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The Electromagnetic Compatibility (Amendment) Regulations 1994

UK Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 3080 — creates 5 criminal offences.

5offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
2 December 1994
In force from
30 December 1994
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Miscellaneous
Made under
European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations implement Council Directive 93/68/EEC (the “CE Marking Directive”) (regulation 4) as it amends Council Directive 89/336/EEC (the EMC Directive) by amending the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 1992 (S. I. No. 2372; “the EMC Regulations”). Provision is made for the CE mark to continue to be applied until 31st December 1996 pursuant to the transitional period in Article 14.2 of the CE Marking Directive (regulation 5). These Regulations also make certain updating and other changes to the EMC Regulations (regulation 4(d) and 6). The principal changes are as follows— a provision is made to recognise the extension of the EMC Directive to the European Economic Area (regulation 3(d)); b the compliance notice procedure required by the CE Marking Directive in relation to the CE marking is also provided in relation to the CE mark (regulation 4(d)); c with regard to the disapplication of the EMC Directive to particular products pursuant to Article 2.2 consequent upon the adoption of product specific directives— i the disapplication is qualified in relation to medical devices and active implantable medical devices; the EMC Regulations are to apply until the transitional periods in the product specific directives expire, unless the manufacturer elects to apply the product specific directives; ii the EMC Regulations cease to apply to EMC requirements specific to satellite earth station equipment where the product specific directive applies; in addition, Part VI of the EMC Regulations ceases to apply to both telecommunications terminal equipment and satellite earth station equipment where the product specific directives apply (but Parts IV and V will apply instead to the EMC requirements which are not specific to the equipment concerned); d the modification of the requirements of the EMC Regulations provided for educational electronic equipment by regulation 8 of those Regulations is replaced by a modification for a new category of education and training equipment (regulation 7(c)); and e the details of standards will no longer have to be published in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes pursuant to regulation 39 of the EMC Regulations (regulation 7(f)); details will be published in other publications.

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