EN 301 489 series of standards for EMC testing of radio equipment are being revised. Although these EMC standards are intended for radio equipment, they are not planned to be listed in the Official Journal of the European Union under the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU (RED). Depending on your risk analysis results, the use of the new versions of the EN 301 489-x standards may fully cover the essential requirement of article 3.1(b) of RED for all types of radio equipment.
Depending on the results of the risk analysis, manufacturers should follow the new version of EN 301 489-1 and the particular EN 301 489 standard requirements and update their test reports for their current products as soon as possible. Testing may be necessary since there may be changes in the requirements. In particular, the radiated immunity frequency range for many but not all products has been extended to 6 GHz.
Manufacturers of radio equipment can use the R&TTE Directive - 1999/5/EC (Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment Directive) and it’s harmonized standards, such as EN 301 489-1 V1.9.2 and EN 301 489-3 v1.6.1 in their Declaration of Conformities (DoC) until June 12, 2017.
After this date, manufacturers of any radio device who places product on the market in any country which requires CE marking, have to use RED (Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU) in their DoC. This is applicable for all new products as well as for products that are currently being marketed and intended to be placed on the market after this date. Products with DoCs that are not updated to the RED are not to be placed on the European Union market after June 12, 2017.
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