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BS EN 60601-1-2:2015 published

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January 31, 2023 by author

BS EN 60601-1-2:2015 “Medical electrical equipment Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance – Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances – Requirements and tests” has been published and is available through the BSI website article.

The most significant changes with respect to the previous edition include the following modifications:

specification of immunity test levels according to the environments of intended use, categorized according to locations that are harmonized with iec 60601-1-11: the professional healthcare facility environment, the home healthcare environment and special environments;
specification of tests and test levels to improve the safety of medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems when portable rf communications equipment is used closer to the medical electrical equipment than was recommended based on the immunity test levels that were specified in the third edition;
specification of immunity tests and immunity test levels according to the ports of the medical electrical equipment or medical electrical system;
specification of immunity test levels based on the reasonably foreseeable maximum level of electromagnetic disturbances in the environments of intended use, resulting in some immunity test levels that are higher than in the previous edition; and
better harmonization with the risk concepts of basic safety and essential performance, including deletion of the defined term “life-supporting”;

and the following additions:

guidance for determination of immunity test levels for special environments;
guidance for adjustment of immunity test levels when special considerations of mitigations or intended use are applicable;
guidance on risk management for basic safety and essential performance with regard to electromagnetic disturbances; and
guidance on identification of immunity pass/fail criteria.

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New standard for in-home power line communication apparatus BS EN 50561-3:2016

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January 31, 2023 by author

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What is power line communication?

A common example of this is the home power-line communication adapters commonly used to transfer broadband from one adapter plug to another anywhere in your home. It doesn’t suffer the problems associated with signal loss from walls and obstructions like WIFI. This makes it a great way to get internet from a source connection downstairs to an office upstairs, which normally would be to far away for WIFI signals to reach.

Its also popular in offices, apartments and hotels with some networks crossing across the threshold of properties via distribution networks and premises wiring. Typically transformers prevent propagating the signal, which requires multiple technologies to form very large networks.

Various data rates and frequencies are used in different situations.

What is BS EN 50561-3:2016 for?

In-home Power line communication apparatus (PLC) use the mains-electricity wiring in the home for communication by injecting differential-mode (DM) signals. However these signals have the potential to cause interference to the operation of radio or telecommunication apparatus.

To control this situation both radiated-emissions and conducted-emissions tests are now specified, and both are necessary as they control different things. EN 50561-3 applies to equipment that uses frequencies including those above 30 MHz in order to communicate. Procedures are given for the measurement of signals generated by the equipment and limits are specified within the frequency range 9 kHz to 400 GHz. No measurement is required at frequencies where no limits are specified.

The radiated emission requirements in this standard are not intended to be applicable to the intentional transmissions from a radio-transmitter as defined by the ITU, nor to any spurious emissions related to these intentional transmissions.

When is BS EN 50561-3:2016 coming out?

latest date by which this document has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
(dop) 2016-11-23

latest date by which the national standards conflicting with this document have to be withdrawn
(dow) 2018-11-23

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New Directives on the way! 2014/53/EU, 2014/35/EU and 2014/30/EU

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January 31, 2023 by author

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Introduction

The European Commission has recently released an Application of Directives. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the date of applicability and their transitional period (if any) for the new Directives of the electrical sector.

What Directives apply?

When do the new Directives apply?

Products within OLD LVD/EMCD that continue to be within the NEW LVD/EMCD

Products placed on the market	Applicable Directive(s)
before 20 April 2016	old LVD/EMCD
after 20 April 2016	new LVD/EMCD

Products within R&TTED that continue to be within the RED

Products placed on the market	Applicable Directive(s)
before 13 June 2016	R&TTED
between 13 June 2016 and 12 June 2017	R&TTED or RED
after 12 June 2017	RED

Products within OLD/NEW LVD/EMCD that will be within the RED

Products placed on the market	Applicable Directive(s)
before 20 April 2016	old LVD/EMCD
between 20 April 2016 and 12 June 2016	new LVD/EMCD
between 13 June 2016 and 12 June 2017	RED or new LVD/EMCD
after 12 June 2017	RED

Products within R&TTED that will not be within the RED

Products placed on the market	Applicable Directive(s)
before 13 June 2016	R&TTED
after 12 June 2016	new LVD (or GPSD)⁽¹⁾/EMCD

_{⁽¹⁾If the LVD is not applicable (eg if the supply voltage is too low) the General Product Safety Directive could be applicable provided that the equipment is a consumer product.}

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ETSI EN 301 489-1 V2.1.0 (2016-04) Free draft standard available

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January 31, 2023 by author

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Draft ETSI EN 301 489-1 V2.1.0 published ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of the Directive 2014/53/EU and the essential requirements of article 6 of the Directive 2014/30/EU; has now entered the combined Public Enquiry and Vote phase of the ETSI standards EN Approval Procedure.
Available, (free of charge), from ETSI EN 301 489-1 V2.1.0 (2016-04)

This standard will be listed as a harmonised standard under the new EMC Directive (2014/30/EU), and the new Radio Equipment Directive (2014/30/EU).

ETSI EN 301 489 series of standards – overview

ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC)standard for radio equipment and services;Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements ofarticle 3.1(b) of the Directive 2014/53/EU and the essential requirements of article 6 of the Directive 2014/30/EU;

This a multi-part EMC standard for radio equipment which is structured as:

One EMC standard for all radio equipment made up of several parts.
All common technical requirements for EMC emission and immunity have been placed in the common part, which is the present document.
Separate parts have been developed to cover specific product related radio equipment test conditions, test arrangements, performance assessment, performance criteria, etc.
A clause is included in each of the specific radio parts, entitled “special conditions”, which is used as appropriate to cover any deviations or additions to the common requirements set out in the present document.

Currently there are 36 parts defined in this series:

Part	Title
Part 1:	“Common technical requirements”;
Part 2:	“Specific conditions for radio paging equipment”;
Part 3:	“Specific conditions for Short-Range Devices (SRD) operating on frequencies between 9 kHz and 246 GHz”;
Part 4:	“Specific conditions for fixed radio links and ancillary equipment”;
Part 5:	“Specific conditions for Private land Mobile Radio (PMR) and Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) equipment and ancillary equipment (speech and non-speech)”;
Part 6:	“Specific conditions for Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) equipment”;
Part 7:	“Specific conditions for mobile and portable radio and ancillary equipment of digital cellular radio telecommunications systems (GSM and DCS)”;
Part 8:	“Specific conditions for GSM base stations”;
Part 9:	“Specific conditions for wireless microphones, similar Radio Frequency (RF) audio link equipment, cordless audio and in-ear monitoring devices”;
Part 10:	“Specific conditions for First (CT1 and CT1+) and Second Generation Cordless Telephone (CT2) equipment”;
Part 11:	“Specific conditions for terrestrial sound broadcasting service transmitters”;
Part 12:	“Specific conditions for Very Small Aperture Terminal, Satellite Interactive Earth Stations operated in the frequency ranges between 4 GHz and 30 GHz in the Fixed Satellite Service (FSS)”;
Part 13:	“Specific conditions for Citizens’ Band (CB) radio and ancillary equipment (speech and non-speech)”;
Part 14:	“Specific conditions for analogue and digital terrestrial TV broadcasting service transmitters”;
Part 15:	“Specific conditions for commercially available amateur radio equipment”;
Part 16:	“Specific conditions for analogue cellular radio communications equipment, mobile and portable”;
Part 17:	“Specific conditions for Broadband Data Transmission Systems”;
Part 18:	“Specific conditions for Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) equipment”;
Part 19:	“Specific conditions for Receive Only Mobile Earth Stations (ROMES) operating in the 1,5 GHz band providing data communications”;
Part 20:	“Specific conditions for Mobile Earth Stations (MES) used in the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS)”;

Part 22:	“Specific conditions for ground based VHF aeronautical mobile and fixed radio equipment”;
Part 23:	“Specific conditions for IMT-2000 CDMA, Direct Spread (UTRA and E-UTRA) Base Station (BS) radio, repeater and ancillary equipment”;
Part 24:	“Specific conditions for IMT-2000 CDMA Direct Spread (UTRA and E-UTRA) for Mobile and portable (UE) radio and ancillary equipment”;
Part 25:	“Specific conditions for CDMA 1x spread spectrum Mobile Stations and ancillary equipment”;
Part 26:	“Specific conditions for CDMA 1x spread spectrum Base Stations, repeaters and ancillary equipment”;
Part 27:	“Specific conditions for Ultra Low Power Active Medical Implants (ULP-AMI) and related peripheral devices (ULP-AMI-P)”;
Part 28:	“Specific conditions for wireless digital video links”;
Part 29:	“Specific conditions for Medical Data Service Devices (MEDS) operating in the 401 MHz to 402 MHz and 405 MHz to 406 MHz bands”;

Part 31:	“Specific conditions for equipment in the 9 kHz to 315 kHz band for Ultra Low Power Active Medical Implants (ULP-AMI) and related peripheral devices (ULP-AMI-P)”;
Part 32:	“Specific conditions for Ground and Wall Probing Radar applications”;
Part 33:	“Specific conditions for Ultra Wide Band (UWB) devices”;
Part 34:	“Specific conditions for External Power Supply (EPS) for mobile phones”;
Part 35:	“Specific requirements for Low Power Active Medical Implants (LP-AMI) operating in the 2 483,5 MHz to 2 500 MHz bands”;

Part 50:	“Specific conditions for Cellular Communication Base Station (BS), repeater and ancillary equipment”;
Part 51:	“Specific conditions for Automotive and Surveillance Radar Devices using 24,05 GHz to 24,5 GHz or 76 GHz to 81 GHz”;
Part 52:	“Specific conditions for mobile and portable (UE) radio and ancillary equipment of digital cellular radio telecommunications systems (GSM and DCS), IMT-2000 CDMA Direct Spread (UTRA and E-UTRA) and CDMA 1x spread spectrum”.

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New BS EN PUBLICATIONS (BS EN 50561-3:2016 & BS EN 62321-7-1:2015)

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January 31, 2023 by author

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BS EN PUBLICATIONS Update to standards March 2016

BS EN 50561-3:2016
Power line communication apparatus used in low-voltage installations. Radio disturbance characteristics. Limits and methods of measurement. Apparatus operating above 30 MHz (See previous post)

BS EN 62321-7-1:2015
Determination of certain substances in electrotechnical products. Determination of the presence of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) in colorless and colored corrosion-protected coatings on metals by the colorimetric method

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