Compliance is the adherence to specific regulatory requirements established by government or industry authorities in each country. Products are held to varying degrees of regulations depending on industry vertical and/or intended use of the product.
Requirements for product compliance regulations can typically be broken down into three primary categories: material and chemical reporting, product reliability/certification and producer responsibility. There are currently millions of compliance tests in existence, most of which fall into these five categoires:
• Product Safety & Physical
• EMC/EMI, RF, (Electrical/Electronic)
• Chemical, Biological, Environmental
• Full Scope (included for all above)
• Other