A/C-Tick is the EMC part of Australia controlled by the ACA-Australia Community Asociation. Applicable to almost all electronic products to the Australian market, currently only control the interference part, since January 1999 mandatory.

The most comm only used Australian A/C-TICK criteria are:

AS/NZS CISPR 11 Indicates the electromagnetic compatibility requirements of the ISM

AS/NZS CISPR 12 Electromagnetic compatibility requirements for spark ignition engines

AS/NZS CISPR 13 Electromagnetic compatibility requirements for audiovisual and broadcasting equipment

AS/NZS CISPR 14 Electromagnetic Compatibility requirements for appliances and Power tools

AS/NZS CISPR 15 EMC Requirements for lighting equipment

AS/NZS CISPR 22 EMC Requirements for information technology equipment

AS/NZS 61000-6-3 Common EMC requires residential and commercial and light industrial environments

AS/NZS 61000-6-4 General EMC requirements for heavy industrial environments

Manufacturers and importers must follow the following steps to use A/C-Tick:

1.Product implementation ACAQ technical standard test

2. Register and use A/C-Tick to ACA.

3. Fill in the Declaration of Conformity Form and keep it with the product compliance record

4.Label the communication products or equipment with A/C-Tick logo(label).

5.Sell to consumers. A-Tick applies only to communications products, and most electronic products apply for C-Tick, but if electronic products apply for A-Tick, they do not need to apply for C-Tick. Since November 2001, the EMI of Australia/New Zealand has applied for merger; if the product is to be sold in these two countries, the following documents must be ready for sale in case of spot checks by the ACA (Australian Communications Authority) or the New Zealand (Ministry of Economic Development) authorities.