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The charger was bought in Austria two years ago, and I know about all symbols/labels except this one. Google reverse image search did not help.

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    _Thank You_ for asking this. I've wondered about this for ages and never managed the right Google Fu to find the answer. – VBwhatnow Feb 24 '20 at 10:43
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    That's the Dinosaur footprint - means your travel adapter is also rated for time-travel... **but only backwards in time**. Device is not approved for time-travel forward to the future, else it would also have the Jetsons bubble-car image. – Criggie Feb 25 '20 at 11:52
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    @Criggie, if time travel forward has the Jetson's car, why wouldn't backwards have the Flintstone's car? (Hint: same production firm of Hanna-Barbera, and one episode of Jetsons shows Elroy watching the Flintstones on his TV watch.) Maybe that's a new question. lol – computercarguy Feb 27 '20 at 23:23

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That's the Ukrsepro mark. It means the product has passed the certification of UkrSEPRO, the safety certification requirement symbol for trading in the Ukraine region.

Scope of products covered by the above regulations include but not limited to the following:

  • Information technology equipment
  • Audio and video equipment
  • Household and similar use appliances
  • Lighting products
  • Electric tools
  • Low-voltage electrical equipment
  • Electrical wires and cables
  • Switches for circuits, installation protective and connection devices
  • Telecommunication terminal equipment
  • Manufacturing equipment for food, meat, dairy industry, trade enterprises, catering and food processing enterprises Electrical machinery

The norms and standards products have to comply by are set by the Ukrainian Research and Training Center of Standardization, Certification and Quality Issues (UkrNDNC, a state enterprise), the Ukraine representative for ISO, IEC, CEN, CENELEC, ETSI etc. Also known as DSTU.

Importers and manufacturers are allowed to prove conformity by submitting self-declaration (like CE in Europe). However, this declaration must additionally be registered with the accredited authority (regulated by the National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine, NAAU). See also the EC Trade Market Access Database, paragraph "Standardisation" on Ukraine.

Likely (thanks to dlatikay for pointing out the obvious), the symbol represents a tryzub, a trident prominent on the Ukrainian Coat of Arms and which has been important throughout Ukrainian history.

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    I love how Czech and Slovakia _need_ to have it _a bit_ different :) – quetzalcoatl Feb 26 '20 at 16:06
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    Youre my new hero! **Note that these marks are *not* equivalent. Almost any cheap Cheese junk has a faked CE or CCC mark. FCC and RoHS have nothing to do with electrical safety.** A USA agency called OSHA curates a list of trusted testing labs (NRTL), and many agencies and countries defer to that list. An important feature of reputable marks is the **file number**, a 4-8 digit number corresponding to the lab testing which certified the appliance. – Harper - Reinstate Monica Feb 26 '20 at 17:13