Australia

Identify the market and product category first. Each dossier separates legal duties, referenced standards, evidence and the comparison needed for an award.

Regulatory Basis

AU · EESS; AS/NZS 4417.2; AS/NZS 3820

Household electrical equipment: safety classification and applicable standards

Mains-powered equipment designed or marketed for household, personal or similar use in participating EESS jurisdictions. Solely industrial equipment and extra-low-voltage products require a separate scope assessment.

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AU · EESS accepted AV/ICT safety route; AS/NZS 62368.1 where applicable

AV/ICT equipment and power supplies

AV/ICT equipment and its power supplies where the EESS product definition and electrical ratings bring the equipment into scope.

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AU · Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021; EMC Standard and Labelling Notice 2017

Radio, EMC and human exposure: ACMA requirements

Transmitters, receivers and electrical/electronic products within the relevant ACMA rules, including radio modules fitted in another product.

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AU · Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012; product-specific determinations

Energy-regulated products: GEMS determinations

Only product classes covered by a GEMS determination: examples include refrigerators, air conditioners, displays, external power supplies, lamps, motors, transformers and pool pumps.

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AU · WELS Determination (No. 2); AS/NZS 6400:2016

Water efficiency: taps, showers and other WELS products

Specified taps, personal-bathing showers, toilets, urinals, separately supplied flow controllers, household dishwashers and clothes washers. Exclusions depend on the product; bidet, bath-only and thermostatic taps are not automatically included.

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AU · WaterMark Certification Scheme; NCC Plumbing Code A5G4

Plumbing suitability and lead-free WaterMark requirements

Plumbing and drainage products listed in the WaterMark Schedule, subject to the actual state/territory installation rules. Drinking-water-contact products have an additional lead-free scope.

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AU · Consumer Goods (Toppling Furniture) Information Standard 2024

Toppling furniture: safety information requirements

Furniture within the information standard's categories, assessed by its type, dimensions and intended use.

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AU · Consumer Goods (Care Labelling) Information Standard 2023

Care information for regulated clothing and textiles

Covered clothing, household textiles, upholstered furnishings, bedding and other specified textile goods. Bags/cases and most footwear are excluded, as are several other expressly listed goods.

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AU · Children's Nightwear Safety Standard 2017; AS/NZS 1249:2014

Children's nightwear: fire hazard and labelling

Children's nightwear, specified limited daywear and paper patterns within the instrument's definitions.

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AU · Consumer Goods (Toys for Children up to and including 36 Months of Age) Safety Standard

Toys for children up to 36 months

Toys intended or reasonably suitable for children up to and including 36 months; age grading is part of the scope decision.

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AU · Consumer Goods (Infant Sleep Products) Safety Standard 2024 and Information Standard 2024

Infant sleep products: 2026 safety and information rules

Infant sleep products and the separately defined inclined non-sleep products. A bouncer or rocker marketed for play is not assessed through the same scope as an infant bed.

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AU · Consumer Goods (Bicycle Helmets) Safety Standard 2024

Bicycle helmets: accepted test routes

Helmets for bicycle riding and covered recreational use; motorcycle, toy and specified competition-only helmets are outside this instrument.

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AU · Consumer Goods (Products Containing Button/Coin Batteries) Safety Standard 2020

Products containing button and coin batteries

Covered consumer goods containing or intended to contain button/coin cells, subject to the instrument's professional-equipment and other exclusions.

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AU · Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code: Standard 1.1.1 and Standard 3.2.2 clause 9

Food-contact packaging: intended-use safety

Packaging materials and articles intended to contact food, assessed for their food type, temperature, duration and reuse conditions. Chapter 3 food-business duties apply in Australia.

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AU · Applicable state/territory WHS plant law; plant registration provisions

Industrial plant: design and item registration

Industrial machinery, pressure equipment, lifting and other plant subject to the local work health and safety regime; registration applies only to specified designs/items.

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AU · AS 2210.3:2019; applicable workplace PPE duties

Safety footwear: protection matched to workplace risk

General-purpose safety footwear used as a workplace risk control; this is not a mandatory certification rule for every ordinary shoe or bag.

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AU · Industrial Chemicals Act 2019; AICIS introduction requirements

Industrial chemicals in coatings, adhesives and cleaning products

Imported or manufactured industrial chemicals, including ingredients of coatings, adhesives, printing and cleaning products. A finished article needs an article/release assessment rather than automatic treatment as a chemical mixture.

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Applicability depends on the product classification, intended use, configuration and actual sales territory. Manufacturing, placing-on-the-market and testing dates, together with transition provisions, are checked as required by each applicable rule. The directory identifies sources; it does not replace assessment of the specific model. Standards are identified by reference, and their authoritative texts remain with the issuing bodies. Official source documents retain their original language.