Type Approval - Regulatory Authority of Curaçao (original) (raw)

Equipment Type Approval

The RAC is responsible for the issuing of type approvals for equipment imported into Curaçao.

The purpose of type approvals is to verify and confirm that the equipment meets the international standards, functions accordingly and to ensure it is in conformity with the frequency plan of Curaçao. The objective in this is to prevent the various types of imported equipment from causing interference in the frequency spectrum.

A manufacturer or importer of specific equipment that requires a type approval, should therefore be in the possession of a type approval before the equipment is admitted to the market in Curaçao.

Which equipment requires a type approval?

For the following equipment a type approval is mandatory:

  1. All telecommunications peripheral equipment intended for connecting with the telecom network, including, but not limited to:
    • IP Private Branch Exchange (IP PBX), fixed phones
    • Phone answering- and recording machines
    • Alarm systems
  2. All radio electric transmitting and receiving equipment, including, but not limited to the following:
    • Blue tooth and Wi-Fi equipment
    • Amateur band Radios
    • Microwave radio
    • GPS receivers
    • Wireless alarm systems
    • Satellite transmitters
    • Wireless phones

If you are unsure about whether or not you have equipment for which a type approval is mandatory contact the RAC on typeapproval@rac.cw

Application for a type approval

If you wish to submit an application for a Type Approval you must do so by submitting an application via e-mail to the RAC. This application must include attachments with specific information about your device for assessment of your application.

You can email your application together with all required annexes to typeapproval@rac.cw
Follow the steps below to ensure you submit a complete application.

1. Checklist Application Type Approval

Download here a checklist that includes all information that must submitted with your application. Also ensure that you complete the full checklist and submit it with your application. Without a completed checklist your application can’t be accepted.

Checklist Application Type Approval Download PDF

2. Technical Specifications list for devices

Download here the Technical Specifications list that must be completed per device.

For all information completed per device, the list must also include the page number where this can be found in the test report that is submitted per device with your application. Also fill in the used technology for each device and the model per device.

Technical Specifications List for Type Approval application Download Excel

Should you have any questions, mail to typeapproval@rac.cw or call +5999 461 1700.

Fees for type approvals

The applicable fee for a type approval is NAF. 50,- (US$ 28) per applied technology. After submitting your application for type approval the RAC will proceed towards sending the invoice.

Payment of the amount due can be made to:

Maduro & Curiel’s Bank Curaçao N.V.
Account number: 13.30.26.08
Payment reference: the invoice number

To the name of / beneficiary: Regulatory Authority of Curaçao (RAC)

For international payments: Maduro & Curiel’s Bank Curaçao N.V.
Beneficiary bank swift code: MCBKCWCU
Account number: 13.30.26.08

For payments in dollars (USD) Bank of America
Miami, FL- USA
Swift BIC: BOFAUS3M