Directive 2014/53 / EU

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Directive 2014/53 / EU

Title: Directive 2014/53 / EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 16, 2014 on the harmonization of the laws of the member states relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5 / EC
Designation:
(not official) 		Radio Equipment Directive
Scope: EEA
Basis: TFEU , in particular Article 114
Procedure overview: European Commission
European Parliament
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To be
implemented in national law by: 		June 12, 2016
Implemented by: GermanyGermany Germany : Radio Equipment Act of June 27, 2017

AustriaAustria Austria : Law for radio systems and market surveillance (FMaG)

Reference: OJ L 153 of May 22, 2014, pp. 62-106
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The Directive 2014/53 / EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States concerning the provision of radio equipment on the market and repealing Directive 1999/5 / EC is next to the EMC Directive and of the Low Voltage Directive is the most important regulatory instrument for placing electronic products on the market. It replaces Directive 1999/5 / EC ("R & TTE", "Radio and telecommunication terminal equipment directive").

Goals and implementation

The guideline serves the purpose of "a high level of protection in the areas of health and safety as well as an appropriate level of electromagnetic compatibility and for an effective and efficient use of radio frequencies to avoid radio interference" of those made available on the European Union market To ensure radio systems.

It applies to all radio systems with the exception of amateur radio systems (which are considered not to be available on the market, e.g. self-build), ship systems, on board aircraft that fall under Directive 91/670 / EEC and for purely research or development purposes operated test modules.

The directive requires the member states to take all appropriate measures so that electrical equipment can only be placed on the market if - in accordance with the state of the art in the Community - is manufactured in such a way that it can be properly installed and maintained as well as the intended use meet the basic requirements as described in Article 3 of the directive.

Like all European directives , the primary objective of the directive is to enable the free movement of goods . This is evident from Article 9, which requires: “ For reasons related to the issues covered by this Directive, Member States shall not impede the making available on the market of radio equipment that complies with this Directive on their territory. "

The requirement of Article 7 also serves the free exchange of goods: “ The member states permit the commissioning and use of radio systems if the radio systems comply with the provisions of this directive when correctly installed and maintained and when used as intended. Without prejudice to their obligations ... Member States can only introduce additional requirements for the commissioning and / or use of radio systems if the reasons for this lie in the effective and efficient use of radio frequencies, the prevention of radio interference, the avoidance of electromagnetic interference or public health . "

National implementations

In Germany, the Radio Equipment Act of June 27, 2017 implements the directive.

In Austria, the “Law for Radio Systems and Market Surveillance” (FMaG) was passed on April 26, 2017, which also replaces the previous “ Federal Law on Radio Systems and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment” (FTEG).

Innovations compared to the R & TTE

In contrast to the previous directive, Directive 2014/53 / EU now also covers radio and television receivers. Purely wired telecommunication terminal equipment does not fall under the directive. For example, the Raspberry Pi up to model 2b is not covered by the directive, but the models with integrated WLAN are.

Another difference is that the requirements for electromagnetic compatibility and safety no longer have to be proven via harmonized standards , but only the use of the radio spectrum.

In contrast to the previous directive, it is required with regard to the use of radio spectrum that this must not only be effective but also efficient . This results in additional normative requirements, especially for recipients.

CE marking and declaration of conformity

The economic actors (the manufacturer, possibly his authorized representative, possibly the importer into the EU and the trader (s)) are responsible for compliance with the directive, although these actors have different tasks. The manufacturer proves the compliance of a radio system with the directive by performing one of the conformity assessment procedures in accordance with Annexes II to IV. He prepares the technical documents as described in Article 21 and affixes the CE marking . A manufacturer based outside the EU can delegate most of its tasks to an authorized representative . Importers and traders are obliged to only bring compliant radio systems into circulation or make them available on the market.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BGBl. 2017 I p. 1947 .
  2. ↑ Decision recommendation and report of the Committee for Economy and Energy on the draft of a law to revise the regulations on radio systems and to amend the Telecommunications Act as well as to repeal the law on radio systems and telecommunications terminal equipment ( BT-Drs. 18/12139 ).
  3. ↑ Simon Menz: Update: German Bundestag adopts the new Radio Equipment Act (FuAG) with considerable (subsequent) amendment May 5, 2017
  4. ↑ RED Radio Equipment Directive on the FEEi website of May 29, 2017, accessed on June 6, 2017

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