EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) is a Type III environmental declaration that complies with ISO 14025 standards. It is based on a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a product or service, quantitatively presenting its environmental impact. It serves as a voluntary declaration of the product's environmental impact throughout its life cycle. The international EPD system originated in Sweden and is operated by EPD International AB. Based on internationally standardized regulations, EPD is a globally recognized, quantifiably comparable, trustworthy, and verifiable technical document providing environmental performance data to various stakeholders. The EPD system is currently the most widely used environmental declaration worldwide, encompassing nearly all products and services.

In 2012, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) of India and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) launched the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS), which requires manufacturers of electronic and IT products to submit registration application to BIS before placing their products on the Indian market. After obtaining registration approval, BIS allows manufacturers to declare that their products comply with Indian standards. CRS registration does not require factory audit, but only needs to submit a self-conformity declaration and a product test report.

The full name of Indian ISI certification is Indian Standards Institution, which is the most stringent type of BIS certification, including factory audits and product testing. ISI certification has a mandatory product catalogue covering building materials, chemicals, household appliances, medical equipment, vehicle parts, food, etc. Products listed in the ISI mandatory catalogue must obtain a license granted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) before they can be placed on the Indian market. The initial ISI certification is valid for 1 year, and the renewal can be extended to 1-5 years.

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is an Indian national standards and certification authority established under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (The BIS Act, 2016). Its main tasks are to formulate and implement national standards, implement conformity assessment systems, and manage BIS certification. Product certification in India basically implements the principle of voluntary certification, but considering factors such as public health and safety and mass consumption, the Indian government implements compulsory certification for specific products by issuing instant decrees. All products listed in compulsory certification must obtain product certification according to Indian product standards before they can enter the market.

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The full name of the KC certification mark is "Korea Certification Mark", also known as the national unified certification mark of South Korea. It is a certification system implemented in accordance with South Korea's "Electrical Appliances and Household Appliances Safety Management Law", and the products involve electrical appliances, daily necessities and other products. In 2017, South Korea's KC certification ushered in a new system.

The KS certification is a voluntary certification system that conducts strict audit on companies that can continuously and stably produce products above the Korean Industrial Standards (KS) level. The KS certification mark can be affixed when products passed the strict audit. The system promotes the simplification and transparency of transactions and processes through the promotion of standardized products and services, which not only protects consumer rights and public safety, but also eliminates the need for quality confirmation and other procedures when countries, enterprises and public organizations purchase products, saving money and time.

JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) is a Japanese national standard formulated by the Japanese Industrial Standards Survey (JISC) in accordance with the Japanese Industrial Standardization Law. According to the provisions of the Japanese Industrial Standardization Law, the JIS standard not only have special standards or technical specifications for pharmaceuticals, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, silk, food and other agricultural and forestry products, but also involve various industrial fields.