On May 22, 2014, The Radio Equipment Directive (RED)2014/53/EU was officially published in The official EU official gazette (OJ) and entered into force on 12 June 2014. The directive will replace the radio and telecommunications terminal equipment directive (R&TTE directive). Before June 12, 2016, member states should convert the directive into member state law, and the original R&TTE directive (1999/5/EC) will also be invalidated. From June 13, 2016, member states shall adopt the new radio equipment directive (RED); From June 13, 2017, products that comply with the old R&TTE directive will not be allowed to be sold in the eu market.
The new RED directive provides uniform rules for placing radio equipment, including cellular phones, car doors and modems on the market. The new directive aims to keep pace with the growing number and variety of radio devices and devices, and to ensure that they do not interfere with or interfere with human health.
The new directive will give authorities more market oversight tools to monitor radio equipment that does not meet new safety requirements. After the assessment, the commission will determine the type of equipment to be registered before the market is launched. A similar database is already operating in the United States.
Compared with the old R&TTE directive, the main contents of the new RED directive are as follows:
1. New legislative framework (NLF)
The consistency of the new legislative framework (NLF) will be common to all CE mark new method directives, including:
New responsibilities of manufacturers, authorized representatives, importers and distributors;
A single mandatory declaration of compliance issued by the manufacturer (DoC);
Technical structure documents (TCF) requirements;
Translate technical structure documents (TCF) according to requirements;
Safeguard clauses and formal non-compliance;
Common DoC templates.
2. Specific technical changes.
The directive also includes some technical changes, including:
Changes in coverage;
Definition of radio equipment;
Rules for software definition (software-defined);
New registration system for radio equipment;
Additional information in the user's manual;
Simplified version of DoC allowed;
Geographic information on the package;
Only if there is no harmonization standard will the announcement mechanism (NB) be required;
NB ID is required only in quality assurance mode;
There is no need to notify member states when launching the market;
Formal requirements for warning signs;
The CE mark no longer needs to be in the product specification, only on the product and packaging;
For safety/EMC evaluation, the manufacturer has the following options: OEM declaration, NB participation + this type of OEM certificate, or NB's complete quality assurance mode;
The manufacturer has the same 3 options for the complete use of harmonized radio assessments, and the OEM declaration is not allowed without full use of the harmonized standards.
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