EMC for Commercial Markets

In the UK, commercial EMC emissions and immunity testing is carried out predominantly to comply with the requirements of the European EMC Directive as part of CE marking for the European Union.

Other parts of the world also require compliance to various commercial EMC standards as part of their regulations; for example North America, Canada and Japan require that products must comply with certain emissions requirements, whereas Australia and New Zealand, like the EU, call for compliance to emissions and immunity standards. For information on specific countries, please contact us.

Using the hyperlinks below, you can find out some further information on the European EMC testing requirements for specific product types.

Our state of the art EMC test facilities are UKAS accredited and compliant to the various national and international standards required for most of the world. Our test reports are accepted in most countries – either through setting up our own agreements in-country or through Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA's) negotiated by the European Commission and through extending to UKAS laboratories with suitable procedures in place.

TRaC covers all aspects of the EMC regulations, in particular advice is given on:

The essential requirements of the EMC Directive including the protection requirements
Demonstrating compliance
Worldwide market entry
Necessary documentation

Products subject to the EMC Directive must

Satisfy essential protection requirements;
Carry a visible mark that is a visible declaration that the product meets the requirements of regulations
Be subject to a declaration of conformity which is a written declaration stating compliance to the essential requirements of the regulations
Be easily related to relevant technical data by providing the means of assessing the conformity of the equipment to the requirements

The EMC regulations apply to suppliers of a wide range of electrical and electronic products.

A supplier is classed as:

a manufacturer who makes products for supply to a particular country; or
an importer of products intended for supply in a country; or
The authorised agent, resident in the country, acting on behalf of a supplier of products to either country.

If the following questions are troubling you then TRaC have the solutions.

Are you affected by the EMC Directive?
What EMC standards apply?
What are the EMC compliance arrangements?
How do I know which test level applies to my product?
What is a Declaration of Conformity?
What are compliance records?
Should my products be labeled?
What are the acceptable methods for supplier identification?
What is the Regulatory Compliance Mark?
How do I arrange to have my product EMC tested?
What is a Technical File?

EMC testing can be provided on an attended or unattended basis, thus freeing up your engineering staff for other duties should the need arise. If attendance during testing is required, each of the TRaC locations have customer lounge's with telephone and internet access facilities if required.

Terminology

Essential Requirements – this is term is referenced from the EU's EMC Directive. The essential requirements include the protection requirements and also all the associated documentation that the directive requires.

Protection Requirements – like the essential requirements this term is referenced from the EU's EMC directive. The protection requirements are required to be demonstrated for 'apparatus' and also 'fixed installations' and basically mean that the equipment or installation must not interfere with radio and telecom broadcast services and they must be able to withstand interference that is generated in a typical environment such that it continues to work as intended.

"apparatus" as defined by the EMC Directive is any finished appliance, or combination thereof made commercially available (i.e. placed on the market) as a single functional unit, intended for the end-user, and liable to generate electromagnetic disturbance, or the performance of which is liable to be affected by such a disturbance. "components", "sub-assemblies" and "mobile installations" are also deemed to be apparatus.

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