December 30, 2022.

Thus, audio/video and IT/office equipment product such as but not limited to:

1. Non-professional stand-alone audio products:

• Radio
• Record players
• Disc players
• Mp3 players
• Speaker systems
• Amplifiers
• Sound bars (Bluetooth or otherwise)
• Other audio products

2. Non-professional stand-alone video playing and recording systems:

• VCD, DVD, Blu-ray players
• Digital still and video cameras
• Game consoles
• Projectors

3. Videoke/Karaoke multimedia systems
4. TV decoders and set-top boxes
5. Consumer desktops and laptop computers, all-in-one PCs
6. Tablets
7. Printers/scanners includes office printers, multi-function printers (MFP)

should meet the requirements of SASO IEC 62368-1:2020 and have valid SASO IECEE Recognition Certificate (SIRC) against SASO-IEC-62368-1:2020 requirements in order to obtain the P-CoCs/S-CoCs on SABER Platform from January 2023.
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The information has been prepared by the GMA Consult Group team.‍

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