§ 2.960   Recognition of Telecommunication Certification Bodies (TCBs).

   (a) The Commission may recognize Telecommunication Certification Bodies
   (TCBs) which have been designated according to requirements of paragraph (b)
   or (c) of this section to issue grants of certification as required under
   this  part.  Certification  of equipment by a TCB shall be based on an
   application with all the information specified in this part. The TCB shall
   review  the  application to determine compliance with the Commission's
   requirements  and  shall  issue  a grant of equipment certification in
   accordance with § 2.911.

   (b) In the United States, TCBs shall be accredited and designated by the
   National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under its National
   Voluntary  Conformity Assessment Evaluation (NVCASE) program, or other
   recognized programs based on ISO/IEC 17065 (incorporated by reference, see
   § 2.910) to comply with the Commission's qualification criteria for TCBs.
   NIST may, in accordance with its procedures, allow other appropriately
   qualified accrediting bodies to accredit TCBs. TCBs shall comply with the
   requirements in § 2.962 of this part.

   (c) In accordance with the terms of an effective bilateral or multilateral
   mutual recognition agreement or arrangement (MRA) to which the United States
   is a party, bodies outside the United States shall be permitted to authorize
   equipment in lieu of the Commission. A body in an MRA partner economy may
   authorize equipment to U.S. requirements only if that economy permits bodies
   in  the  United States to authorize equipment to its requirements. The
   authority designating these telecommunication certification bodies shall
   meet the following criteria.

   (1)  The  organization  accrediting  the prospective telecommunication
   certification  body  shall  be capable of meeting the requirements and
   conditions of ISO/IEC 17011 (incorporated by reference, see § 2.910).

   (2) The organization assessing the telecommunication certification body
   shall appoint a team of qualified experts to perform the assessment covering
   all of the elements within the scope of accreditation. For assessment of
   telecommunications equipment, the areas of expertise to be used during the
   assessment  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited to, electromagnetic
   compatibility and telecommunications equipment (wired and wireless).

   [ 64 FR 4995 , Feb. 2, 1999, as amended at  80 FR 33444 , June 12, 2015]

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