The legal situation on EMC in the European Union

Author

Moehr, Diethard E C

Author_Institution

Ind. Projects & Tech. Services, Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

702

Lastpage

705

Abstract

The legal situation on EMC in the European Union is based on the European Union Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). This so called “EMC Directive” is an European law which is valid in the 15 member states of the European Union and in the three additional countries of the European Economic Area (EEA). These three additional countries are Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway. The EMC Directive has been applied since the first of January 1996. The European Union, having the biggest single market in the western hemisphere with more than 400 million inhabitants does indeed require EMC performance from all electrical and electronic products to be placed on the single market of the European Union. A lot of experience has been gained since 1996 and it has been shown that the EMC Directive is a very effective tool to protect the electromagnetic environment from unwanted electromagnetic disturbances

Keywords

electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic interference; legislation; EMC Directive; EMC performance; EMI; European Economic Area; European Union; European law; Iceland; Lichtenstein; Norway; electrical products; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic disturbances; electromagnetic environment protection; electronic products; legal situation; single market; Electrical safety; Electromagnetic compatibility; Immune system; Land mobile radio; Law; Legal factors; Product safety; Protection; Safety devices; Telecommunication standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 1999 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

4-9980748-4-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ELMAGC.1999.801425

Filename

801425