NIST GCR 01-826
A Guide to the EU Directive on Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
ABSTRACT
This guide (prepared under contract by Helen Delaney and Rene van de Zande, DVZ Joint Ventures) is an easy-to-use introductory reference for industry and government officials on the requirements of the European Union's (EU) Directive on Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (1999/5/EC). It is designed to help business and government officials understand the purpose of the directive, its relationship to other directives, the essential requirements contained in the directive, and the basic steps necessary for compliance. The guide offers explanations of such requirements as: the products covered by the directive; products excluded from the directive; essential requirements; interface specifications requirements; harmonized standards; placing equipment on the market and into service; safeguards; conformity assessment routes; CE marking and inscriptions; and equipment class identifiers. The guide contains the text of the directive and a list of applicable standards. In addition, the guide references appropriate sections of NIST Special Publication 951: A Guide to EU Standards and Conformity Assessment for further information on some of the generic conformity assessment concepts and requirements of the EU's New Approach.
Key Words: base stations; CEN; CENELEC; conformity assessment; directives; European Union; interface; land mobile base stations; New Approach directives; marine radio equipment; microwave links; mobile radios; radio equipment; radio frequency; satellite; technical construction files; telecommunications equipment; telephone; telex; user manuals; VSATs
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