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EMC Regulations and Market Surveillance

in Lithuania.

New EMC Directive

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Apparatus & Equipment EMC Control Division

Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania -

RRT

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EMC Regulations in Lithuania

Low on the Electronic

Comm.

1 May 2004

• Official Gazette - Valstybės Žinios, 2004, No. 69-2382)

Technical Regulations

of EMC

20 Dec 2006

• Official Gazette - Valstybės Žinios, 2006, No. 138-5286.

Order No 1V-1306.

8 April 2005

• Order of the Director of the RRT

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EMC

EU Directive

2004/108/EC 20 July 2007

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EMC Regulations in Lithuania

• LAW ON ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

• ERĮ Articles: 8, 10 and 44.

• TASKS of RRT: ensure, that the equipment and devices used in the Republic of

Lithuania are in conformity with the mandatory requirements in force in the Republic of

Lithuania and ensure the electromagnetic compatibility of the equipment and devices.

RIGHTS of the RRT: 1) assess the conformity of equipment and devices, radio

equipment and terminal equipment with mandatory requirements and/or standards; 2)

make measurements and perform other actions aimed at assessing whether the

technical parameters of equipment and devices, radio equipment and terminal equipment

conform to mandatory requirements. REGULATION by the RRT: The conditions for

applying electromagnetic compatibility requirements, the procedure and conditions for

the placing on the market and use of equipment and devices, the requirements for

equipment and devices, the requirements for their installation and use, the procedure

and conditions of assessment, approval and monitoring of compliance with

electromagnetic compatibility shall be laid down in the Technical Regulation on

Electromagnetic Compatibility approved by the order of the director of the

Communications Regulatory Authority.


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Transposition of EMCD into national law

• Lithuania was one of

the first EU Member

States to transpose

EMCD into national

law.

• Contact points in

charge of

implementation and

market surveillance.

• http://ec.europa.eu/


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EC Declaration of Conformity – CE marking

CE mark > 5 mm

In LT 24 % knows what it

means.

Example of WRONG DoC:

(Explosives for civil uses +

Equipment intended for use

in potentially explosive

atmospheres )


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Other marks and information

Marking ex.1 Marking ex.2


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Other Information: Class A and Class B

• Apparatus for

which compliance

with the protection

requirements is

not ensured in

residential areas

shall be

accompanied by a

clear indication of

this restriction of

use, where

appropriate also

on the packaging.

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Assessment of Non Compliance

Paper in EMC Barcelona 2006 simposium.

U-uncertainty of the accredited test lab.

Three levels:

A +0,5 U

The results fall within the uncertainty

margin. No action. Letter to the

manufacturer.

B from +0,5 U to 1,5 U.

The product does not comply with the

essential requirements. Actions of the

authority - 30 days allowed to bring into

conformity.

C above +1,5 U

Substantial non-compliance. Actions of the

authority – sales ban.

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• Uncertainties of tests of RRT

EMC lab

• IMMUNITY: 4 performance

criterions:

• Performance criterion A

• EN 61000-4-3, EN 61000-4-

6, EN 61000-4-8.

• Performance criterion B

• EN 61000-4-2, EN 61000-4-

4, EN 61000-4-5 (mains port)

• Performance criterion C

• EN 61000-4-5 (signals,

communications ports), EN

61000-4-11.

• Performance criterion D

• Failure of the equipment

under test

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What we test

Market surveillance EMC 2012

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What we need to test

Market surveillance EMC 201x

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Accreditation scope of RRT EMC KS

Number of standards: 1993-2012

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38 38

70 64

121 123

136 142 142

174

164

174 174 173

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

1993-98 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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Market Surveillance Results 2011

• FINAL REPORT

• ON THE 4TH JOINT CROSS-BORDER

• EMC MARKET SURVEILLANCE CAMPAIGN (2011)

• LED LIGHTING PRODUCTS

• A hundred and sixty-eight (168) products were obtained and evaluated.

• The results of the technical compliance with the applicable harmonised

standards showed large differences:

• - Rather low compliance with the emissions limits: 61.5% of the tested,

one hundred and sixty-six (166) products were found to be compliant

• - There was a better level of compliance with the immunity limits: 91.5%

of the tested, forty-six (46) products were found to be compliant.

• The overall administrative compliance was only 28.8% and, mainly

regarded the CE marking and the Declaration of Conformity (DoC)

requirements.


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www.rrt.lt website on EMC Regulations

On RRT website

following the link :

“Elektroninių ryšių

verslui” – Įrenginiai

– Elektro-

magnetinis

suderinamumas”

could be find all

necessary

information

including links and

market surveillance

results,

questionnaire for

testing, etc.


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New Legislative Framework

Experience has shown in EU market certain weaknesses and inconsistencies

in the implementation and enforcement of this legislation, leading to:

• – the presence of non-compliant or dangerous products on the market

and consequently a certain lack of trust in CE marking

• – competitive disadvantages for economic operators complying with the

legislation as opposed to those circumventing the rules

• – unequal treatment in the case of non-compliant products and distortion

of competition amongst economic operators due to different enforcement

practices

• – differing practices in the designation of conformity assessment bodies

by national authorities

• – problems with the quality of certain notified bodies.


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New Legislative Framework

To remedy these horizontal

shortcomings in Union

harmonisation legislation

observed across several

industrial sectors, the “New

Legislative Framework” was

adopted in 2008.

• The New Legislative Framework

(NLF) consists of two

complementary instruments:

Regulation (EC) No 765/2008

on accreditation and market

surveillance and Decision No

768/2008/EC establishing a

common framework for the

marketing of products

(conformity assessment

procedures: Modules A … H).

Regulation (EC) No 764/2008

the application of national

technical rules to products.


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New Legislative Framework Alignment

Package (Omnibus)

EMC

2004/108/EC

Low voltage (LVD)

2006/95/EC Lifts

95/16/EC Weighing instr.

2009/23/EC Measuring Instr.

2004/22/EC

Pressure vessels

2009/105/EC Explosives

93/15/EEC Pyrotechnic articles

2007/23/EC • Expl. atm. (ATEX)

94/9/EC

R&TTE

1999/5/EC

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New EMC Directive

• Consultation of interested parties

The alignment of Directive 2004/108/EC to the NLF Decision has been

discussed with national experts responsible for the implementation of this

Directive, the notified body group, the administrative cooperation group as

well as in bilateral meetings with industry associations.

• From June to October 2010 a public consultation was organised that

comprised all the sectors involved in this initiative. It consisted of four

targeted questionnaires for economic operators, authorities, notified

bodies and users and the Commission services received 300 replies. The

results are published at: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/single-

market-goods/regulatory-policies-commonrules-for-products/new-

legislative-framework/index_en.htm

• In addition to the general consultation a specific SME consultation was

carried out. 603 SMEs were consulted through the Enterprise Europe

Network in May/June 2010.


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New EMC Directive

• Alignment exercise: no modifications of the scope of the

Directive are foreseen.

• Deviations from the New Legislative Framework need to

be duly justified.

• Progress in European Council and Parliament is difficult to

estimate at this stage.


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New EMC Directive

• DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE

COUNCIL

• on the approximation ⌦ harmonisation ⌫ of the laws of the Member

States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and repealing

Directive 89/336/EEC

• Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, ⌦ on

the Functioning of the European Union, ⌫

• New definitions (9….25): ‘making available on the market’; ‘placing on

the market’; ‘manufacturer’; ‘authorised representative’; ‘importer’;

‘distributor’; ‘economic operators’, etc.


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New EMC Directive

• New Chapter: 2 – Obligations of economic operators

• Importers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered

trade mark and the address at which they can be contacted on the

apparatus or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a

document accompanying the apparatus.

• An importer or distributor shall be considered a manufacturer for the

purposes of this Directive and he shall be subject to the obligations of the

manufacturer under Article 7, where he places apparatus on the market

under his name or trademark or modifies apparatus already placed on the

market in such a way that compliance with the requirements of this

directive may be affected.


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New EMC Directive

• Chapter 3 – Conformity of Equipment

• Two conformity assessments:

– Module A or (Module B + Module C)

Annex II – Internal production control

Annex III – EU-Type Examination (NB involved).

• The manufacturer shall lodge an application for EU-type examination with

a single notified body of his choice.

• Where the type meets the requirements of this Directive that apply to the

apparatus concerned, the notified body shall issue an EU-type

examination certificate to the manufacturer.


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New EMC Directive

• New Chapter 4 – Notification of Conformity Assessment Bodies

• Requirements relating to notifying authorities.

• Requirements relating to notified bodies.

• Conformity assessment bodies shall take out liability insurance unless

liability is assumed by the State in accordance with national law, or the

Member State itself is directly responsible for the conformity assessment.

• The Commission shall assign an identification number to a notified body.

• New Chapter 5 - Union Market Surveillance and Control of Apparatus

Entering the Union Market and Safeguard Procedures

• EU Declaration of Conformity


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Thank you for your attention!

RRT -

Communications

Regulatory

Authority

Accredited Apparatus

& Equipment

EMC Control

Division

E-mail:

[email protected]

Tel: +370 37 334040

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