RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/IT/SPEC/Q1/13
7 May 1998
(98-1827)
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade
in Information Technology ProductsOriginal:  English
REPLIES TO THE SURVEY
Communication from Poland
The following communication, dated 27 April 1998, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the Republic of Poland.
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With reference to your letter of 19 February 1998 concerning the survey on standards-related
matters for information technology products, I am pleased to submit the attached reply.G/IT/SPEC/Q1/13
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Answers of Poland for questions relating to ITA participants' technical regulations
and conformity assessment procedures for information technology products.
1. Does your government have mandatory techni cal regulations to ensure the safety of
Information Technology equipment?  If so, please identify.  Are these requirements
harmonized with IEC 950?  If not, pl ease explain the current practice.
The safety of information technology equipment, as well as of the other kind of electric and
electronic equipment, is regulated by the same rules (list of products requiring the obligatory
certification for safety marking - Disposition of Director of Polish Center of Testing and Certification
dated 28 March 1997, Monitor Polski No.22, pos. 216/97).
For the purpose of obligatory certification, the computer equipment was divided into two
different categories:
(a) consumer electronics (used at home, individual users);(b) professional equipment (other).
The consumer electronics (220V power supply) is subject to obligatory certification for safety
marking.
During the certification, the following requirements are checked:
(i) requirements of the safety of using, accord ing to Polish standard PN-T-42 107:  1993, which
is identical with IEC 950 (1991) + And 1 (1992) + And 2 (1993);
(ii) emission of radioelectrical interference, according to PN-EN-55022:  1996, identical with
EN 55022: 1994.
Devices interacting with telecommunication network (for instance modems) are subjected to
receive the certificate of approval, issued by Department of Technology and Development in theMinistry of Communications.
Certification for safety mark is the certification by the third party, using the research,
performed in accredited laboratories.  Reports from research, which is an integral part of CB and CCA
certifications (EU), are also used in this process.  The certificating unit works accordingly to EN
45011 (EU).
2. Does your government have mandatory technical regulations relating to electromagnetic
interference for Information Technology equipm ent?  If so, please identify.  Are these
requirements harmonized with CISPR 22?  If not, please explain the current practice.
These are obligatory standards included in Regulation of Minister of Communications, dated
22 December 1997 (Dziennik Ustaw No.3, pos. 7/98).G/IT/SPEC/Q1/13
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3. What conformity assessment procedures, either in respect of the manufacturing process,
does your government require for approval of information technology products (including
electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), electrical safety, telecommunications and radio terminal
equipment, and other areas)?
In our conditions, there is only procedure of approval of telecommunication equipment.
May suppliers perform these procedures (e.g. testing, declaration of conformity), or
must a third party perform these procedures?
Procedure must be performed by the third party.  In Poland, the third party is the Ministry of
Communications.
What international guidelines or standards, if any, are those procedures based on?
Information about international guidelines or standards, which those procedures are based on,
is available in the Institute of Communications  or in the State Radiocommunication Agency.
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