EMC Directive 2014/30/EU: scope, standards, modules

Hugues Orgitelloupdated 7 Oct 202621 min read

The EMC Directive, Directive 2014/30/EU, sets two essential requirements for electrical and electronic equipment on the EU market that is not radio equipment: limited emission and adequate immunity. The manufacturer chooses module A (no notified body) or modules B+C (EU-type examination of the documentation), keeps the file ten years, and gets presumption of conformity only from the standard editions the Official Journal actually cites, which for the generic standards are still the 2005 to 2011 editions. This page reads the directive article by article, lists the cited editions with their withdrawal dates, covers the 2024 amendment on emergency procedures that applies from 30 May 2026, and ends with the claims the texts contradict.

TL;DR:

• Annex I: emission (point 1(a)) and immunity (point 1(b)) for all equipment, plus good engineering practice for fixed installations (point 2).
• Article 14: module A (Annex II) or modules B+C (Annex III), chosen by the manufacturer. Neither puts a notified body number next to the CE marking.
• Radio equipment is excluded by Article 2(2)(a) and meets EMC through RED Article 3(1)(b).
• Presumption only from cited editions: EN 61000-6-1:2007, EN 61000-6-2:2005, EN 61000-6-3:2007+A1:2011, EN 61000-6-4:2007+A1:2011, EN 55032:2015+A11:2020, EN 55035:2017+A11:2020. The EMC list was last amended on 9 June 2022.
• Technical documentation and EU declaration of conformity: kept ten years after placing on the market (Article 7(3)).

What the EMC Directive is for

Every electrical or electronic product is both a potential source of electromagnetic disturbance and a potential victim of it. A switching power supply radiates and conducts noise back onto the mains. A microprocessor clock generates harmonics that can couple into nearby radio receivers. At the same time, a sensitive analogue front end can be upset by a nearby motor, by an electrostatic discharge, or by the field of a mobile phone. Article 1 states the aim: ensure the functioning of the internal market by requiring equipment to comply with an adequate level of electromagnetic compatibility, which Article 3(1)(4) defines as the ability to function satisfactorily in its electromagnetic environment without introducing intolerable disturbances to other equipment in that environment.

The directive does not specify circuit design or component choices. It sets essential requirements as outcomes and leaves the manufacturer free to demonstrate them, most commonly by applying harmonised standards that carry a presumption of conformity under Article 13. The 2014 text recast Directive 2004/108/EC, which Article 45 repealed with effect from 20 April 2016, the date from which Member States apply the new rules (Article 44). Under Article 43, equipment that conformed to 2004/108/EC and was placed on the market before 20 April 2016 may still be made available.

The directive article by article

Provision	What it says	Practical consequence
Art. 2(2)	Exclusions: equipment covered by 1999/5/EC (now the RED), aeronautical products under Regulation 216/2008, radio amateur equipment not made available on the market, inherently benign equipment, custom-built evaluation kits for professionals at R&D facilities	Check these before anything else
Art. 2(3)	Where other Union legislation lays down the Annex I requirements more specifically, the EMC Directive does not apply in respect of those requirements	Medical devices, type-approved vehicle equipment, marine equipment are out (EMC Guide 1.4.3)
Art. 3(1)(2), 3(2)	Apparatus = finished appliance or combination made available as a single functional unit for the end user; also components for incorporation by the end user and mobile installations	A plug-in card sold at retail is apparatus
Art. 3(1)(3)	Fixed installation = combination assembled, installed and intended to be used permanently at a predefined location	No CE marking for the installation
Art. 5(3)	Non-compliant equipment may be shown at trade fairs with a visible sign, if measures avoid disturbances	Prototype display is allowed
Art. 6, Annex I	Essential requirements	Emission and immunity
Art. 7	Manufacturer: technical documentation, conformity assessment, EU declaration, CE marking, ten-year retention, type or serial number, name and postal address, instructions	Core obligations
Art. 9	Importer: checks, own name and address on the product, ten-year copy of the declaration	Importers carry real duties
Art. 11	An importer or distributor who rebrands or modifies apparatus in a way that may affect compliance becomes the manufacturer	Private labels inherit the file
Art. 12	Identify suppliers and customers for ten years	Traceability
Art. 13	Presumption of conformity from harmonised standards published in the OJ	Only cited editions count
Art. 14	Module A (Annex II) or modules B+C (Annex III), B+C can be limited to some aspects	Manufacturer chooses
Art. 15, Annex IV	EU declaration: model structure, kept up to date, translated, single declaration for all applicable acts	One DoC per product
Art. 16, 17	CE marking principles (Article 30 of Regulation 765/2008), affixing rules	Before placing on the market
Art. 18	Information on precautions; clear indication when compliance is not ensured in residential areas	Legal basis of the Class A warning
Art. 19	Fixed installations and apparatus for a particular fixed installation	Documented good engineering practice
Art. 40a to 40c	Emergency procedures added by Directive (EU) 2024/2749	Apply only in an internal market emergency mode

Scope: apparatus and fixed installations

The directive applies to equipment, which Article 3(1)(1) splits into apparatus and fixed installations, with very different obligations.

Apparatus is any finished appliance, or combination of finished appliances, made available on the market as a single functional unit, intended for the end user and liable to generate electromagnetic disturbance or be affected by it (Article 3(1)(2)). Article 3(2) adds two cases: components or sub-assemblies intended for incorporation into an apparatus by the end user, and mobile installations (combinations intended to be moved and operated in a range of locations). Apparatus carries the CE marking and the EU declaration of conformity.

Fixed installations are a particular combination of several types of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, assembled, installed and intended to be used permanently at a predefined location (Article 3(1)(3)). Annex I point 2 requires them to be installed applying good engineering practices and respecting the information on the intended use of their components. Article 19(1) requires that practice to be documented and the documentation held by the responsible person or persons for inspection for as long as the installation is in operation. Member States set the rules for identifying those persons (Article 19(3)), and authorities may request evidence of compliance when there are complaints about disturbances (Article 19(2)).

Category	CE marking and EU DoC?	Basis
Apparatus	Yes	Art. 7, 14 to 17
Apparatus made available on the market that may be incorporated into a fixed installation	Yes, all provisions for apparatus apply	Art. 19(1), first subparagraph
Apparatus intended for incorporation into a particular fixed installation and not otherwise made available	Not compulsory: Articles 6 to 12 and 14 to 18 are lifted, but the accompanying documentation must identify the installation, its EMC characteristics and the precautions for incorporation	Art. 19(1), second and third subparagraphs
Fixed installation as a whole	No	Annex I point 2, Art. 19

The exemption in the third row is narrow. A controller sold from a catalogue to anyone who wants it is ordinary apparatus, even if it ends up in a factory line. Only apparatus built for one identified installation and not otherwise made available escapes the apparatus obligations.

What is excluded from the EMC Directive?

Article 2(2) lists five exclusions, and Article 2(3) removes equipment whose EMC requirements other Union legislation lays down more specifically.

• Equipment covered by Directive 1999/5/EC. The text still names the old R&TTE Directive. Article 50 of Directive 2014/53/EU, the Radio Equipment Directive, repealed it from 13 June 2016 and says references to it are construed as references to the RED. Radio equipment meets EMC through RED Article 3(1)(b). See CE vs FCC for EMC for how the two regions treat this boundary.
• Aeronautical products, parts and appliances referred to in Regulation (EC) No 216/2008. The EMC Guide notes that Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 repealed and replaced that regulation.
• Radio equipment used by radio amateurs, unless it is made available on the market. Kits assembled by amateurs and commercial equipment modified by and for amateurs are not regarded as made available.
• Inherently benign equipment: equipment whose physical characteristics make it incapable of generating emissions above the level that lets other equipment operate as intended, and that operates without unacceptable degradation in the disturbance normally consequent on its intended use. Both conditions are required. The EMC Guide lists examples, provided they contain no active electronic parts: cables and cabling considered separately, purely resistive loads without automatic switching, batteries, corded headphones and unamplified loudspeakers, induction motors without electronics, passive antennas, electromagnetic relays and locks, and fuses and circuit breakers without active electronics.
• Custom-built evaluation kits destined for professionals, to be used solely at research and development facilities for such purposes.

Under Article 2(3), the EMC Guide (section 1.4.3) gives as examples excluded for both emission and immunity: medical devices, including active implantable and in vitro diagnostic devices, covered by the medical device legislation (see the MDR guide); vehicles and equipment type-approved under UNECE Regulation No 10 (see ECE R10); marine equipment under Directive 2014/90/EU; agricultural and forestry tractors under Regulation (EU) No 167/2013; and two- or three-wheel vehicles under Regulation (EU) No 168/2013. Measuring instruments (Directive 2014/32/EU) and non-automatic weighing instruments (Directive 2014/31/EU) are excluded for immunity only, so their emission still falls under the EMC Directive.

What are the two essential requirements?

Annex I point 1 applies to all equipment, "having regard to the state of the art".

Emission, Annex I point 1(a)

The electromagnetic disturbance generated must not exceed the level above which radio and telecommunications equipment or other equipment cannot operate as intended. This is what the radiated emissions and conducted emissions campaigns measure. In the standards it splits into:

• Radiated emission, measured with antennas in a chamber or on a test site, from 30 MHz upward for multimedia equipment under EN 55032.
• Conducted emission on the supply and other ports, measured on the mains with a LISN from 150 kHz to 30 MHz in EN 55032.
• Harmonics and flicker on the public low-voltage supply: EN 61000-3-2:2014 for equipment with input current up to 16 A per phase and EN 61000-3-3:2013 for voltage fluctuations and flicker from equipment up to 16 A per phase not subject to conditional connection. EN 61000-3-12:2011 and EN 61000-3-11:2000 cover the higher-current cases. See harmonics and flicker.

Immunity, Annex I point 1(b)

The equipment must have a level of immunity to the disturbance to be expected in its intended use that allows it to operate without unacceptable degradation of its intended use. Immunity is verified by applying controlled disturbances and checking behaviour against performance criteria. The test methods are the basic standards of the IEC 61000-4 series, which the product and generic standards call up:

Phenomenon	Basic standard	What it simulates
Electrostatic discharge	IEC 61000-4-2	A charged person or object touching the equipment
Radiated RF field	IEC 61000-4-3	Nearby transmitters, mobile phones
Electrical fast transient / burst	IEC 61000-4-4	Switching of inductive loads on the supply
Surge	IEC 61000-4-5	Lightning, large switching events
Conducted RF	IEC 61000-4-6	RF coupled onto cables
Voltage dips and interruptions	IEC 61000-4-11	Brown-outs and short mains outages

A product can pass emission and fail immunity, or the reverse. Both must be met.

Which standard editions give presumption today?

The directive sets no numerical limits. Under Article 13, presumption of conformity comes from harmonised standards whose references are published in the Official Journal, and only in the cited edition. For EMC the list lives in two places: the Commission communication 2018/C 246/01 of 13 July 2018, which still holds the older references, and Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1326 of 5 August 2019, which publishes newer references (Annex I) and withdraws superseded ones from set dates (Annex II). The decision was amended five times: 2020/660, 2020/1630, 2021/455, 2022/622 and 2022/910. A EUR-Lex search on 7 October 2026 finds no amendment after Decision (EU) 2022/910 of 9 June 2022, and the consolidated text carries no restriction notes on the EMC entries.

Role	Cited reference	Where cited	Note
Generic immunity, residential, commercial, light industry	EN 61000-6-1:2007	2018/C 246/01	Later editions of EN 61000-6-1 are not cited
Generic immunity, industrial	EN 61000-6-2:2005 + AC:2005	2018/C 246/01	EN IEC 61000-6-2:2019 is not cited
Generic emission, residential, commercial, light industry	EN 61000-6-3:2007 + A1:2011 + AC:2012	2018/C 246/01	Later editions not cited
Generic emission, industrial	EN 61000-6-4:2007 + A1:2011	2018/C 246/01	Later editions not cited
Generic immunity, power station and substation	EN 61000-6-5:2015 + AC:2018-01	2019/1326	Uncorrected 2015 reference withdrawn 31 January 2020
Multimedia emission	EN 55032:2015 + A11:2020	2019/1326 (2020/1630)	EN 55032:2012 withdrawn 4 May 2022
Multimedia immunity	EN 55035:2017 + A11:2020	2019/1326 (2021/455)	EN 55024:2010 withdrawn 16 September 2022
Industrial, scientific, medical (ISM) emission	EN 55011:2016 + A1:2017 + A11:2020	2019/1326	EN 55011:2009 + A1:2010 withdrawn 4 May 2022
Household appliances and tools, emission	EN 55014-1:2017 + A11:2020	2019/1326	2006 edition withdrawn 4 May 2022
Household appliances and tools, immunity	EN 55014-2:1997 + A1:2001 + A2:2008 + AC:1997	2018/C 246/01	Still the 1997 edition
Lighting emission	EN IEC 55015:2019 + A11:2020	2019/1326	EN 55015:2013 withdrawn 4 May 2022
Measurement, control and laboratory equipment	EN 61326-1:2013	2018/C 246/01	Product family
Harmonic current, up to 16 A per phase	EN 61000-3-2:2014	2018/C 246/01
Flicker, up to 16 A per phase	EN 61000-3-3:2013	2018/C 246/01
Professional audio and video, immunity	(none)	2019/1326	EN 55103-2:2009 withdrawn 28 July 2022

Two consequences follow. First, a test report to a newer, uncited edition does not by itself give presumption; the technical documentation then has to show how the essential requirements are met, as Annex II point 3(d) requires when harmonised standards are not applied. Second, when a reference is withdrawn, the date in Annex II of the decision is the date presumption ends, and Article 7(4) requires changes in the standards by reference to which conformity is declared to be taken into account for series production.

How the standards fit together

The cited standards follow a simple order of specificity:

• Product standards address one equipment type, for example EN 12895:2015+A1:2019 for industrial trucks, EN ISO 13766-1:2018 for earth-moving and building construction machinery, or EN 60974-10:2014 for arc welding equipment.
• Product-family standards cover a family: EN 55032 (based on CISPR 32) and EN 55035 for multimedia equipment, the EN 55014 pair for household appliances and tools, EN 55011 for ISM equipment, EN IEC 55015 for lighting, EN 61326-1 for measurement, control and laboratory equipment.
• Generic standards, the EN 61000-6 series, apply when no product or product-family standard covers the equipment, split by environment (residential, commercial and light industrial versus industrial) and by emission versus immunity.

The rule is to apply the most specific cited standard that covers the product. EN 55032 defines Class A and Class B equipment, Class A being for environments other than residential, and requires a warning for Class A equipment. That warning is how manufacturers meet Article 18(2), which requires a clear indication of the restriction of use, where appropriate also on the packaging, for apparatus whose compliance is not ensured in residential areas. See harmonised standards and presumption of conformity for how citation works across directives.

Conformity assessment: module A or modules B+C

Article 14 gives the manufacturer a choice between two procedures.

Module A, internal production control (Annex II)

1. EMC assessment of the apparatus "on the basis of the relevant phenomena", taking into account all normal intended operating conditions and, where the apparatus can take different configurations, all configurations the manufacturer identifies as representative of its intended use (Annex II point 2). The directive does not require an accredited laboratory.
2. Technical documentation (Annex II point 3), including an adequate analysis and assessment of the risks.
3. Manufacturing measures so that production conforms to the documentation (point 4).
4. CE marking on each individual apparatus and a written EU declaration of conformity per apparatus model (point 5).

Modules B+C, EU-type examination then conformity to type (Annex III)

The manufacturer lodges an application with a single notified body of its choice. The notified body examines the technical documentation, without examination of a specimen, assesses the adequacy of the technical design, draws up an evaluation report and, if the type meets the requirements, issues an EU-type examination certificate (Annex III Part A points 2 to 6). The examination may be restricted to some aspects of the essential requirements, and Article 14 lets the manufacturer use module A for the remaining aspects. Under module C (Part B), the manufacturer ensures production conforms to the approved type, affixes the CE marking and draws up the declaration, which names the notified body and its certificate (Annex IV point 7). The manufacturer must inform the notified body of modifications to the approved type that may affect conformity (Part A point 7).

This replaced the 2004/108/EC procedure in which a notified body reviewed the documentation and issued a "statement". Under the 2014 directive the outcome is a certificate. The notified body is involved in the design phase only, and the Blue Guide states that the notified body number follows the CE marking where a notified body is involved in the production control phase, which is not the case in either EMC route. The wider question of when to involve a notified body is covered in self-declaration vs notified body.

Technical documentation and the EU declaration

Annex II point 3 requires the documentation to make it possible to assess conformity and to include, wherever applicable:

Point	Required element
3(a)	A general description of the apparatus
3(b)	Conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and schemes of components, sub-assemblies, circuits
3(c)	Descriptions and explanations needed to understand them and the operation of the apparatus
3(d)	The list of harmonised standards applied in full or in part, with the parts applied; where not applied, the solutions adopted and other technical specifications used
3(e)	Results of design calculations and examinations carried out
3(f)	Test reports

The EU declaration of conformity follows the model in Annex IV: apparatus model with type, batch or serial number; manufacturer or authorised representative; sole-responsibility statement; object of the declaration, which may include a colour image; the Union legislation; the harmonised standards including their date; where applicable, the notified body and its certificate; additional information; signature. Numbering the declaration is optional. Article 15 requires it to be kept up to date, translated into the languages the Member State requires, and drawn up as a single declaration covering every Union act that requires one. See the EU Declaration of Conformity.

Retention is ten years after the apparatus has been placed on the market: the manufacturer keeps the documentation and the declaration (Article 7(3)), an authorised representative's mandate must allow the same (Article 8(2)(a)), and the importer keeps a copy of the declaration and ensures the documentation can be made available (Article 9(7)). Under module B, the manufacturer also keeps the EU-type examination certificate for ten years (Annex III Part A point 9).

CE marking and product information

• Affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly to the apparatus or its data plate; where that is not possible or not warranted on account of the nature of the apparatus, to the packaging and the accompanying documents (Article 17(1)).
• Affixed before the apparatus is placed on the market (Article 17(2)).
• Subject to the general principles of Article 30 of Regulation 765/2008, under which affixing the marking means taking responsibility for conformity with all applicable Union legislation that provides for it.
• The apparatus bears a type, batch or serial number and the manufacturer name and postal address (Article 7(5) and (6)); the importer adds its own name and address (Article 9(3)).
• Instructions and the Article 18 information, in a language easily understood by end users as determined by the Member State (Article 7(7)).

See the CE pillar for the cross-directive marking rules.

2024 to 2026: what changed

Date	Act	Effect on EMC
9 October 2024	Directive (EU) 2024/2749 adopted, alongside the Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/2747	Adds Articles 40a to 40c and two definitions to the EMC Directive
21 May 2025	Commission proposal COM(2025) 503 on digitalisation and common specifications, amending 2014/30/EU and twelve other acts	A proposal; EUR-Lex shows no adopted amending act as of 7 October 2026
29 May 2026	Transposition deadline of Directive (EU) 2024/2749	Member States adopt the measures
30 May 2026	Member States apply those measures	The emergency procedures exist in national law

Articles 40a to 40c apply only if three conditions are met: the Council has activated the internal market emergency mode by implementing act on a Commission proposal (Regulation (EU) 2024/2747, Article 18(4)), the apparatus is on the list of crisis-relevant goods adopted in that Council act, and the Commission has adopted an implementing act activating the procedures (Article 28). In that case the Commission may list other standards or adopt common specifications that give presumption of conformity for the duration of the emergency, and market surveillance authorities prioritise those products. Outside an emergency nothing changes for manufacturers.

Boundaries with neighbouring legislation

EMC and the Low Voltage Directive

The Directive 2014/35/EU (LVD) covers the safety of electrical equipment within its voltage ranges. The EMC Directive covers electromagnetic compatibility only; Article 2(4) says it does not affect legislation regulating the safety of equipment. A mains-powered product without radio usually falls under both, plus RoHS, and Article 15(3) requires one declaration listing all of them. The EMC Guide notes that functional safety aspects related to electromagnetic disturbances are regulated by safety legislation such as the Machinery Directive, the LVD and general product safety rules, which can demand more immunity than the EMC standards.

EMC and the Radio Equipment Directive

The Directive 2014/53/EU (RED) is the decisive boundary. Radio equipment, which the RED defines as a product that intentionally emits and/or receives radio waves for radio communication and/or radio determination, falls under the RED. RED Article 3(1)(b) requires an adequate level of EMC as set out in Directive 2014/30/EU, and Article 3(1)(a) carries the LVD safety objectives with no voltage limit. The EMC tests for radio products use the EN 301 489 series under the RED (see RED harmonised standards).

Product	Applicable act for EMC
Mains appliance, no radio	EMC Directive 2014/30/EU
Wi-Fi / BLE connected sensor	RED 2014/53/EU, Art. 3(1)(b)
Wired industrial controller	EMC Directive 2014/30/EU
Cellular gateway	RED 2014/53/EU, Art. 3(1)(b)
Medical device	Medical device legislation (EMC Directive excluded via Art. 2(3))

EMC and the Machinery legislation

Machinery with electrical and electronic parts generally falls under the EMC Directive for EMC and under Directive 2006/42/EC for machinery safety, including functional safety under electromagnetic disturbance. Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 applies from 20 January 2027, when Directive 2006/42/EC is repealed. See Machinery Directive and Regulation.

Claims the texts contradict

Common claim	What the text says
"The exclusions are listed in Article 2(2) and Annex I."	Exclusions are in Article 2(2) and 2(3). Annex I holds the essential requirements.
"Article 2(2) names the RED."	It names Directive 1999/5/EC; RED Article 50 makes that a reference to the RED.
"Annex III is a voluntary notified body review that ends in a statement, not a type certificate."	That was 2004/108/EC. Annex III of 2014/30/EU is module B, which ends in an EU-type examination certificate, followed by module C.
"Article 9 sets the ten-year retention for the manufacturer."	Article 7(3) does. Article 9(7) sets the importer duty, a copy of the declaration plus access to the documentation.
"Apparatus placed on the market for incorporation into a fixed installation always needs CE marking."	Only if made available on the market. Apparatus intended for a particular fixed installation and not otherwise made available is exempt from Articles 6 to 12 and 14 to 18 (Article 19(1)).
"Bare components are out; a board is in only if the end user can configure it."	Article 3(2)(1): components and sub-assemblies intended for incorporation by the end user and liable to disturb or be disturbed count as apparatus.
"Medical electrical equipment uses IEC 60601-1-2 as its dedicated EMC standard under the EMC Directive."	The EMC Guide lists medical devices as excluded under Article 2(3); their EMC falls under the medical device legislation.
"The generic standards are EN IEC 61000-6-1 to -6-4 (2019 and 2021 editions)."	The OJ cites EN 61000-6-1:2007, EN 61000-6-2:2005, EN 61000-6-3:2007+A1:2011 and EN 61000-6-4:2007+A1:2011.
"The harmonised lists are updated several times a year."	The EMC list was last amended by Decision (EU) 2022/910 of 9 June 2022.
"EMC testing must be done in an accredited laboratory."	Annex II requires an EMC assessment and test reports; it does not require accreditation.
"A notified body number next to the CE marking of an EMC-only product is itself a non-conformity."	The directive has no such rule. The Blue Guide links the number to notified body involvement in production control, which neither EMC route has, so the number does not belong there.
"The Machinery Directive does not cover EMC."	The EMC Guide says EMC-related functional safety is regulated by the Machinery Directive and the LVD; the EMC Directive covers compatibility itself.

Common pitfalls

• Treating a radio product as an EMC Directive product. The declaration must cite the RED, not the EMC Directive.
• Citing an uncited edition. A report to EN IEC 61000-6-2:2019 does not, on its own, give presumption under Article 13.
• Declaring the wrong environment. Testing a product destined for homes only to industrial emission limits, or claiming Class A without the Article 18(2) indication of restriction.
• Forgetting immunity. Immunity is an equal essential requirement; see the ESD test guide and the surge and burst guide.
• Missing harmonics and flicker on mains equipment within the scope of EN 61000-3-2 and EN 61000-3-3.
• Testing only one configuration. Annex II point 2 requires all configurations identified as representative of intended use.
• Assuming a compliant module clears the whole product. The final apparatus needs its own EMC assessment in its real configuration.

A worked example

Case: a mains-powered, non-radio temperature controller for industrial process control, sold from a catalogue.

Scope: it is apparatus made available on the market, not a fixed installation, with no radio function, so the EMC Directive applies. The LVD applies for safety if its supply voltage is within LVD ranges, and RoHS applies.

Standards: a temperature controller is control equipment, so the product-family standard EN 61326-1:2013 (measurement, control and laboratory use) is the most specific cited standard; the generic EN 61000-6-2:2005 and EN 61000-6-4:2007+A1:2011 are the fallback if the product were outside its scope. If its input current is up to 16 A per phase, EN 61000-3-2:2014 and EN 61000-3-3:2013 apply too. Testing covers radiated and conducted emission and the immunity phenomena the standard calls up, in every representative configuration.

Route: module A for EMC. The manufacturer compiles the technical file, draws up one EU declaration listing the EMC Directive, the LVD and RoHS with the dated standard references, affixes the CE marking with no notified body number, and keeps the file ten years.

Had the same controller carried a Wi-Fi module, the EMC and safety assessment would have moved under the RED, with the EN 301 489 series for EMC.

See the CE procedure and the RED pillar for each route, and the test-method guides on radiated emissions and conducted emissions for what happens in the laboratory.

See also

• What is EMC? Emissions, immunity and coupling
• Which EU directives apply to my product?
• Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU: a guide
• Radio spectrum: SRD and license-free bands
• FCC ID, Grantee Code & TCB: equipment authorization
• Harmonised standards and presumption of conformity
• Harmonics and flicker, IEC 61000-3-2 and 61000-3-3

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Sources & references

1. Directive 2014/30/EU on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EUR-Lex eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj
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