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Category: Radio Equipment

Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU)

Draft of new ETSI EMC standard for combined radio and non-radio, industrial equipment

Updated on date by author

Draft ETSI EN 303 446-2 V1.1.0 (2017-03)
“ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for combined and/or integrated radio and non-radio equipment; Part 2: Specific conditions for equipment intended to be used in industrial locations; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU”

 

Background:

This future RED harmonised standard is based on the principles given in ETSI EG 203 367 “Guide to the application of harmonised standards covering articles 3.1b and 3.2 of the Directive 2014/53/EU (RED) to multi-radio and combined radio and non-radio equipment”.

Scope:

This part of the standard sets requirements for radio enabled products designed for and intended to be used in industrial locations in respect of ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) under article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU.

The present document is only applicable to combined and/or integrated equipment where:

  • the radio function is within the scope of one or more of the standards listed in clause 2.1.1 of the standard, (eg ETSI EN 301 489-1), and
  • the non-radio function is within the scope of one or more of the standards listed in clause 2.1.2 of the standard, (eg EN 61000-6-2 and EN 61326-1).

Basic EMC requirements

At least one configuration of typical intended use shall be tested with both non-radio and radio functions operating at the same time.

The configuration of the EUT should be established in order to:

  • maximize the emissions of the EUT;
  • ensure the EUT is most susceptible;
  • be typical of the intended use.

Schedule for publication as a harmonised standard (under the RED):

  • Publication                         2017-12-18
  • Citation in the OJ              2018-04-02
Posted in New Standards/Directives, News, Radio Equipment |

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:

  • 12th April 2017               2017/C 118/05 35 standards added

This brings the total number of standards harmonised under the RED to 100

(compared to over 200 standards harmonised under the R&TTE Directive).

 

The list of harmonised standards will continue to be published every month.

Posted in News, Radio Equipment |

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:

  • 12th May 2017               2017/C 149/02 11 standards added

This brings the total number of standards harmonised under the RED to 111

(compared to over 200 standards harmonised under the R&TTE Directive).

There will be only one more list of harmonised standards published before the Radio Equipment Directive becomes mandatory on 13th June 2017.

 

Posted in News, Radio Equipment |

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 |

ETSI EN 300 328 V2.1.1 has now been published

Updated on date by author

 

ETSI 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” has now been published.

This is the first published version of this standard covering Directive 2014/53/EU (Radio Equipment)

Available free of charge from ETSI:  ETSI EN 300 328 V2.1.1

It is not yet published in the OJEU but the proposed national transposition dates are:

Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 28 February 2017

Date of latest publication of new National Standard or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 August 2017

 

Major changes introduced in this version:

  • Inclusion of Receiver Blocking as a new requirement.
  • Inclusion of an alternative test method for Power Spectral Density.
  • Modifications required for alignment with the Directive 2014/53/EU [i.1].
  • Reduction of minimum number for hopping frequencies for non-adaptive FHSS equipment.
Posted in New Standards/Directives, News, Radio Equipment |