Richtlijn 2014/30 - Harmonisatie van nationale wetgeving inzake elektromagnetische compatibiliteit (herschikking) - Hoofdinhoud

SUMMARY OF:

Directive 2014/30/EU harmonising EU Member States’ laws on electromagnetic compatibility

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DIRECTIVE?

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  It aims to ensure that electrical and electronic equipment complies with an adequate level of electromagnetic compatibility in the European Union (EU).
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  It lays down uniform rules to ensure that equipment does not introduce intolerable electromagnetic disturbance and is able to perform as intended without deterioration in the presence of an electromagnetic disturbance, so as to guarantee a certain level of electromagnetic compatibility to ensure the free movement of electrical and electronic equipment within the EU’s internal market.

KEY POINTS

Scope

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  The equipment covered by this directive includes both fixed installations and other apparatus.
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  It does not apply to:

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    radio equipment within the scope of Directive 2014/53/EU;
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    custom-built evaluation kits for professional use at research and development facilities;
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    radio equipment used by radio amateurs, unless the equipment is made available on the market;
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    inherently benign equipment;
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    certain types of airborne equipment, due to the amendments of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 (see Article 137 of that Regulation).

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  The directive does not apply, or ceases to apply, in respect of essential requirements on electromagnetic compatibility, to equipment that falls within the scope of the directive, where such requirements on electromagnetic compatibility are wholly or partly laid down more specifically by other EU legislation.,

Apparatus (Main responsibilities of manufacturers, importers and distributors and market surveillance)

The directive defines the responsibilities of manufacturers, importers and distributors in regard to the sale of electromagnetic apparatus.

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  All apparatus on sale in the EU must bear the CE conformity marking to show it meets all the essential requirements of EU legislation.
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  Before obtaining the CE marking, the manufacturer must conduct a conformity assessment and draw up the technical documentation for the apparatus. Apparatus placed on the market for incorporation into a given fixed installation is exempt from this assessment.
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  Importers must check whether manufacturers have carried out conformity assessments correctly and inform the national body responsible for market surveillance if they consider that the apparatus does not conform with the essential requirements.
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  All necessary documentation must be kept for 10 years.
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  Manufacturers may use electronic means to demonstrate conformity in a language easily understood by the competent national authority.
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  Manufacturers and importers must indicate their postal address on the apparatus or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying the apparatus.

In addition, the directive specifies how national authorities must identify apparatus which is not in conformity with its requirements and prevent it from being made available.

Fixed installations

EU Member States shall set out the necessary rules for identifying the person or persons responsible for ensuring thecompliance of a fixed installation with the relevant essential requirements.

FROM WHEN DO THE RULES APPLY?

The directive had to be transposed into national law by 19 April 2016. These rules have applied since 20 April 2016.

BACKGROUND

The directive updates EU rules on placing electromagnetic equipment on the market. This is part of the effort to modernise EU law in a wide variety of industrial sectors so as to reduce administrative burdens and establish simpler, clearer and more consistent rules.

Directive 2014/30/EU revised and repealed Directive 2004/108/EC.

For further information, see:

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  Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) directive (European Commission).

MAIN DOCUMENT

Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility (recast) (OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, pp. 79–106).

Successive amendments to Directive 2014/30/EU have been incorporated in the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

Decision No 768/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on a common framework for the marketing of products, and repealing Council Decision 93/465/EEC (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, pp. 82–128).

Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and repealing Directive 89/336/EEC (OJ L 390, 31.12.2004, pp. 24–37).

last update 12.05.2022

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