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NIST GCR 01-826
A Guide to the EU Directive on Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment

Contents

To be Considered:
1
Purpose of the Directive
3

I. Definitions

3
Basic Steps to Compliance
4

II. Determining Whether the Product Has to Comply
4

A. Products Totally Covered by the Directive
4

B. Products Excluded from the Directive

5

III. Essential Requirements

5

IV. Notification and Publication of Interface Specifications

6

V. Harmonized Standards
7

VI. Placing Equipment on the Market
7

VII. Putting Equipment into Service and the Right to Connect

8

VIII. Free Movement of Equipment
8

IX. Safeguards
9
Conformity Assessment
9

Route 1: Non-Radio Terminal Equipment & Radio Receive-Only
10

Route 2: Radio Transmitting Equipment, Harmonized Standards
10

Route 3: Radio Transmitting Equipment, No Harmonized Standards
11
CE Conformity Marking and Inscriptions
11

Equipment Class Identifier
12
Annex I: Equipment Excluded from this Directive
14
Annex II: Conformity Assessment Procedure: Internal Production Control
14
Annex III: CA: Internal Control Plus Specific Apparatus Tests
16
Annex IV: CA: Technical Construction File
16
Annex V: CA: Full Quality Assurance
16
Annex VI: Minimum Criteria
18
Annex VII: Marking of Equipment to Indicate CE Conformity
18
Text of the R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC)
Commission Decision of 6 April 2000
List of Harmonized Standards *

 

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A Guide to the EU Directive on Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment

Date Created: 02/11/02
Last Modified: 02/11/02

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