The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2006

Made: 18th December 2006

Laid before Parliament: 20th December 2006

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

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PART I — PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

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Revocation and disapplication

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Interpretation

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Essential requirements

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Specific essential requirements for fixed installations

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PART II — APPLICATION

General conditions of application

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Existing legislation

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Exclusions

Electromagnetically benign equipment

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Regulation establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation

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Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive

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Radio amateur apparatus

11

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Equipment covered by other Directives

12

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Measuring Instruments Directive

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Equipment presented at trade fairs or similar events

14

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PART III — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS – APPARATUS

Requirements for placing on the market

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Requirements for putting into service

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Exception from regulation 15 and 16

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Compliance with the essential requirements

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The internal production control procedure

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Involvement of a notified body

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The CE marking

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EC declaration of conformity

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Retention of documentation

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PART IV — UNITED KINGDOM NOTIFIED BODIES

Designation of United Kingdom notified bodies

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Variation and termination

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Fees

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Functions of notified body

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Limitations on duties to exercise functions

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Contractors

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Form of statement of compliance

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Conditions of statement of compliance

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Withdrawal of statement of compliance

32

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Procedure where a notified body is minded to refuse to give, or to vary or to withdraw a statement of compliance

33

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PART V — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS – FIXED INSTALLATIONS

Exemption for certain apparatus from placing on the market requirements

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General duty relating to the putting into service of fixed installations

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Evidence of compliance with the essential requirements

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PART VI — ENFORCEMENT

Enforcement authorities and powers

Enforcement authorities

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Test purchases

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Powers of search

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Provisions supplemental to regulation 39

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Appeals against detention of apparatus

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Compliance notices

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Suspension notices

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Appeals against suspension notices

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Power to require production of documents and information

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Offences

Placing on the market or putting into service of equipment in contravention of regulation 15, 16, 34 or 35

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Contravention of suspension notice

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False or misleading information

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Misuse of the CE marking

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Obstruction of officers of enforcement authorities

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Failure to retain documentation

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Defence of due diligence

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Liability of persons other than the principal offender

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Extension of time for bringing summary proceedings

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Inference of condition of equipment at time of placing on the market or putting into service

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Powers of the court

Penalties

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Power of the court to require matter to be remedied

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Forfeiture: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

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Forfeiture: Scotland

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Recovery of expenses of enforcement

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PART VII — MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

Service of documents

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Duty of enforcement authority to inform the Secretary of State of action taken

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Savings for certain privileges

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Savings for action taken under other enactments

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Consequential amendments

Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 2004

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SCHEDULE 1 — Regulations under Section 10 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949

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SCHEDULE 2 — The CE Marking

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SCHEDULE 3 — Technical documentation

The technical documentation must enable the conformity of the apparatus with the essential requirements to be assessed. It must cover the design and manufacture of the apparatus in particular—

• (i) a general description of the apparatus;

• (ii) evidence of compliance with the relevant harmonised standards, if any, applied in full or in part;

• (iii) where the manufacturer has not applied relevant harmonised standards, or has applied them only in part, a description and explanation of the steps taken to meet the essential requirements, including a description of the electromagnetic compatibility assessment set out in regulation 19(1), results of design calculations made, examinations carried out, test reports, etc; and

• (iv) a statement from the notified body, when the procedure in regulation 20 has been followed.

SCHEDULE 4 — Other directives covering equipment

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SCHEDULE 5 — Minimum Criteria for the Assessment of United Kingdom Notified Bodies

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Signed

Malcolm Wicks — Minister for Science and Innovation — 2006-12-18

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1989/2393.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2005/281.

[^f00004]: 1949 c.54.

[^f00005]: OJ No. L390, 31.12.04, p 24.

[^f00006]: OJ No. L204, 21.7.98, p.37.

[^f00007]: OJ No. L217, 5.8.98, p.18.

[^f00008]: 2002 c.11.

[^f00009]: The Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union was adopted by the Additional Plenipotentiary Conference (Geneva 1992), as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto 1994).

[^f00010]: The application of the EMC Directive was extended in 2006 to the European Economic Area by Decision 3/2006 of 27 January 2006 amending Annex II to the EEA Agreement.

[^f00011]: OJ No. L 240, 7.9.2002, p.1 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1701/2003 (OJ No. L 243, 27.9.03, p. 5).

[^f00012]: OJ No. L 91, 7.4.99, p.10 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29.9.2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.03, p.1).

[^f00013]: OJ No. L135, 30.4.04, p.1.

[^f00014]: 1980 c.43.

[^f00015]: S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I.26).

[^f00016]: 1995 c.46.

[^f00017]: 1978 c.30.

[^f00018]: 1968 c.64.

[^f00019]: S.I. 2004/693.

[^f00020]: S.I. 1952/2023 as amended by SI 1957/347 type=start slip=2007-11-01 time=1195477429140and SI 1973/1217.type=end slip=2007-11-01 time=1195477429140

[^f00021]: S.I. 1963/1895.

[^f00022]: S.I. 1971/1675.