[MIC] Officially issued QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT - National technical regulation on specific absorption levels for handheld and body-worn radio devices according to Circular 19/2024/TT-BTTTT of Ministry of Information and Communications

With the strong development of wireless devices in the Vietnamese market as well as the international market, to ensure the safety of users when directly using and being affected by radiation and RF energy caused by those electronic devices (to better understand the specific absorption level, please refer to the article "Overview of SAR testing - Specific absorption rate (SAR testing)"), the Ministry of Information and Communications has issued QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT to regulate the specific absorption level for handheld and body-worn radio devices, specifically as follows:

Pursuant to the Law on Standards and Technical Regulations dated June 29, 2006;

Pursuant to the Law on Telecommunications dated November 24, 2023;

Pursuant to the Law on Radio Frequencies dated November 23, 2009 and the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Radio Frequencies dated November 9, 2022;

Pursuant to Decree No. 48/2022/ND-CP dated July 26, 2022 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Information and Communications;

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At the request of the Director of the Department of Science and Technology;

The Minister of Information and Communications issued Circular 19/2024/TT-BTTTT regulating this National Technical Regulation.

1. Implementation roadmap

- From July 1, 2026, land mobile phones must comply with QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT before being circulated on the market.

- From July 1, 2027, products and goods subject to QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT must comply with QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT before being circulated on the market.

- From February 15, 2025, QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT is applied in testing, certification of conformity and declaration of conformity.

2. Subjects of application

This regulation applies to Vietnamese and foreign agencies, organizations and individuals engaged in the production, import, trading and exploitation of equipment within the scope of this Technical Regulation in the territory of Vietnam.

3. Scope of application

This regulation stipulates the limits and methods for measuring the specific absorption level for radio equipment with an equivalent isotropic radiation power greater than 20mW and designed by the manufacturer to be used at a distance of 200mm from humans.

This regulation does not apply to implantable medical devices.

HS codes are specified as follows:

No.	Product name, goods according to QCVN	HS code	Product description
01	Land mobile telephones	8517.13.00 8517.14.00	Land mobile telephones using E-UTRA (4G) technology and may integrate one or more of the following functions: - W-CDMA FDD (3G) mobile terminal; - Fifth generation (5G) mobile terminal; - Broadband data transmission operating in the 2.4 GHz band; - 5 GHz band radio access; - Short-range radio transmission and reception with an equivalent isotropically radiated power greater than 20 mW.
01	Land mobile telephones	8517.13.00 8517.14.00	Land mobile telephones using fifth generation (5G) mobile information technology with or without integrating one or more of the following functions: - Land mobile information terminal; - Broadband data transmission operating in the 2.4 GHz band; - 5 GHz band radio access; - Short-range radio transmission and reception with an equivalent isotropic radiated power greater than 20 mW.
02	DECT subscriber cordless telephone equipment (only applicable to handsets)	8517.11.00	A wired telephone set consists of a base station and one or more DECT-based cordless telephones (subsidiaries). The mobile handsets (subsidiaries) are connected to the fixed network via a base station, which is a fixed telephone that connects calls to the fixed network.
03	Laptop	8471.30.20	A laptop incorporating one or more of the following functions: - Broadband data transmission operating in the 2.4 GHz band; - Radio access to the 5 GHz band; - Land mobile terminal; - Fifth generation (5G) mobile terminal; - Short-range radio transmission and reception with an equivalent isotropic radiated power greater than 20 mW.
04	Tablet	8471.30.90	A tablet consists of at least one central data processing unit, a keyboard and a screen (except laptops, notebooks, subnotebooks), integrating one or more functions: - Broadband data transmission operating in the 2.4 GHz band; - 5 GHz band radio access; - Terrestrial mobile information terminal; - Fifth generation (5G) mobile information terminal; - Short-range radio transceiver with equivalent isotropic radiation power greater than 20mW.