The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/2372
• Sections: 140

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 1992, and shall come into force on 28th October 1992.

Section 2 Repeal and disapplication

(1) Section 12A of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 and section 78 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 are hereby repealed.

(2) The regulations made under section 10 of the said Act of 1949 listed in Schedule 1hereto, to the extent that they impose electromagnetic compatibility requirements whichmust be complied with if relevant apparatus is to be supplied, used or taken into service, are hereby disapplied : provided that nothing in these Regulations shall disapply the said regulations to the extent that they impose requirements concerning radio frequency spectrum planning or the implementation of Community obligations.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that nothing in paragraph (2) above affects—

(a) the applicability of the regulations so listed to the use in service of relevant apparatus; or

(b) the power to make regulations under the said section 10 applying to such use.

Section 3 Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations, “the EMC Directive ” means Council Directive 89/336/ EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility , as amended by—

(a) Article 9.4 of the Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive ; and

(b) Council Directive 92/31/EEC .

(2) In these Regulations—

“the 1949 Act ” means the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949;

“the 1984 Act ” means the Telecommunications Act 1984;

“affixed ” in relation to the CE mark or any inscription liable to be confused therewith means affixed to one of the items mentioned in regulation 33(2) below or to any other item such that it is referrable to any apparatus;

“authorised representative ” means a person established within the Community appointed by the manufacturer (whether or not established in the Community) to act on his behalf in fulfilling his obligations under the EMC Directive;

“ BABT ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 62(c) below;

“business ” includes a profession and an undertaking, and a supply in the course of a business includes any supply by a business;

“ CAA ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 62(b) below;

“CE mark ” has the meaning given in regulation 33(7) below;

“ the Commission ” means the Commission of the European Communities;

“the Community ” means the European Economic Community;

“competent body ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 45 below;

“conformity assessment requirements ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 31 below;

“consumer ” includes an industrial or commercial consumer;

“ DRA ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 62(a) below;

“ EC declaration of conformity ” has the meaning given in regulation 34(1) below;

“EC type-examination certificate ” in relation to the EC type-examination route to compliance in respect of radiocommunication transmission apparatus means an EC type-examination certificate issued by—

a United Kingdom notified body pursuant to regulation 64 below; or

a notified body of a member State other than the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 10.5 of the EMC Directive;

“the EC type-examination route to compliance ” in relation to radiocommunication transmission apparatus shall be construed in accordance with regulation 31(b) below;

“educational electronic equipment ” has the meaning given by regulation 8(2) below;

“electrical apparatus ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 7(2) below;

“enforcement authority ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 73 below;

“end user ” means the consumer and, where the manufacturer makes apparatus for his own use, such manufacturer who first uses electrical apparatus for the purpose for which it is designed, but excludes a manufacturer who uses the apparatus by incorporating it into other apparatus;

“immunity ” means immunity to electromagnetic disturbance;

“kit ” means a collection of all or substantially all the necessary components, for supply as a single commercial unit, required for the construction of an item of electrical apparatus and intended for such use, whether or not accompanied by instructions;

“manufacture ” means manufacture in the course of a business, and includes—

assembly;

finishing;

reconditioning;

modification which substantially alters the electromagnetic compatibility characteristics of the apparatus;

but does not include repair or the assembly of relevant apparatus from a kit; and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

“medical device ” has the meaning given by regulation 22 below;

“notified body ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 61 below;

“presumption of conformity ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 32 below;

“protection requirements ” has the meaning given by regulation 5 below;

“ RA ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 62(d) below;

“radio amateur apparatus ” means wireless telegraphy apparatus designed or adapted for use in the amateur service, but excludes citizen’s band apparatus, and in this definition—

“amateur service ” has the meaning given by Article 1, definition 53, of the 1990 edition of the Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention 1982 pursuant to Articles 43 and 83 of that Convention; and

“citizen’s band apparatus ” means wireless telegraphy apparatus designed or adapted exclusively for the provision of voice radiocommunication in the frequency bands 26.960 MHz to 27.410 MHz and 27.60125 MHz to 27.99125 MHz;

“radiocommunication transmission apparatus ” has the meaning given by regulation 59(2) below;

“radio frequency spectrum ” means that part of the electromagnetic spectrum at frequencies not exceeding 3,000 GHz ; and requirements of regulations made under section 10 of the 1949 Act shall be taken to concern radio frequency spectrum planning if they concern the frequency allocation for any apparatus (whether wireless telegraphy apparatus or other apparatus which operates by emitting electromagnetic radiation in the radio frequency spectrum) and the necessary characteristics of any signal or emission authorised by such regulations;

“relevant apparatus ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 6 below;

“responsible person ” in relation to relevant apparatus means—

the manufacturer thereof;

the manufacturer’s authorised representative; or

where the manufacturer is not established in the Community and he has not appointed an authorised representative, the person who supplies the relevant apparatus;

“the standards route to compliance ” in relation to relevant apparatus other than radiocommunication transmission apparatus shall be construed in accordance with regulation 31(a)(i) below;

“supply ” means the first making available of relevant apparatus for a consumer in the Community including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply and possessing for supply such apparatus, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; provided, however, that relevant apparatus shall not be regarded as having been supplied by reason only of its having been displayed at a trade fair or exhibition or advertised for supply when not available for supply;

“system ” means an item of equipment, or a combination of items of equipment, containing—

electrical components;

electronic components; or

both (a) and (b).

and includes a kit but excludes any such equipment containing a medical device;

“technical certificate ” in relation to the technical construction file route to compliance in respect of relevant apparatus other than radiocommunication transmission apparatus means a technical certificate issued by —

a United Kingdom competent body pursuant to regulation 51 below; or

a competent body of a member State other than the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 10.2 of the EMC Directive;

“technical construction file ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 43 below;

“the technical construction file route to compliance ” in relation to relevant apparatus other than radiocommunication transmission apparatus shall be construed in accordance with regulation 31(a)(ii) below;

“technical report ” in relation to the technical construction file route to compliance in respect of relevant apparatus other than radiocommunication transmission apparatus means a technical report issued by—

a United Kingdom competent body pursuant to regulation 50 below; or

a competent body of a member State other than the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 10.2 of the EMC Directive;

“telecommunications terminal equipment ” means terminal equipment within the meaning of Article 1.2, as qualified by Article 1.3, of the Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive in respect of which a common technical regulation is in force pursuant to Article 6.2 of that Directive;

“Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive ” means Council Directive 91/263/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning telecommunications terminal equipment, including the mutual recognition of their conformity ;

“test apparatus ” has the meaning given by regulation 9(2) below;

“United Kingdom competent body ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 46 below;

“United Kingdom notified body ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 62 below; and

“wireless telegraphy ”, “wireless telegraphy apparatus ” and “station for wireless telegraphy ” have the meanings given respectively by section 19(1) of the 1949 Act.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a) “electromagnetic compatibility ” ( EMC ) is the ability of relevant apparatus to function satisfactorily in its electromagnetic environment without introducing intolerable electromagnetic disturbance to anything in that environment;

(b) the EM characteristics of relevant apparatus comprise—

(i) the propensity of that apparatus to generate electromagnetic disturbance; and

(ii) the adequacy of the immunity of that apparatus to external electromagnetic disturbance; and

(c) a reference to an applicable EM characteristic of relevant apparatus is a reference to—

(i) in the case of apparatus to which regulations 23 to 27 below apply, any EM characteristic thereof which falls within the scope of these Regulations;

(ii) in the case of any other apparatus, any EM characteristic thereof.

(4) In these Regulations, “applicable EMC standard ”, “harmonised standard ”, “recognised national standard ” and “transposed harmonised standard ” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 38 below.

(5) For the purpose of these Regulations, an electromagnetic environment is the totality of electromagnetic phenomena existing at a given location, and accordingly—

(a) a reference to the immediate electromagnetic environment in relation to educational electronic equipment or test apparatus (“disturbance permissible apparatus ”) is a reference to a sufficient space for that apparatus to—

(i) operate as intended, where the object of the study or test as the case may be is that it should generate electromagnetic disturbance;

(ii) be subjected to electromagnetic disturbance, where the object of the study or test as the case may be is that it should be the victim of electromagnetic disturbance,

without preventing other relevant apparatus (other than any apparatus involved in the study or test) from operating as intended; and in this definition, “sufficient space ” means a space no greater in size than is reasonably necessary having regard to all the circumstances, to enable the disturbance permissible apparatus to be so operated or so subjected, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, having regard in particular to the steps which might reasonably be taken to insulate the site at which the disturbance permissible apparatus is being used against the escape of emissions therefrom;

(b) a reference to a sealed electromagnetic environment is a reference to an electromagnetic environment which prevents relevant apparatus therein from causing electromagnetic disturbance to relevant apparatus outside that electromagnetic environment and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, includes an anechoic chamber, an electromagnetic anechoic room or a Faraday cage; and

(c) a reference to the usual electromagnetic environment of apparatus is a reference to—

(i) where the apparatus is manufactured or supplied for the purpose of being used at a specific location, the totality of electromagnetic phenomena which exist at that location under normal circumstances at the time when it is first used; or

(ii) where sub-paragraph (i) above does not apply, the totality of electromagnetic phenomena which might reasonably be expected to exist at the usual range of locations at which that relevant apparatus might reasonably be expected to be used, having regard to all the circumstances, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, in particular to—

(aa) the electromagnetic phenomena associated with that relevant apparatus and other relevant apparatus which might reasonably be expected to be in sufficient proximity to the first mentioned relevant apparatus to be affected thereby; and

(bb) any indication by the manufacturer or supplier of the applications for which the first-mentioned relevant apparatus is suitable.

(6) For the purpose of these Regulations, relevant apparatus other than a kit is taken into service when it is first used by the person who assembled it or the person who imported it and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; provided, however, that relevant apparatus shall not be regarded as having been taken into service by reason only of its having been operated by or on behalf of the manufacturer at a trade fair or exhibition or by a supplier for demonstration purposes.

Section 4 Electromagnetic disturbance

(1) In these Regulations, “electromagnetic disturbance ” means, subject to paragraphs (2) to (6) below, any electromagnetic phenomenon which is liable to degrade the performance of relevant apparatus.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) above, the following phenomena shall be regarded as electromagnetic disturbance (being phenomena expressly stated to be such in Article 1.2 of the EMC Directive):—

(a) electromagnetic noise;

(b) unwanted signals; and

(c) changes in the propagation medium.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) above and in addition to the phenomena regarded as electromagnetic disturbance pursuant to paragraph (2) above,the phenomena and effects listed in Schedule 2 hereto may be regarded as electromagnetic disturbance.

(4) A signal or emission which is a necessary function, or consequence of the operation, of relevant apparatus shall not be taken to be electromagnetic disturbance if, in relation to that apparatus, that signal or emission is permitted, and does not exceed the limits specified, by—

(a) the applicable EMC standard;

(b) a condition of the technical report or technical certificate;

(c) where the apparatus is radiocommunication transmission apparatus—

(i) a condition of the EC type-examination certificate; or

(ii) a term, provision or limitation of—

(aa) a licence granted under section 1 of the 1949 Act; or

(bb) regulations made under that section; or

(d) where the apparatus is—

(i) radiocommunication transmission apparatus; or

(ii) apparatus other than wireless telegraphy apparatus which operates by emitting electromagnetic radiation in the radio frequency spectrum,

any relevant provisions of regulations made under section 10 of the 1949 Act concerning radio frequency spectrum planning or the implementation of Community obligations.

(5) For the purposes of these Regulations, a nuclear electromagnetic pulse ( NEMP ) shall not be regarded as electromagnetic disturbance.

(6) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this regulation, for the purposes of these Regulations, the performance of relevant apparatus shall be taken to be degraded if any of the following types of interference with its function occur—

(a) permanent, temporary or intermittent—

(i) total loss of function;

(ii) significant impairment of function; or

(b) where the apparatus is information storage or retrieval equipment, destruction or corruption of information stored thereby.

Section 5 Protection requirements

(1) In these Regulations, a reference to “protection requirements ” in relation to relevant apparatus is a reference to the requirements set out in the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5) below, relevant apparatus shall be so constructed that—

(a) the electromagnetic disturbance it generates does not exceed a level allowing other relevant apparatus to operate as intended; and

(b) it has a level of intrinsic immunity which is adequate to enable it to operate as intended,

when it is—

(i) properly installed and maintained; and

(ii) used for the purpose for which it was intended.

(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) above shall be taken to require relevant apparatus, not being apparatus specifically designed for use at a given location, to be constructed in such a manner as to—

(a) prevent the generation of electromagnetic disturbance to; or

(b) provide for intrinsic immunity to electromagnetic disturbance generated by,

other relevant apparatus which would not reasonably be expected to be present in its usual electromagnetic environment.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2)(a), the electromagnetic disturbance generated by relevant apparatus shall—

(a) not exceed a level allowing radio and telecommunications equipment to operate as intended; and

(b) be such as not to hinder the use of apparatus of any of the descriptions listed in Schedule 3 hereto (being descriptions listed in the illustrative list of the principal protection requirements in Annex III of the EMC Directive) where that apparatus is constructed in such a way that it has an adequate level of immunity in its usual electromagnetic environment so as to allow its unhindered operation taking into account the levels of electromagnetic disturbance generated by relevant apparatus complying with applicable EMC standards.

(5) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2)(b)—

(a) relevant apparatus shall be constructed in such a way that it has an adequate level of immunity in its usual electromagnetic environment so as to allow its unhindered operation taking into account the levels of electromagnetic disturbance generated by other relevant apparatus which might reasonably be expected to be present in that environment which complies with the protection requirements; and

(b) whether the level of intrinsic immunity of relevant apparatus is adequate is to be considered having regard to all the circumstances of the case, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, in particular to—

(i) the level of performance reasonably expected of that apparatus having regard to its function or intended function;

(ii) any specification for an acceptable level of degradation of performance provided to the end user by the manufacturer;

(iii) the consequences of degradation of performance,

provided that nothing in this sub-paragraph shall authorise a level of intrinsic immunity which could permit the operation of the apparatus to be dangerous (either to persons or property) in any reasonably foreseeable circumstances.

(6) The information required to enable use in accordance with the intended purposeof the relevant apparatus must be contained in the manufacturer’s instructions accompanying the apparatus.

Section 6 Relevant apparatus

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, this Part shall have effect for the purposes of providing for the application of these Regulations, and apparatus to which these Regulations apply shall be relevant apparatus.

(2) In addition to applying to relevant apparatus, the following provisions of these Regulations apply as follows—

(a) Part I, and regulations 33(6), 34(4), 74 to 77, 79, 80, 81(c) and (d), 83 to 85, 88 to 90 and 92 to 96, apply to electrical apparatus other than relevant apparatus; and

(b) Part I and regulations 7(2), 79, 80, 83, 89, 90, 92 and 96 apply to an excluded installation as a unit (without prejudice to the application of the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above to such installation or any part thereof on the ground that it is electrical apparatus).

Section 7 General conditions of application

(1) Subject to regulations 8 and 9 below, these Regulations apply to electrical apparatus which does not, pursuant to regulations 10 to 27 below, fall outside the scope of these Regulations.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, electrical apparatus—

(a) consists of a product with an intrinsic function intended for the end user; and

(b) is supplied or intended for supply or taken into service or intended to be taken into service as a single commercial unit,

which is—

(i) an electrical appliance;

(ii) an electronic appliance; or

(iii) a system.

Section 8 Educational electronic equipment

(1) In the application of these Regulations to educational electronic equipment, a reference to the protection requirements—

(a) in so far as it relates to the electromagnetic disturbance generated by that equipment, shall be construed as a reference to the electromagnetic disturbance capable of preventing relevant apparatus situated outside the immediate electromagnetic environment of that equipment from operating as intended; and

(b) in so far as it relates to the immunity of that equipment, shall not be taken to refer to any susceptibility to electromagnetic disturbance which is a necessary feature of that equipment to facilitate the study of the effects of electromagnetic phenomena.

(2) In these Regulations, “educational electronic equipment ” means apparatus designed or adapted for the purpose of its being studied for electromagnetic phenomena in any educational, training or research establishment.

Section 9 Test apparatus

(1) In the application of these Regulations to test apparatus, a reference to the protection requirements—

(a) in so far as it relates to the electromagnetic disturbance generated by that apparatus shall be construed as a reference to that disturbance capable of preventing relevant apparatus situated outside the immediate electromagnetic environment of that apparatus from operating as intended; and

(b) in so far as it relates to the immunity of that apparatus, shall not be taken to refer to any susceptibility to electromagnetic disturbance which is a necessary feature of that apparatus to facilitate the conducting of the test.

(2) In these Regulations, “test apparatus ” means relevant apparatus designed or adapted to generate or be susceptible to electromagnetic disturbance intentionally for the purpose of conducting any test or measurement in relation to—

(a) any relevant apparatus; or

(b) any other thing, matter or phenomenon.

Section 10 Apparatus supplied or taken into service before 28th October 1992

These Regulations do not apply to an item of electrical apparatus supplied or taken into service in the Community before 28th October 1992.

Section 11 Transitional exclusion until 31st December 1995 of apparatus where the manufacturer opts to comply with such requirements as are in force in a member State on 30th June 1992

These Regulations do not apply to an item of electrical apparatus which complies with the following conditions —

(a) the apparatus—

(i) is supplied or taken into service in the Community on or before 31st December 1995; and

(ii)

(aa) in the case of apparatus which is required pursuant to any other Community obligation to bear the CE mark, neither bears nor is accompanied by any other indication, howsoever expressed, that it complies with the EMC Directive; or

(bb) in the case of apparatus which is not required pursuant to any other Community obligation to bear the CE mark, bears neither the CE mark nor any inscription likely to be confused therewith; and

(b)

(i) —in the case of apparatus which is required by any of the regulations listed in Schedule 1 hereto to meet requirements which must be complied with if the apparatus is to be supplied, used or taken into service, the apparatus so complies; or

(ii) in the case of apparatus supplied in the United Kingdom to be used in another member State—

(aa) the supplier believes (with reasonable cause) will be used oin that member State; and

(bb) in the case of apparatus which is required to comply with requirements concerning electromagnetic compatibility imposed on or before 30th June 1992 by that member State if it is to be supplied or used there, the apparatus so complies.

Section 12 Apparatus for export to a third country

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations do not apply to any apparatus which the supplier believes (with reasonable cause) will not be used either in the United Kingdom or in another member State.

(2) Subject to regulation 33(6) below, paragraph (1) above shall not apply if the CE mark or any inscription liable to be confused therewith is affixed to the apparatus.

Section 13 Excluded installations

(1) These Regulations do not apply to excluded installations; provided however that the extent to which any apparatus or system comprised or to be comprised therein is relevant apparatus shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

(2) In this regulation “excluded installation ” means two or more combined items of relevant apparatus or systems put together at a given place (whether or not in combination with any other item) to fulfil a specific objective but not designed by the manufacturer (or manufacturers, where the items are made by different manufacturers) for supply as a single functional unit.

Section 14 Spare parts

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations do not apply to spare parts.

(2) Nothing in this regulation shall be taken to affect the application of these Regulations to apparatus into which a spare part has been incorporated.

(3) In this regulation, “spare part” means a component or combination of components intended for use in replacing parts of electrical apparatus.

Section 15 Supply to the authorised representative

These Regulations do not apply to the supply of apparatus by the manufacturer thereof to his authorised representative.

Section 16 Second-hand apparatus

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, these Regulations do not apply to second-hand apparatus.

(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) above shall be taken to disapply these Regulations to—

(a) the supply of second-hand apparatus which has, since it was last used, been subjected to further manufacture within the meaning of sub-paragraphs (c) or (d) of the definition of manufacture in regulation 3(2) above;

(b) the supply or taking into service of such apparatus following such further manufacture; or

(c) the supply or taking into service in the Community of apparatus which has previously been supplied or used in a country or territory outside the Community.

(3) In this regulation, “second-hand apparatus ” means apparatus which has previously been used by an end user.

Section 17 Electromagnetically benign apparatus

These Regulations do not apply to apparatus the inherent qualities of which are such that neither is it liable to cause, nor is its performance liable to be degraded by, electromagnetic disturbance.

Section 18 Apparatus for use in a sealed electromagnetic environment

These Regulations do not apply to—

(a) the supply of any apparatus—

(i) for which the usual electromagnetic environment is a sealed electromagnetic environment; and

(ii) which is accompanied by instructions which state that the apparatus is suitable for use only in a sealed electromagnetic environment; or

(b) the taking into service of any apparatus in such an environment.

Section 19 Radio amateur apparatus

(1) These Regulations do not apply to radio amateur apparatus which is not available commercially.

(2) In this regulation, “available commercially ” means manufactured in the course of a business of manufacture of relevant apparatus.

Section 20 Military equipment

(1) These Regulations do not apply to military equipment.

(2) In this regulation, “military equipment ” means apparatus which is designed for use as arms, munitions and war material within the meaning of Article 223.1(b) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (notwithstanding that it may be capable of other applications), but does not include apparatus which is designed both for such use and for other applications.

Section 21 Active implantable medical devices

(1) These Regulations do not apply to active implantable medical devices.

(2) In this regulation and regulation 22 below, “active implantable medical device ” has the meaning given by Article 1.2(c) of Council Directive 90/385/EEC on the approximation of laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices .

Section 22 Medical devices

(1) These Regulations do not apply to medical devices.

(2) In this regulation and regulation 3, “medical device ” means any instrument, apparatus, appliance, material or other article, including software, whether used alone or in combination, intended by the manufacturer to be used for human beings solely or principally for the purpose of—

(a) diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, injury or handicap;

(b) investigation, replacement or modification of the anatomy or of a physiological process; or

(c) control of conception,

and which does not achieve its principal intended action in or on the human body by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, but which may be assisted in its function by such means, but excluding—

(i) an in vitro diagnostic device; and

(ii) an active implantable medical device;

and in this definition, “in vitro diagnostic device ” means any device which is a reagent, reagent product, kit, instrument, equipment or system, whether used alone or in combination, intended by the manufacturer to be used solely or principally in vitro for the examination of substances derived from the human body with a view to providing information for the detection, diagnosis, control or treatment of a physiological state, of a state of health or disease, or of a congenital abnormality .

Section 23 Electrical Energy Meters

(1) These Regulations do not apply to electrical energy meters as regards the immunity thereof.

(2) In this regulation, “electrical energy meter ” means any new direct connected induction meter, with single or multiple tariffs, designed to measure active energy single-phase or polyphase current at 50 H 3 frequency mentioned or referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 76/891/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electrical energy meters .

Section 24 Spark-ignition engines of vehicles

(1) These Regulations do not apply to the electric ignition systems of a propulsion engine of, or intended for incorporation in, a vehicle in so far as the electromagnetic disturbance generated thereby is liable to cause radio interference.

(2) In this regulation, “vehicle ” has the meaning given by Article 1 of Council Directive 72/245/EEC on the approximation of laws of the Member States relating to the suppression of radio interference produced by spark-ignition engines fitted to motor vehicles .

Section 25 Spark ignition engines of tractors

(1) These Regulations do not apply to the electric ignition systems of a propulsion engine of, or intended for incorporation in, an agricultural or forestry tractor in so far as the electromagnetic disturbance generated thereby is liable to cause radio interference,

(2) In this regulation, “agricultural or forestry tractor ” has the meaning given by Article 1 of Council Directive 75/322/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the suppression of radio interference produced by spark-ignition engines fitted to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors , as amended by Article 1 of Council Directive 82/890/EEC amending the Directives on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors .

Section 26 Non-automatic weighing instruments

(1) These Regulations do not apply to a non-automatic weighing instrument as regards the immunity thereof.

(2) In this regulation, “non-automatic weighing instrument ” has the meaning given by the second indent of Article 1.1 read in conjunction with Article 1.2(a) of Council Directive 90/384/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to non-automatic weighing instruments .

Section 27 Telecommunications terminal equipment

(1) Nothing in these Regulations shall impose electromagnetic compatibility requirements in so far as such requirements are specific to any description of telecommunications terminal equipment.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, electromagnetic compatibility requirements shall be taken to be specific to a description of telecommunications terminal equipment if that equipment is required to satisfy those requirements pursuant to Article 4(c) of the TTE Directive.

Section 28 General duty for supply

No person shall supply relevant apparatus unless the requirements of regulation 30 below are complied with in relation thereto.

Section 29 General duty for taking into service

No person shall take into service relevant apparatus unless that apparatus conforms with the protection requirements.

Section 30 Requirements for supply

The requirements of this regulation are that—

(a) the relevant apparatus conforms with the protection requirements;

(b) the conformity assessment requirements have been complied with;

(c) the CE mark has been properly affixed by the manufacturer or his authorised representative in relation to the relevant apparatus in accordance with regulation 33 below; and

(d) the manufacturer or his authorised representative has properly issued an EC declaration of conformity in respect of the relevant apparatus in accordance with the requirements of regulation 34 below.

Section 31 Conformity assessment requirements—the three routes to compliance

The conformity assessment requirements are that—

(a) in the case of relevant apparatus other than radiocommunication transmission apparatus, the requirements of—

(i) Part IV (in these Regulations referred to as “the standards route to compliance ”); or

(ii) Part V (in these Regulations referred to as “the technical construction file route to compliance ”)

of these Regulations are complied with; and

(b) in the case of radiocommunication transmission apparatus, the requirements of Part VI (in these Regulations referred to as “the EC type-examination route to compliance ”) of these Regulations are complied with.

Section 32 Presumption of conformity

Where in relation to any relevant apparatus—

(a) such apparatus conforms to the applicable EMC standard, or all applicable EMC standards, which make provision for that apparatus; or

(b) the conformity assessment requirements are complied with pursuant to the technical construction file route to compliance,

there shall be a presumption (“the presumption of conformity ”) that, until the contrary is proved, that relevant apparatus complies with the protection requirements.

Section 33 The CE mark

(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the CE mark shall be regarded as properly affixed in relation to relevant apparatus if the requirements of paragraphs (2) to (4) below are complied with.

(2) The CE mark shall be affixed in relation to any relevant apparatus by being affixed to one of the following—

(a) the apparatus; or

(b) the apparatus'—

(i) packaging;

(ii) instructions for use; or

(iii) guarantee certificate.

(3) Where the apparatus in relation to which the mark is affixed is radiocommunication transmission apparatus, the CE mark shall be followed by the distinctive letters used by the notified body which issued the EC type-examination certificate in respect of the apparatus with which the first-mentioned apparatus conforms.

(4) Where the apparatus is the subject of Community Directives other than the EMC Directive providing for the affixing of a mark consisting of or including the symbol “CE ”, the CE mark may only be affixed in relation thereto for the purposes of these Regulations if the apparatus conforms with the relevant requirements of those other Directives.

(5) No person shall affix the CE mark, or any other inscription liable to be confused therewith, in relation to any relevant apparatus, unless—

(a) the apparatus complies with the protection requirements; and

(b) the conformity assessment procedures have been complied with.

(6) No person shall affix the CE mark, or any other inscription liable to be confused therewith, in relation to any electrical apparatus other than relevant apparatus: provided that nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the affixing of the CE mark to any electrical apparatus pursuant to any Community right or obligation other than the EMC Directive.

(7) In these Regulations, “CE mark ” means a mark consisting of the symbol “CE ” set out in the form shown in Schedule 4 hereto.

Section 34 EC declaration of conformity

(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, an EC declaration of conformity is a declaration which indicates that apparatus conforms with the protection requirements of the EMC Directive (howsoever expressed).

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, an EC declaration of conformity shall be regarded as properly issued in relation to relevant apparatus if the following requirements are complied with —

(a) the apparatus conforms with the protection requirements;

(b) the conformity assessment requirements are complied with;

(c) in the case of a declaration issued in the United Kingdom—

(i) in the case of a declaration issued pursuant to the standards route to compliance, it complies with the requirements of regulation 40 below;

(ii) in the case of a declaration issued pursuant to the technical construction file route to compliance, it complies with the requirements of regulation 57 below;

(iii) in the case of a declaration issued pursuant to the EC type-examination route to compliance, it complies with the requirements of regulation 70 below;

(d) in the case of a declaration issued other than in the United Kingdom, the declaration is issued by the manufacturer or his authorised representative and contains the following —

(i) a description of the apparatus to which it refers;

(ii) reference to the specifications or harmonised standards or both under which conformity is declared, and where appropriate, to the national measures or recognised national standards or both, as the case may be, implemented to ensure the conformity of the apparatus with the provisions of the EMC Directive;

(iii) identification of the signatory empowered to bind the manufacturer or his authorised representative; and

(iv) where appropriate, reference to the EC type-examination certificate issued by a notified body.

(3) No person shall (in the United Kingdom) issue an EC declaration of conformity in relation to relevant apparatus unless—

(a) the apparatus to which it relates conforms with the protection requirements;

(b) the conformity assessment requirements have been complied with; and

(c) the requirements of paragraph (2)(c) above are complied with.

(4) No person shall (in the United Kingdom) issue an EC declaration of conformity in relation to any electrical apparatus other than relevant apparatus.

Section 35 Retention of documentation

(1) A responsible person shall hold an EC declaration of conformity in relation to relevant apparatus at the disposal of the Secretary of State for ten years beginning with the date on which the latest item of relevant apparatus to be supplied in the Community to which the declaration relates was so supplied.

(2) Where the EC declaration of conformity is made pursuant to Part V or VI of these Regulations, the responsible person shall hold the technical construction file, or EC type-examination certificate, as the case may be, at the disposal of the Secretary of State for ten years beginning with the date on which the latest item of relevant apparatus to be supplied in the Community to which the technical construction file or EC type-examination certificate relates was so supplied.

(3) Any documentation to be retained by the responsible person pursuant to the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) above may be kept by recording the matters in question in a manner other than material form provided, however, adequate precautions shall be taken for guarding against falsification.

(4) The power conferred on a responsible person in paragraph (3) above includes power to keep the documentation by recording those matters otherwise than in legible form, so long as the recording is capable of being reproduced in a legible form.

(5) If the responsible person records the documentation in question otherwise than in a legible form, any duty imposed on him by these Regulations to allow inspection of, or to furnish a copy of, the documentation or any part of it is to be treated as a duty to allow inspection of, or to furnish, a reproduction of the document or of the relevant part of it in legible form.

Section 36 Application of Part IV

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, this Part shall have effect for the purposes of providing for the manner in which the conformity assessment requirements may be complied with where the manufacturer has chosen the standards route to compliance.

(2) This Part does not, save for regulation 37, apply to radiocommunication transmission apparatus.

Section 37 The standards route to compliance

The conformity assessment requirements are complied with pursuant to the standards route to compliance if the manufacturer has applied an applicable EMC standard which makes, or all applicable EMC standards which make, complete provision in respect of the apparatus.

Section 38 Applicable EMC standards

(1) This regulation shall have effect for the purpose of making provision in respect of the standards which are to be recognised for the purposes of Article 7 of the EMC Directive.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations except for regulation 47(4) below, a harmonized standard is a technical specification (European standard or harmonization document)—

(a) adopted for the purposes of Article 7.1(a) of the EMC Directive by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization ( CENELEC ) or the European Telecommunications Standards Institute ( ETSI ) upon a remit from the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 83/189/EEC laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations ;

(b) the reference number of which has been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities pursuant to that sub-article.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, a transposed harmonized standard is a national standard of a member State—

(a) which transposes a harmonized standard; and

(b) the reference number of which has been published—

(i) by the relevant member State in adoption thereof pursuant to Article 7.1(a) of the EMC Directive;

(ii) in the case of a transposed harmonized standard of the United Kingdom, pursuant to regulation 39(1) below in recognition of it as such.

(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, a recognised national standard is a standard of a member State—

(a) which applies to relevant apparatus for which no harmonized standard has been adopted;

(b) which is recognised as a national standard for the purposes of Article 7.1(b) of the EMC Directive, the Commission having notified the member States pursuant to Articles 7.2 and 8.2 of that Directive that that standard enjoys the presumption of conformity with the protection requirements for the time being and published its reference number in the Official Journal pursuant to Article 7.2 of the Directive; and

(c) in the case of a recognised national standard of—

(i) a member State other than the United Kingdom, the reference number of which has been published by the relevant member State pursuant to the said Article 7.2;

(ii) the United Kingdom, the reference number of which has been published (and not withdrawn) pursuant to regulation 39(2) below in recognition of it as such.

(5) For the purposes of these Regulations, in relation to any description of relevant apparatus, an applicable EMC standard is either a transposed harmonized standard or a recognised national standard within the scope of which that description of relevant apparatus falls.

Section 39 Publication of reference numbers of standards

(1) The Secretary of State shall from time to time publish by notice in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes pursuant to this paragraph, lists of the reference numbers of standards which are to be regarded as the transposed harmonized standards of the United Kingdom for the time being for the purposes of Article 7.1(a) of the EMC Directive.

(2) The Secretary of State shall from time to time publish by notice in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes pursuant to this paragraph lists of the reference numbers of standards which are to be regarded as the recognised national standards of the United Kingdom for the time being for the purposes of Article 7.1(b) of the EMC Directive.

(3) The Secretary of State shall from time to time publish by notice in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes lists of the reference numbers of standards which are for the time being transposed harmonized standards and recognised national standards of the member States other than the United Kingdom.

Section 40 EC declaration of conformity pursuant to the standards route to compliance

(1) This regulation shall have effect for prescribing the form of an EC declaration of conformity issued in the United Kingdom in respect of relevant apparatus in relation to which the conformity assessment requirements have been complied with pursuant to the standards route to compliance.

(2) An EC declaration of conformity to which this regulation applies shall—

(a) be in English;

(b) give the name and address—

(i) of the responsible person;

(ii) where that person is not the manufacturer, of the manufacturer;

(c) be signed by or on behalf of the manufacturer or his authorised representative and identify that signatory;

(d) bear the date of issue;

(e) give particulars of the relevant apparatus to which it relates sufficient to identify it;

(f) state the numbers and titles of the applicable EMC standards applied by the manufacturer; and

(g) certify that the apparatus to which it relates conforms with the protection requirements of Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility.

Section 41 Application of Part V

This Part shall have effect for the purposes of providing for—

(a) the circumstances and manner in which the conformity assessment requirements may be complied with pursuant to the technical construction file route to compliance; and

(b) the appointment of United Kingdom competent bodies to exercise functions in relation thereto, and matters incidental to such appointment and exercise.

Section 42 Applicability of the technical construction file route to compliance

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the conformity assessment requirements may be complied with pursuant to the technical construction file route to compliance where—

(a) there are applicable EMC standards which make complete provision in respect of the apparatus, but the manufacturer has chosen not to apply all or any of those standards either as regards the whole or part thereof;

(b) there is no applicable EMC standard; or

(c) there are applicable EMC standards and the manufacturer has applied all or any of them as regards the whole or part thereof, but they do not make complete provision in respect of the apparatus.

(2) The technical construction file route to compliance shall not apply in respect of radiocommunication transmission apparatus.

Section 43 Technical construction files

(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, a technical construction file is a file which—

(a) describes the apparatus to which it relates;

(b) contains information about the design, manufacture and operation thereof;

(c) sets out the procedures used to ensure the conformity of the apparatus with the protection requirements in respect of the applicable EM characteristics of the apparatus in respect of which the manufacturer has not applied an applicable EMC standard; and

(d) includes a technical report or technical certificate.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that a technical construction file may be composed in relation to—

(a) a single item of apparatus;

(b) where a number of items are to be produced, a specimen representative of the production envisaged (a “representative ”); or

(c) a number of items of apparatus or representatives of each such item or representative being variants of the same basic design (each such item or representative being referred to as a “variant ”).

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) above, a technical construction file composed in the United Kingdom shall—

(a) be in material form;

(b) be in—

(i) English where application for the technical report or technical certificate is made to a United Kingdom competent body; or

(ii) any official Community language acceptable to the competent body where such application is made to a competent body of another member State;

(c) give the name and address—

(i) of the responsible person;

(ii) where that person is not the manufacturer, of the manufacturer;

(d) contain such information as is sufficient, in all the circumstances of the case, to enable the enforcement authority to—

(i) identify the apparatus to which it relates; and

(ii) ascertain whether the apparatus to which it relates conforms with the protection requirements;

(e) state the numbers and titles of the applicable EMC standards, and any other standards, specifications or codes of practice, applied by the manufacturer; and

(f) contain particulars of the electromagnetic environment for which the apparatus is suitable.

Section 44 The technical construction file route to compliance

The conformity assessment requirements are complied with in relation to relevant apparatus pursuant to the technical construction file route to compliance if the manufacturer or his authorised representative has composed a technical construction file in respect of the apparatus.

Section 45 Competent bodies

For the purposes of these Regulations, a competent body is a body responsible for issuing technical reports and technical certificates pursuant to Article 10.2 of the EMC Directive either for all descriptions of relevant apparatus (other than radiocommunication transmission apparatus) or for specific descriptions thereof, and which is for the time being—

(a) a United Kingdom competent body pursuant to appointment under regulation 46 below; or

(b) a competent body of a member State other than the United Kingdom.

Section 46 Appointment

(1) Subject to regulation 47 below, the Secretary of State may appoint a person as a United Kingdom competent body in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) An appointment under this regulation shall be in writing and shall, subject to regulations 47(5) and 49(3) below, be subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may impose for the time being, and such conditions may include conditions which are to apply on or following the termination or expiry of the appointment.

(3) Subject to regulation 47(2) below, an appointment under this regulation shall have effect in respect of such descriptions of relevant apparatus as the Secreatary of State may for the time being authorise, and in this Part, “authorised” and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.

(4) In exercising the power conferred by paragraph (1) above, the Secretary of State may (in addition to the matters of which he is required to satisfy himself pursuant to regulation 47(2) below) have regard to any matter appearing to him to be relevant, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, he may have regard to any standards relating to the accreditation of laboratories or certification bodies appearing to him to be appropriate.

(5) Subject to regulation 48 below, an appointment under this regulation may be for—

(a) the time being; or

(b) such period as may be specified in the appointment.

(6) The Secretary of State shall from time to time publish lists of United Kingdom competent bodies indicating the descriptions of relevant apparatus in respect of which each body is authorised; and such lists may include information concerning any condition to which the appointment of any competent body is for the time being subject.

Section 47 Eligibility and verification

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the following persons shall be eligible for appointment as United Kingdom competent bodies—

(a) the Secretary of State; and

(b) any person resident, incorporated, or carrying on a business in the United Kingdom.

(2) The criteria listed in Schedule 5 hereto (being the criteria for the assessment of the bodies to be notified listed in Annex II of the EMC Directive and the criteria which competentbodies are required by Article 1.5 of that Directive to meet) (“the minimum criteria ”) must be satisfied in relation to any person if that person is to be appointed or remain a United Kingdom competent body, and accordingly the Secretary of State shall not—

(a) make an appointment under regulation 46(1) above unless he is satisfied that the person concerned meets the minimum criteria; or

(b) authorise under regulation 46(3) above the appointment to have effect in relation to any description of relevant apparatus unless he is satisfied that the body meets the minimum criteria in respect of that description of apparatus.

(3) The Secretary of State shall from time to time verify that each United Kingdom competent body fulfils the minimum criteria listed in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 5 hereto.

(4) A person who complies with the assessment criteria fixed by a standard which is a relevant harmonized standard within the meaning of Article 10.6 of the EMC Directive shall be presumed to satisfy the minimum criteria.

(5) An appointment under regulation 46 above may be subject to the condition that only a defined part of the undertaking of the appointed person may exercise the functions of a competent body, and where an appointment is, or is to be, subject to such a condition—

(a) a reference in these Regulations to the minimum criteria shall be construed in relation to that person as a reference to the part of that person’s undertaking so defined; and

(b) the conditions of the appointment shall include provision for ensuring that the confidentiality of confidential information held by the part of the undertaking so defined in pursuance of its function as a United Kingdom competent body is protected from disclosure to other parts of the undertaking.

(6) Upon the expiry of an appointment under regulation 46 above, the United Kingdom competent body shall be eligible for re-appointment.

Section 48 Termination of appointment and transfer of functions

(1) The Secretary of State, by notice in writing (a “notice of termination ”)—

(a) shall terminate the appointment of a United Kingdom competent body where—

(i) the body so requests; or

(ii) it appears to the Secretary of State that—

(aa) the body no longer satisfies the minimum criteria; or

(bb) it is necessary in the interests of manufacturers, suppliers or end users of relevant apparatus to terminate the body’s appointment; and

(b) may terminate such appointment if the body is in breach of a condition of appointment.

(2) Where the Secretary of State exercises the power conferred by paragraph (1) above—

(a) the notice of termination shall take effect on such date as shall be specified therein; and

(b) the Secretary of State shall inform the appropriate authorities of the other member States and the Commission.

(3) Where the Secretary of State—

(a) withdraws the authorisation of a United Kingdom competent body to exercise functions in relation to any description of apparatus pursuant to regulation 46(3) above; or

(b) terminates the appointment of such a body pursuant to paragraph (1) of this regulation,

he may give such directions (either to the body the subject of the withdrawal or termination, as the case may be, or to another authorised United Kingdom competent body) for the purposes of making such arrangements for the determination of outstanding applications as he considers appropriate.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by paragraph (3) above, such directions may include the manner in which fees already received pursuant to regulation 49 below in respect of outstanding applications by the body the subject of the withdrawal or termination, as the case may be, are to be disposed of, having regard to the work already done on such applications by that body.

(5) The Secretary of State shall, where he takes an action referred to in paragraph (3)(a) or (b) above in relation to a United Kingdom competent body, give such directions as he considers appropriate to provide for the exercise by another United Kingdom competent body or himself of the powers conferred by regulations 54(3) and 55 below exercisable by the first mentioned United Kingdom competent body, and where such directions have been given, a reference in those provisions to the United Kingdom competent body which issued a technical certificate or technical report shall be construed as a reference to that other United Kingdom competent body or to the Secretary of State, as the case may be.

Section 49 Power of competent body other than the Secretary of State to charge fees

(1) Without prejudice to the power of the Secretary of State, where he is a United Kingdom competent body, to charge fees pursuant to regulations made under section 56 of the Finance Act 1973 and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, a United Kingdom competent body other than the Secretary of State may charge applicants for technical reports or technical certificates such fees in connection with or incidental to the consideration of applications therefor as the body may determine; and such fees may include an amount on account of profit which is reasonable in the circumstances having regard to—

(a) the character and extent of the work done or to be done by the body in the determination of such applications; and

(b) the commercial rate normally charged on account of profit for that work or similar work.

(2) The power in paragraph (1) above includes power to require the payment of fees or a reasonable estimate thereof with the application.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of regulation 46(2) above, the conditions to which an appointment under regulation 46(1) may be subject may include a requirement to publish from time to time the scale of fees which the United Kingdom competent body charges pursuant to this regulation, or such information about the basis of calculation thereof as may be specified in the condition.

Section 50 Applications for technical reports and technical certificates

(1) Subject to regulation 51, a United Kingdom competent body shall determine applications made thereto for the issue of technical reports and technical certificates in respect of relevant apparatus of authorised descriptions.

(2) In determining such applications, the United Kingdom competent body—

(a) shall have regard to the actual or usual electromagnetic environment of the apparatus; and

(b) may have regard to any standards (whether applicable EMC standards or otherwise) or other technical criteria appearing to it to be relevant.

(3) Where in the opinion of the United Kingdom competent body the apparatus to which an application relates conforms with the protection requirements, it shall issue a technical report or technical certificate, as the case may be, which complies with the requirements of regulation 53 below.

(4) Subject to regulation 56, where in the opinion of the UK competent body the apparatus to which the application relates does not conform with the protection requirements, it shall refuse to issue a technical report or technical certificate, as the case may be, giving written reasons for the refusal.