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Japan PSE Mark — Electrical Appliance & Material Safety Law Compliance

Japan PSE Mark — Electrical Appliance & Material Safety Law is issued by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and has applied since 2001-04-01. It applies to products sold in APAC. Below: what it covers, which products trigger it, the documents a supplier must provide, and how Complyra checks a product against it.

Authority: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Jurisdiction: Japan
Regions: APAC
Effective: 2001-04-01
Evidence renewal: every 3650 days
Official source: https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/consumer/seian/denan/

What Japan PSE Mark — Electrical Appliance & Material Safety Law covers

Japan PSE Mark — Electrical Appliance & Material Safety Law is a electronics requirement in Japan. In Complyra's dataset it is triggered by products in the following categories and by product descriptions that mention the keywords listed below.

Product categories affected

electronics

Keywords that trigger a check

electronics
electrical appliance
power supply
Japan
Japanese market

Who it applies to

Buyers importing or placing the affected products on the market in APAC, and the suppliers who manufacture or distribute them. In a procurement workflow the buyer is responsible for obtaining the evidence listed below from the supplier before the order is placed.

Consequences of non-compliance recorded in the dataset: Import ban, fines, criminal prosecution

Supplier requirements and compliance evidence

Documents a supplier should be able to provide for products in scope. Ask for these in the RFQ rather than after the goods ship.

Document
PSE Certificate (diamond shape = Class A / circle shape = Class B)
Third-party test report from JIS-accredited lab
PSE mark on product
Importer/manufacturer registration with METI

Certification types recorded for this regulation

PSE certificate

How Complyra checks Japan PSE Mark — Electrical Appliance & Material Safety Law

When a product is searched or sourced in Complyra, its category and description are matched against the trigger categories and keywords above. If Japan PSE Mark — Electrical Appliance & Material Safety Law applies, the product and its supplier are checked against the materials, substance limits and required documents recorded for the regulation, and the result is shown alongside the supplier match, before an RFQ is generated.

Suppliers on Complyra register and upload certifications that are reviewed by an administrator; see supplier compliance for how that review works and supplier sourcing for how compliant suppliers are found and matched.

Complyra checks product and supplier information against regulatory requirements to support procurement decisions. It does not issue certifications or guarantee legal compliance; final responsibility for compliance remains with the buyer and supplier.