Steam irons

Product Definition and Photos

Steam irons refer to the electrical products that use steam generated by electric heating to eliminate wrinkles on clothes and fibers. Steam irons can be divided into two types: ironing clothes with electric heating board type and ironing clothes without electric heating board type.

Contact

The sale of all products of this product type on the Amazon website must meet specified certification standards. To sell these products on Amazon, you must apply by submitting the following information and documents to this email address:

jp-electronics-safety@amazon.co.jp

Necessary information

1. Company name
2. Merchant Token/Vendor ID
3. Email address (of which you registered to Amazon)
4. Phone number
5. A list of ASINs with Name of Business for Manufacturing (or Importing) and Name of manufacturer(s) you are applying to sell

Documents

Documents per ASINs (please include the ASIN in the file name of the documents).

Electric Appliances and Material Safety Law (PSE)

Non-Specified Electrical Appliances and Materials

1. Copy of Notification of Business for Manufacturing (or Importing) Electrical Appliances and Materials (the copy must have a receipt stamp from METI, and the Table of Classification by Katashiki must be included in the copy); Or the register information of manufacturing or import business on METI’s The Safety Portal Website (the Table of Classification by Katashiki must be included)

2. Photograph of label (PSE mark, name of the notifying supplier, name of registered conformity assessment bodies and rated voltage etc. must be legibly displayed on the product)

3. Proof of METI’s approval if there is a difference between the name of Notifier on the labels and the one in the Notification of Business

4. Inspection record (all final products must be tested)

To which already acquired S-mark certification:

If your products have acquired S-mark certification, you can submit the following documents instead:

1. Copy of Notification of Business for Manufacturing (or Importing) Electrical Appliances and Materials (the copy must have a receipt stamp from METI, and the Table of Classification by Katashiki must be included in the copy) ; Or the registered information of manufacturing or import business on METI’s The Safety Portal Website (the Table of Classification by Katashiki must be included)

2. S-mark certification (the model number and Ratings of Product need to be stated in the certificate and the model number must match the one of ASIN’s; a table which shows the relationship between the model number and ASIN must be attached.

Related Standards and Regulations

• Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Act (PSE) (Japanese)
• Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Act (PSE) (English)

• METI: The Safety Portal Website

• Steering Council of Safety Certification for Electrical and Electronic Appliances (SCEA) (Japanese)
• Steering Council of Safety Certification for Electrical and Electronic Appliances (SCEA) (English)
• Steering Council of Safety Certification for Electrical and Electronic Appliances (SCEA) (Chinese)