The Federal Communications Commission recently posted some guidance on the use of the Suppliers Declaration of Conformity by radio frequency device importers. The April 5 guidance from the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology details the SDoC procedures created last year when the agency ended Form 740 filing requirements (see 1711010011).

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The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission on Dec. 1 asking the agency to reconsider its treatment of a customs broker as a potential "responsible party" for radio frequency device import compliance. The FCC updated its regulations to remove Form 740 filing requirements for RF device imports, but retained compliance requirements and said a customs broker can be a "responsible party" for import compliance (see 1711010011). The new rules impose "unreasonable responsibilities on customs brokers," the NCBFAA said.

The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America filed a petition for reconsideration with the Federal Communications Commission over recent agency rule changes involving radiofrequency device imports.

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The National Customs Brokers& Forwarders Association of America posted a summary of the Federal Communications Commission's recent final rule on importing radiofrequency equipment (see 1711010011). The agency ended its Form 740 filing requirements for RF devices and made other changes to import compliance rules earlier this month.

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The Federal Communications Commission will end its Form 740 filing requirements for imported radiofrequency devices as of Nov. 2, the agency said in a notice. While the Form 740 will no longer be required, the agency will continue to require compliance with rules for importing RF devices, it said. The FCC "retained the requirement that there must be an entity that assumes responsibility for the compliance of the device and modified the rules to ensure the existence and identity (and a domestic presence under the new [Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC)] rules), of such a responsible party." The FCC approved the changes in July (see 1707130045).

The Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering and Technology will extend through Dec. 30 suspensions of information collection requirements tied to FCC Form 740 and importation of radio frequency devices, it said in an order. The earlier waivers were to expire Sept. 30, the office said. While the agency adopted proposals to eliminate the requirement for Form 740 filings (see 1706280065), those changes haven't gone into effect. The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America recently mentioned several concerns on the issue during a meeting with the agency (see 1709150004).

The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America met with Federal Communications Commission officials on Sept. 12 to discuss the role of customs brokers for imported radio frequency devices, the NCBFAA said in an ex parte filing with the agency. The trade group has a number of concerns related to the agency's elimination of the FCC's Form 740 filing requirements for importing RF devices (see 1709110023) and what the NCBFAA sees as new compliance verification burdens for customs brokers (see 1706280065). With the elimination of Form 740, brokers now worry that "if no other party makes 'a determination,' the broker may be liable as one of the parties responsible for the determination, even though the broker does not have sufficient knowledge of the product to make that determination.