QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT: National technical regulation on Specific Absorption Rates for hand-held and body-worn wireless communication devices
On December 31, 2024, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) issued QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT “National technical regulation on specific absorption rate of handheld and body-worn radio equipment”.
Reference documents:
• IEC 62209-1528:2020 Measurement procedure for the assessment of specific absorption rate of human exposure to radio frequency fields from hand-held and body-worn wireless communication devices – Human models, instrumentation and procedures (Frequency range of 4 MHz to 10 GHz).
• ICNIRP Guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz), 2020.
Technical regulation:
The limits for specific absorption rate (SAR) are specified in the table below:
Product scope:
This standard specifies the limits and methods for measuring the specific absorption rate for radio equipment with an equivalent isotropically radiated power greater than 20 mW and designed by the manufacturer to be used at a distance of less than 200 mm from a person.
This standard does not apply to implantable medical devices.
HS Code of Hand-held and Body-worn Radio Equipment
| No | Product name, goods according to QCVN | HS Code | Product description, goods |
|
1 |
Mobile phone |
8517.13.00 |
A land mobile telephone using E-UTRA (4G) technology and may integrate one or more of the following functions:
Land mobile telephone using fifth generation (5G) mobile information technology with or without integrating one or more of the following functions: |
|
2 |
DECT Wireless Subscriber Extended Cordless Telephone (for handsets only) |
8517.11.00 |
A wired telephone set consists of a base station and one or more DECT-based wireless telephones (subsidiaries). The mobile handsets (subsidiaries) connect to the fixed network through a base station, which is a fixed telephone that connects calls to the fixed network. |
|
3 |
Laptop |
8471.30.20 |
Laptop incorporating one or more of the following functions: – Broadband data transmission operating in the 2.4 GHz band; – 5 GHz radio access; – Land mobile terminal; – Fifth generation (5G) mobile terminal; – Short-range radio transmitters and transceivers with an equivalent isotropically radiated power greater than 20 mW. |
|
4 |
Tablet |
8471.30.90 |
Tablet comprising at least a central data processing unit, a keyboard and a display (except laptops, notebooks, subnotebooks), incorporating one or more of the following functions: – Terrestrial mobile terminal; – Fifth generation (5G) mobile terminal; – Broadband data transmission operating in the 2.4 GHz band; |
Implementation roadmap:
• From July 1, 2026, land mobile phones must comply with QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT before being circulated on the market.
• From July 1, 2027, products and goods subject to QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT (DECT, laptop, tablets) must comply with QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT before being circulated on the market.
• From February 15, 2025, QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT is applied in testing, conformity certification and conformity declaration (voluntary).
For details on QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT, please refer to the following link:
https://mic.mediacdn.vn/document/2025/1/8/19tt-1736302773488908967988.pdf
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