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New Harmonised standard list for the Radio Equipment Directive

Updated on date by author

Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU)

There is a new publications in the OJEU of standards harmonised under the Radio Equipment Directive:

  • 8th June 2017                      2017/C 180/04 29 standards added

This brings the total number of standards harmonised under the RED to 140
(compared to over 200 standards harmonised under the R&TTE Directive – the work will continue)

However, of the 29 standards added in June, 21 of them were R&TTE harmonised standards that do not include receiver performance requirements, so the following disclaimer has been added to each of them in the listing:

“This harmonised standard does not address requirements relating to receiver performance parameters and does not confer a presumption of conformity as regards those parameters.”

So receiver performance will have to be addressed by other means

Posted in News, Radio Equipment, Uncategorized |

New Harmonised standard list for the Machinery Directive

Updated on date by author

Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)

There is a new publications in the OJEU of standards harmonised under the Machinery Directive:

  • 9th June 2017                      2017/C 183/02 26 standards added

This is broken down as:

  • B-type standards                 1 standard added
  • C-type standards                 25 standards added
Posted in Machinery Directive, News |

Latest Standards Changes 2017

Updated on date by author

Lots of changes on the horizon for 2017, to help you keep up to date here is a list of the latest.

New Standard Name Replaced Standard DoW
ICES-005, Issue 4 Lighting Equipment ICES-005, Issue 3 01/12/16
EN 50242:2016 /EN 60436:2016 Electric dishwashers for household use – Methods for measuring the performance EN 50242:2008 / EN 60436:2008. 11/4/18
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 EN 60601-1-2:2007 31/12/18
EN 60730-2-6:2016 Automatic electrical controls – Part 2-6: Particular requirements for automatic electrical pressure sensing controls including mechanical requirements EN 60730-2-6
 26/02/19
EN 62841-2-8:2016 Particular requirements for hand-held shears and nibblers EN 60745-2-8:2009
 20/05/20
EN 55014-2:2015 Electromagnetic compatibility – Requirements for household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus – Part 2: Immunity – Product family standard EN 55014-2:1997 + A1 + A2 not harmonized
EN 303 345 V1.1.1 Radio Broadcast Receivers; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of the Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 303 406 V1.1.0 (2016-05) Short Range Devices (SRD); Social Alarms Equipment operating in the frequency range 25 MHz to 1 000 MHz; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 301 893 V2.0.7 (2016-11) 5 GHz RLAN; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 301 489-52 V1.1.0 (2016-11) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 52: Specific conditions for Cellular Communication Mobile and portable (UE) radio and ancillary equipment; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1b of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 301 489-50 V2.1.1 (2016-11) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 50: Specific conditions for Cellular Communication Base Station (BS), repeater and ancillary equipment; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 301 489-34 V2.1.0 (2016-05) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 34: Specific conditions for External Power Supply (EPS) for mobile phones; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1b of the Directive 2014/53/EU and the essential requirements of article 6 of the Directive 2014/30/ EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 301 489-17 V3.1.1 (2016-11) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 17: Specific conditions for Broadband Data Transmission Systems; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 301 489-9 V2.1.0 (2016-09) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 9: Specific conditions for wireless microphones, similar Radio Frequency (RF) audio link equipment, cordless audio and in-ear monitoring devices; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 301 489-3 V2.1.0 (2016-09) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 3: Specific conditions for Short-Range Devices (SRD) operating on frequencies between 9 kHz and 246 GHz; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 301 489-1 V2.1.1 (2016-11) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 1: Common technical requirements; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU and the essential requirements of article 6 of Directive 2014/30/EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 300 440 V2.1.0 (2016-05) Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment to be used in the 1 GHz to 40 GHz frequency range; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 300 330 V2.1.1 (2016-11) Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment in the frequency range 9 kHz to 25 MHz and inductive loop systems in the frequency range 9 kHz to 30 MHz; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 300 220-1 V3.1.1 (2016-11) Short Range Devices (SRD) operating in the frequency range 25 MHz to 1 000 MHz; Part 1: Technical characteristics and methods of measurement   not harmonized
ETSI EN 300 220-2 V3.1.1 (2016-11) Short Range Devices (SRD) operating in the frequency range 25 MHz to 1 000 MHz; Part 2: Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU for non specific radio equipment   not harmonized
EN 300 328 V2.1.1 Wideband transmission systems; Data transmission equipment operating in the 2,4 GHz ISM band and using wide band modulation techniques; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU   13th January 2017
EN 60730-1:2016 Automatic electrical controls – Part 1: General requirements   not harmonized

 

Posted in New Standards/Directives, News, Uncategorized |

Compliance Newsletter August/September 2017 (FCC Special Edition)

Updated on date by author

GS Compliance Newsletter 2017 Iss 04 This months Gainspeed Newsletter is here. Its a friendly complimentary newsletter on everything compliance.

lots of important changes this month. Including all the details on the latest red directive and a great guide to FCC compliance in the USA.

If you want to know more, or have any questions, feel free to contact us

Some of this months features are.

Headlines

Standards Watch
European standards being
withdrawn
Other standards being withdrawn
Lists of European Harmonised
Standards

Update on Harmonised
Standards Lists
Radio Equipment Directive
General Product Safety Directive

Radio Equipment Directive
Frequently Asked Questions

UK Legislation
The Radio Equipment
Regulations 2017

EMC Compliance in the USA
Code of Federal Regulations

New Standards
June 2017
July 2017
August 2017

Compliance Calendar

Posted in News, News Letter |

New ETSI Standard Published 301 489-1 V2.1.1

Updated on date by author

ETSI EN 301 489-1 V2.1.1 (2017-02), “ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 1: Common technical requirements; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU and the essential requirements of article 6 of Directive 2014/30/EU” has now been published – download (free of charge) from:
http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301400_301499/30148901/02.01.01_60/en_30148901v020101p.pdf

Key dates:

Date of adoption of this EN: 23 January 2017
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 30 April 2017
Date of latest publication of new National Standard

or endorsement of this EN (dop/e):

 31 October 2017
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 October 2018

 

Key changes in this version, (see Annex D of the standard)

  • Radiated immunity testing to a continuous sweep between 80 MHz and 6 000 MHz at 3V/m, as opposed to the previous frequency range of 80 MHz to 1 000 MHz and 1 400 MHz to 2 700 MHz in earlier editions of the ETSI EN 301 489 series.
  • New derivations of exclusion bands more closely linked to the operational characteristics of the radio link(s) in the EUT. In many cases this has resulted in new exclusion bands in the individual parts of the ETSI EN 301 489 series.
  • Surge test method aligned with CENELEC EN 61000-4-5.
  • Also with this version the previous annex B that dealt with aftermarket fitment of radio equipment into vehicles has been removed following the demise of the EU motor vehicle EMC Directive.
  • Those parts of annex C that covered combined equipment have been removed.

The above changes impact all other parts of the ETSI EN 301 489 series

More information regarding the changes between the different versions of the ETSI EN 301 489 series may be found in ETSI TR 103 088

Posted in News, Radio Equipment |