European Council directive on EMC, the latest guidelines on theapplication hereto, the standards to be applied an its enforcement inthe European Economic Area, especially in Germany

摘要

This paper deals with the application and enforcement of theEuropean EMC directive which is effective in the whole European EconomicArea (EEA). The EEA comprises in total eighteen states. Outside the EEAthe directive is also effective in Switzerland. After a shortintroduction to the EMC directive, the different bodies involved in theEMC field as defined in the directive are explained. Special attentionis given to the “Guidelines of the European Commission on theApplication of the EMC Directive”, which is in practice asimportant as the directive itself. Following this a flow chart for thecertification procedure is presented. A table of different productfamilies together with the respective EMC standards is given whoselimits for RFI emissions and susceptibility to interfering RFI must bemet. Finally the enforcement practice of the German authorities andtheir experience after a year of effecting the EMC directive aredescribed