July 2009 (09NB-196)

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has published an updated list of standards that can be used to demonstrate conformity with the essential requirements of the EU’s directive on electromagnetic compatibility (also known as EMC Directive 2004/108/EC).

The EMC Directive applies to “any apparatus or fixed installation” and regulates the “ability of equipment to function satisfactorily…without introducing intolerable electromagnetic disturbances to other equipment.”

The provisions of the EMC Directive do not apply to telecommunications terminal equipment, which are covered under the essential requirements of Directive 1999/5/EC (also known as the R&TTE Directive).

The updated list of CEN, CENELEC and ETSI standards that can be used to demonstrate compliance with the EMC Directive was published on June 5, 2009 in the Official Journal of the European Union, and replaces all previously published standards lists for the Directive.

The complete list of standards can be viewed at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:126:0001:0021:EN:PDF

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