EU – Harmonized Standards Update

The European Commission has published Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1196 of 19 July 2021 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/167  that changes the list of harmonised standards for certain radio equipment concerning ground- and wall-probing radio determination devices, radio frequency identification equipment, radio equipment for Euroloop railway systems, networked short range devices, wireless industrial applications and broadband communication radiolink for ships and off-shore installations.

The following rows are added to Annex I of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/167

No Reference of the standard
10 EN 303 204 V3.1.1

Fixed Short Range Devices (SRD) in data networks; Radio equipment to be used in the 870 MHz to 876 MHz frequency range with power levels ranging up to 500 mW e.r.p.; Harmonised Standard for access to the radio spectrum

11 EN 303 276 V1.2.1

Maritime Broadband Radiolink operating within the bands 5 852 MHz to 5 872 MHz and/or 5 880 MHz to 5 900 MHz for ships and off-shore installations engaged in coordinated activities; Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum’.

The following rows are added to Annex II of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/167

No Reference of the standard
10 EN 302 066 V2.2.1

Short Range Devices (SRD); Ground- and Wall- Probing Radio determination (GPR/WPR) devices; Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum

Notice: Compliance with this harmonised standard shall not confer a presumption of conformity with the essential requirement set out in Article 3(2) of Directive 2014/53/EU if any of the following is applied:

— in the ninth paragraph of clause 6.2.5 of that standard, the sentence ‘For the emission measurements, a combination of bicones and log periodic dipole array antennas (commonly termed “log periodics”) could also be used to cover the entire 30 MHz to 1 000 MHz band’;

— the tenth paragraph of clause 6.2.5 of that standard;

— the eleventh paragraph of clause 6.2.5 of that standard.

11 EN 302 208 V3.3.1

Radio Frequency Identification Equipment operating in the band 865 MHz to 868 MHz with power levels up to 2 W and in the band 915 MHz to 921 MHz with power levels up to 4 W; Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum

Notice: For the purposes of presumption of conformity with the essential requirement set out in Article 3(2) of Directive 2014/53/EU, in Table 2 of this harmonised standard, the limit ‘692 MHz’ is replaced by the following: ‘694 MHz.’.

12 EN 302 609 V2.2.1

Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment for Euroloop communication systems; Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum

Notice: For the purposes of presumption of conformity with the essential requirement set out in Article 3(2) of Directive 2014/53/EU:

— in the second row of Table 3 of this harmonised standard, the limit ‘29 090 MHz’ shall be read as ‘27 090 MHz’;

— in the third row of Table 3 of this harmonised standard, the limit ‘29 100 MHz’, shall be read as ‘27 100 MHz.’.

13 EN 303 258 V1.1.1

Wireless Industrial Applications (WIA); Equipment operating in the 5 725 MHz to 5 875 MHz frequency range with power levels ranging up to 400 mW; Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum

Notice: Compliance with this harmonised standard shall not confer a presumption of conformity with the essential requirement set out in Article 3(2) of Directive 2014/53/EU, in case that the appropriate test methods are not carried out in order to demonstrate compliance with clauses 4.2.8.2, 4.2.9.3 and 4.2.10.3 of this harmonised standard.’.

 

The following rows are added to Annex III of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/167

No Reference of the standard Date of withdrawal
17 EN 302 066-2 V1.2.1

Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Ground- and Wall- Probing Radar applications (GPR/WPR) imaging systems; Part 2: Harmonized EN covering essential requirements of article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive

20 January 2023
18 EN 302 208 V3.1.1

Radio Frequency Identification Equipment operating in the band 865 MHz to 868 MHz with power levels up to 2 W and in the band 915 MHz to 921 MHz with power levels up to 4 W; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of the Directive 2014/53/EU

20 January 2023
19 EN 302 609 V2.1.1

Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment for Euroloop railway systems; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of the Directive 2014/53/EU

20 January 2023
20 EN 303 204 V2.1.2

Network Based Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment to be used in the 870 MHz to 876 MHz frequency range with power levels ranging up to 500 mW; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of the Directive 2014/53/EU

20 January 2023
21 EN 303 276 V1.1.1

Maritime Broadband Radiolink operating within the bands 5 852 MHz to 5 872 MHz and/or 5 880 MHz to 5 900 MHz for ships and off-shore installations engaged in coordinated activities; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU

20 January 2023