Ref No: I Date: November 5, 2004

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1 Ref No: I Date: November 5, 2004 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRICAL BUSINESS EQUIPMENT NO. 14 Existing Certification not affected New products to certify? Call us today! Announcing: Change of Effective Date for Standard CAN/CSA C22.2 No , and Extension of Grandfathering dates for Certified Information and Communication Technology Equipment See Attachment 2 for affected Class Numbers. Who is affected? Manufacturers of Information Technology and Electrical Business Equipment, Telecommunication Equipment, Component Power Supplies, Electronic Scales and Photo-printing Equipment. What do you do? 1. Please contact CSA engineering staff if you have questions or need information concerning this publication and how it applies to you. 2. The revisions in this publication do not affect your currently certified product designs. We will automatically include this publication in your future certification projects, as applicable. 3. If you would like to initiate a certification project, please contact CSA engineering staff to arrange for an evaluation of your product design. Please supply your CSA engineer with appropriate supporting documentation*. If testing is needed, we will inform you of the samples required. *Technical information as well as company name, address, factory locations and CSA file number or master contract number (if assigned) when applying. Need additional technical information? Contact Bill Lowe by phone , fax or bill.lowe@csa-international.org or Introduction: Bi-national Standard CAN/CSA-C22.2 No / ANSI/UL was published in April 1, Information regarding this standard and the status of the previous related standards as applied to Certified products are provided in the Certification Notice Information Technology and Electrical Business Equipment No 11 and is now supplemented by this Inform. This inform announces the extension of the effective date for CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , and the extension of the grandfathering dates for Certified Information and Communication Technology (ICT) equipments. Background and Rationale: See Attachment 1 for details. Major Revisions: Information on the effective and grandfathering dates for the affected product classes from Information Technology and Electrical Business Equipment No 11 have been updated in this inform to reflect these new changes. Please see attachments for these changes. Tiki Wong by phone , fax or tiki.wong@csa-international.org Apply any time to have your products evaluated Visit us at Click on "Contact Us" for the online phone listing of our Offices and Partners Visit us at to purchase a Standard! DQD e Rev Page 1 of 8

2 ATTACHMENT 1 Background and Rationale: 1) Definitions: EFFECTIVE DATE: The date on or after which a CSA standard can be used for certification of products covered under the product scope of the standard. EXPIRY DATE: The date on or after which a CSA standard expires and can no longer be used for certification of products following this date. GRANDFATHERING DATE: The period in which a CSA certified product could continue to be manufactured without major safety changes. The date indicated is the last date of production. A product change requiring retesting is considered to be a major safety change. 2) Backgrounds on change of effective dates: Note: CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , No Third Edition, and No are Canadian/US Bi-National Standards, and national standards of Canada. These standards were prepared by the CSA Subcommittee on the 950 and series standards and approved by the Technical Committee on Consumer and Commercial Products. a) Change to the CSA EXPIRY DATE: When CAN/CSA-C22.2 No was published on April 1, 2003, the expiry date for CAN/CSA-C22.2 No was set to be April 1, As a result of the EU setting an expiry date of July 1, 2006 for EN 60950:1999 (corresponding to CAN/CSA-C22.2 No ), CSA has requested and received support from the Bi-National Working Group and the CSA Subcommittee to use the same date as the EU to avoid confusion for the industry. CSA is pleased to announce that manufacturers can continue to use CSA to evaluate products until June 30, On and after July 1, 2006, evaluation of all new products and alternative constructions shall be in accordance with CAN/CSA C22.2 No b) Change to the File Review Process: The CSA subcommittee, the Bi-National working group and industry have also asked CSA to change our file review process to be in-line with UL s file review process for ICT products. This file review process allows previously certified products to be listed indefinitely after the expiry date, or until safety-critical changes are made. CSA has looked into this and agreed to revise our file review process based on the following rationale: 1) The major driving forces for the development of various versions of CSA standards are harmonization with IEC standards, and adaptation of new IEC requirements to address new technology and/or product features. 2) Many ICT products have a short life span, or may undergo frequent design changes for improvements or to incorporate new technology product features; these changes will lead to product re-evaluation and/or re-testing to the latest CSA ICT standards. 3) Product evaluation and testing under the CB Scheme will continue to require the application of the latest applicable IEC standards, and National Deviations (e.g. the latest IEC-based CSA standards). DQD e Rev Page 2 of 8

3 This file review change affects the grandfathering periods for products already CSA certified under the standards CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 950-M89, No , No , No. 234-M90, No. 225-M90 and No , or the requirements of Electrical Bulletin 1402C. These grandfathering periods are extended indefinitely or until further notice as described in the following sections and in the summary chart on page 8. The suitability of this new file review process will be reassessed every two years. Should CSA become aware of any safety related changes in the standards or safety concerns from the field, CSA will inform the industry that reevaluation of the affected products or product features will be required. 3) Direction: The CSA Certification Notice INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRICAL BUSINESS EQUIPMENT NO. 11 is supplemented by this CSA Certification Inform INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRICAL BUSINESS EQUIPMENT NO. 14. The technical requirement is the same as in the previous Certification Notice except the following: a) The expiry date for CSA is extended from April 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006, b) The Grandfathering dates for CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 950-M89, No , No , No. 234-M90, No. 225-M90 and No , and Electrical Bulletin 1402C, are extended indefinitely or until further These changes require no further actions for clients with products already approved to the above-mentioned CSA standards. Manufacturers who wish to evaluate their new or existing products to the latest CSA may apply to CSA as instructed in page 1, under the heading What Do You Do? DQD e Rev Page 3 of 8

4 ATTACHMENT 2 Affected Class Numbers Class No Title PHOTO PRINTING EQUIPMENT PHOTO PRINTING EQUIPMENT Accessories INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT - Including Electrical Business Equipment INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT - Including Electrical Business Equipment - With Telecommunication Features INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT - Including Electrical Business Equipment Kits INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT (CSA ) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT (CSA No ) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT (CSA /UL Third Edition, NRTL Program) Certified to U.S. Standards INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT (CSA /UL , First Edition, NRTL Program) Certified to U.S. Standards TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT (CAN/CSA-C22.2 No ) TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT (CSA ) TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT (CSA /UL 60950, Third Edition, NRTL Program) Certified to U.S. Standards TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT (CSA /UL , First Edition NRTL Program) Certified to U.S Standards POWER SUPPLIES - Component Type POWER SUPPLIES - Component Type (CSA ) POWER SUPPLIES - Component Type For Use in IT Equipment (CSA ) POWER SUPPLIES - Component Type For Use in IT Equipment (CSA /UL Third Edition NRTL Program) Certified to U.S. Standards POWER SUPPLIES - Component Type For Use in IT Equipment (CSA /UL , First Edition, NRTL Program) Certified to U.S. Standards ELECTRONIC SCALES ELECTRONIC SCALES Certified to US Standards DQD e Rev Page 4 of 8

5 Attachment 3 Effective Dates and Action Required For ease of implementation, the following information from the CSA Certification Notice Information Technology and Electrical Business Equipment No 11 is reproduced with the new effective and grandfathering dates. Note Unless otherwise noted, all references to CAN/CSA-C22.2 No and No are intended to include their latest amendments. (A) Products certified to CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 950-M89 or No on or before April 1, 2000: Both CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 950-M89 and No expired on April 1, After April 1, 2000 (Without any alterations and/or modifications): After April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 (For any alterations and/or modifications): These products shall be re-evaluated to the requirements of either CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , Third Edition, or CAN/CSA-C22.2 No After July 1, 2006 (for any alterations and/or modifications): These products shall be re-evaluated to the requirements of the CSA/CSA-C22.2 No , First Edition Note: Changes may be evaluated to the original applied standard with mutual agreement between the manufacturer and CSA International. The re-evaluation will carry the certification expiry date of the original standard. (B) Products certified to CAN/CSA-C22.2 No (With or without the first and second amendments): The expiry date for CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , Third Edition (with or without the first and second amendments) is April 1, After April 1, 2003 (Without any alterations and/or modifications): After April 1, 2003 and to July 1, 2006 (For any alterations and/or modifications): These products shall be re-evaluated to the requirements of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , Third Edition, or CAN/CSA-C22.2 No After July 1, 2006 (For any alterations and/or modifications): These products shall be re-evaluated to the requirements of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No Note: Changes may be evaluated to the original applied standard with mutual agreement between the manufacturer and CSA International. The re-evaluation will carry the certification expiry date of the original standard. DQD e Rev Page 5 of 8

6 (C) Products certified to CSA Electrical Bulletin No. 1402C on or before April 1, 2000: CSA Electrical Bulletin No. 1402C expired on April 1, After April 1, 2000 (Without any alterations and/or modifications): After April 1, 2000 and to July 1, 2006 (For any alterations and/or modifications): These products shall be re-evaluated to the requirements of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , Third Edition, or CAN/CSA-C22.2 No After July 1, 2006 (For any alterations and/or modifications) These products shall be re-evaluated to the requirements of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No Note: Changes may be evaluated to the original applied standard with mutual agreement between the manufacturer and CSA International. The re-evaluation will carry the certification expiry date of the original standard. (D) Products certified to CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 234-M90 on or before April 1, 2000: CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 234-M90 expired on April 1, After April 1, 2000 (Without any alterations and/or modifications): After April 1, 2000 and to July 1, 2006 (For any alterations and/or modifications): These products shall be re-evaluated to the requirements of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , Third Edition, or CAN/CSA-C22.2 No After July 1, 2006 (For any alterations and/or modifications): These products shall be re-evaluated to the requirements of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No Note: Changes may be evaluated to the original applied standard with mutual agreement between the manufacturer and CSA International. The re-evaluation will carry the certification expiry date of the original standard. (E) Products certified to CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 225-M90 on or before April 1, 2000: CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 225-M90 expired on April 1, After April 1, 2000 (Without any alterations and/or modifications): After April 1, 2000 and to July 1, 2006 (For any alterations and/or modifications): These products shall be re-evaluated to the requirements of either CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , Third Edition, or CAN/CSA-C22.2 No After July 1, 2006 (For any alterations and/or modifications): DQD e Rev Page 6 of 8

7 These products shall be re-evaluated to the requirements of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No Note: Changes may be evaluated to the original applied standard with mutual agreement between the manufacturer and CSA International. The re-evaluation will carry the certification expiry date of the original standard. (F) Products certified to CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , Third Edition with or without the latest Amendments: CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , Third Edition with or without the latest Amendments will expire on July 1, Note: The July 1, 2006 grandfathering date is the same as the mandatory effective date for Standard EN (2001) set by the European Communities, and published in their Official Journal. After July 1, 2006 (Without any alterations and/or modifications): After July 1, 2006 (For any alterations and/or modifications): These products shall be re-evaluated to the requirements of CAN/CSA C22.2 No Note: Changes may be evaluated to the original applied standard with mutual agreement between the manufacturer and CSA International. The re-evaluation will carry the certification expiry date of the original standard. (G) New Products: On or before July 1, 2006: These products shall be evaluated to the requirements of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , Third Edition (including the latest amendments) or CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , First Edition. Manufacturers are recommended to apply for certification to CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , First Edition as this is the latest standard. After July 1, 2006: These products shall be evaluated to the requirements of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No , First Edition. DQD e Rev Page 7 of 8

8 Attachment 4 - CSA/Bi-National Standards Transition Timetable (4) (2) (2) (2) (2) (3) (2) (3) (2) (2) (2) (4) 1 July 2006 (4) 1 July April April Dec Dec April Sept July Sept April Sept July Sept 1993 CSA 950- M89 (+/- D3) 1 st Edition CSA nd Edition UL 114, 4 th Edition UL 478, 4 th Edition UL 1950, 1 st /2 nd Edition Bi-National CSA /UL 1950, 3 rd Edition Bi-National CSA /UL 60950, 3 rd Edition Bi-National CSA 234- CSA 225- CSA 1402C CSA M90 M /UL st Edition UL 1459 = Active Standard = Grandfathering Period (1) (1) During grandfathering period, currently certified products may continue to be produced with the CSA Mark. If changes are made during this period, the products should be upgraded to one of the active standards (3) for an extended certification date. Changes may be evaluated to the original applied standard with mutual agreement between the manufacturer and CSA International. (2) Effective dates & grandfathering periods are applicable to both Information Technology (IT) components (e.g. power supplies) and end-systems. IT components that are in their grandfathering period may be evaluated & used in an IT end-system, which will then carry the certification expiry date of the installed components. The grandfathering period has been extended until further notice and will be reviewed by July 1, 2006 (3) Current active standards as of September 1, (4) The expiry date for CSA /UL , First Edition has not yet been established, and will be established when the next edition of this standard is published. DQD e Rev Page 8 of 8