Structure of the EMC standards


Type Content Aims Responsible Body
(European Standardisation)
Basic
  • Measurement and Test Methods
  • Instrumentation
  • Test Set-Up
  • Ranges of test levels (Immunity)
  • No Limits/No performance criteria
  • Reference Documents
  • No conformance testing of products
(not in the list of official EC journal) 		CENELEC TC 210 - Working Group 02.
  • Rely as much as possible on IEC/CISPR work
  • Complete European work in some case
Generic
  • Precise and essential requirements (Limits) for all products intended for use in each environment;
    • Residential, commercial, light industry.
    • Industry
  • Refer to basic standards for measurements/tests methods (no repetition)
  • General performance criteria
  • Conformance testing of products (listed in Official EC Journal)
  • Co-ordination tool for product (family) standards.
CENELEC TC 210 - Working Group 01
Product
Family		 Product families
  • More detailed performance criteria
  • Specific Test Set-up etc.
  • Refer to basic standards for measurement/tests (no repetition)
  • Conformance testing of products (listed in Official EC Journal).
  • Precedence over generic standards but to be co-ordinated with them.

CENELEC TC210, Sub Committee (SC) 210A

CENELEC product TC's or SC's

ETSI TC ERM


The EMC standards considered in the above table are those prepared by the following international standardisation bodies :

  • CENELEC TC210 : Has the task to develop generic EMC standards, EMC product family standards for other than telecommunication equipment and EMC basic standards within Europe.
  • CENELEC SC210A : Has the task to develop EMC Standards and technical reports for telecommunication terminal equipment and information technology equipment within Europe.
  • CENELEC SC9X : Has the task to define the specifications for railway systems, including the EMC requirements, within Europe.
  • ETSI TC-ERM/WG-EMC : Has the task to develop EMC standards and technical reports for telecommunication equipment and any radio equipment. This Working Group has taken the work items of the ETSI STC-EE4 and ETSI STC-RES09.
  • IEC/CISPR A : Is the international body that develops standards for measuring apparatus and methods in the field of radio interference.
  • IEC/CISPR G : Has the task to develop EMC standards for Information Technology Equipment. Standards issued by CISPR-G have a world-wide application. The activities of CISPR-G are co-ordinated with CENELEC SC210A-WG1. Standards issued by IEC/CISPR are published in Europe by CENELEC SC110A with the number : EN550XX.
  • IECA-77B-77C : the IEC77A has the task to develop basic standards and report low frequency phenomena (< 9kHz). The IEC77B has the task to develop basic standards and reports for high frequency phenomena (> 9kHz). Standards issued by the IEC have a world-wide application.
    Standards issued by IEC77A-77B-77C are published in Europe by CENELEC TC219 with he number : EN61000-Y-XX.
    The IEC77C has the task to develop basic standards for Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse effects.