Standards Update
ETSI continues to update standards on a regular basis. Remember that if you are continuing to place products on the EU market and the original harmonised standards against which you had the product tested have been superseded (i.e. they no longer provide a presumption of conformity), then you are obliged to update your Declaration of Conformity and your technical file. This may or may not involve additional testing, depending on the changes within the standards.
You should also note that a standard is not actually harmonised unless it is listed in the latest EU Official Journal, even if the front cover of the issued standard states that it is a “Harmonized European Standard”.
We always publish the latest lists (Official journal) of harmonised standards on our website. You can bookmark this page for future reference: http://www.tuvps.co.uk/home_psuk/company/news_and_downloads/legislation_downloads
Common standards which have recently been released:
Cospas-Sarsat T.007 Issue 4 Revision 6
EN 301 489-1 V1.9.2 (2011-09) – Wireless EMC standard – Common Technical requirements
EN 300 440-2 V1.4.1 (2010) – Short range Devices (1GHz – 40GHz)
EN 302 208-2 V1.4.1 (2011) - 865-868MHz RFID equipments
EN 301 025-1 V1.5.1 (2011) - Class D DSC standard for Fixed Mount radios
EN 301 025-2 V1.4.1 (2010) - Harmonised standard for Class D DSC Fixed mount radios (Article 3.2)
EN 301 025-3 V1.4.1 (2010) - Harmonised standard for Class D DSC Fixed mount radios (Article 3.3(e))
EN 301 178-1 V1.4.1 (2011) – Portable Maritime VHF (non GMDSS)
EN 301 893 V1.6.1 (2011) – 5GHz Broadband Radio Access Networks
EN 301 113-2 V1.5.1 (2011) – Land Mobile (Data)
EN 300 676-1 V1.5.2 (2011) - Ground-based hand-held, mobile and fixed VHF – aeronautical applications
EN 300 676-2 V1.5.1 (2011) – Ground-based hand-held, mobile and fixed VHF – aeronautical applications
EN 300 328, the standard for RLAN, Zigbee, Bluetooth and other short range communication technologies is in the process of being updated and is currently in draft form. We will advise on the implications of the updated standard on our website when details are finalised.
The FCC standard for “Stations in the Maritime Services” is CFR 47 Part 80. Part 80 is increasingly cross referencing IMO resolutions (and subsequently IEC standards) standards as part of the compliance procedure. So simply testing to the Part 80 regulatory requirements is no longer sufficient. Refer to Part 80.1101for details.
