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adidor:
Does anyone have experience with getting FCC certification for an electronic product as a non US-based company?

Everywhere on the internet it makes it sound like you just get any FCC required EMC testing etc. done at the same time you are testing for the European CE mark, and then you are magically certified. They tend to skip over the small requirement that to apply for FCC mark you have to have a 'Responsible party' in based in the US who signs on behalf of the company.

If you are a small non-US company how are you meant to meet this requirement? Does this mean we are restricted to only selling in Europe until we have distributors or an office in US? No direct sales allowed?

I also noticed the same is true for selling in Canada to meet ISED certification. How are small US companies handling this?

Thanks in advance!
tszaboo:
There are European companies, notified bodies, which have USA subsidieries, which take care of it. So the testing happens here, and they provide you with an EMC/RED directive test report and a FCC certification. From the top of my head, TÜV or Dekra will do this.
nctnico:

--- Quote from: tszaboo on August 11, 2022, 11:32:16 am ---There are European companies, notified bodies, which have USA subsidieries, which take care of it. So the testing happens here, and they provide you with an EMC/RED directive test report and a FCC certification. From the top of my head, TÜV or Dekra will do this.

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That is not the question. Just like the EU, the US seems to require a legal entity inside the US that is liable for bringing the product onto the US market.

In the EU it is typically the importer of the goods that has to sign off on the EU's CE conformity declaration.
thm_w:
May be relevant https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/fcc-for-low-budget/
Miyuki:
I might be wrong.
But, if you have an EU-based shop and you just sell and ship directly to customers, the trade technically happens in the EU so you are not under US regulation.
So you should be able to live without it.
As this is legally the same as if the person travels here and buys it physically and then travels with that device in a suitcase. No one will ever ask.
If you want a physical store in the US, then you will have to have a US company anyway and that shall be responsible for the FCC and other documents required.
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