Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/537 of 5 April 2016 on the publication with a restriction in the Official Journal of the European Union of the reference of standard EN 50566:2013 on requirements to demonstrate compliance of radio frequency fields from handheld and body-mounted wireless communication devices used by the general public (30 MHz-6 GHz) under Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
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The reference of standard EN 50566:2013 on requirements to demonstrate compliance of radio frequency fields from handheld and body-mounted wireless communication devices used by the general public (30 MHz-6 GHz) shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union with a restriction as set out in the Annex.
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
ANNEX Publication of references of European harmonised standards under Directive 1999/5/EC ESO ( 1 ) Reference and title of the standard (and reference document) First publication OJ Reference of superseded standard Date of cessation of presumption of conformity of superseded standard Note 1 Article of Directive 1999/5/EC Cenelec EN 50566:2013 Product standard to demonstrate compliance of radio frequency fields from handheld and body-mounted wireless communication devices used by the general public (30 MHz-6 GHz) 12.10.2013 Article 3(1)(a) Warning: the application of this publication shall observe certain conditions relating to the separation distance, reflecting the practical day-to-day use, ensuring the safe use of handheld and body-mounted wireless communication devices used by the general public (30 MHz-6 GHz), for the purposes of the safety objectives referred to in Article 3(1)(a) of Directive 1999/5/EC, in conjunction with Annex I to Directive 2006/95/EC. For example, for limb SAR measurements (limit 4 W/kg), no separation distance may be used (device in contact); for trunk SAR measurements (limit 2 W/kg), a separation distance of not more than a few millimetres may be used. Note 1: Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal (‘dow’), set by the European standardisation organisation, but attention of users of these standards is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases this can be otherwise. ( 1 ) ESO: European standardisation organisation: CEN: Avenue Marnix/Marnixlaan 17, 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË; tel. +32 25500811; fax +32 25500819 (http://www.cen.eu) Cenelec: Avenue Marnix/Marnixlaan 17, 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË; tel. +32 25196871; fax +32 25196919(http://www.cenelec.eu) ETSI: 650 route des Lucioles, 06921 Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE; tel. +33 492944200; fax +33 493654716 (http://www.etsi.eu)
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