Radio Equipment (RED)

CE marking of radio equipment

Introduction to CE marking of radio equipment (RED Directive)

The European Commission has included the new Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU (RED) within the new legislative structure, compared with the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (R&TTE), the new Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU (RED) supplies more clear rules. Because of the rapid development of communications equipment and the existence of some unclear rules in the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive 1999/5/EC (R&TTE), the European Commission has issued a new directive in 2014.

The new Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU (RED) has now come into effect on June 13, 2016. The New Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU (RED) rules that there will be a one-year transition period before the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive 1999/5/EC (R&TTE) is completely repealed.

New radio equipment (RED Directive) abolished the R&TTE notation symbol; since June 13, 2017, manufacturers need to choose the new CE certification RED Directive;

CE certification RED Directive applies only to radio equipment, no longer applicable to telecommunications terminal products (TTE); CE certification RED Directive specifies the frequency scale of radio equipment from the original 9KHz-3000GHz to 0-3000GHz, eliminating the lower limit, this change is expected to promote ETSI to introduce harmonized specifications and ECO (European Communications Office) to define the frequency allocation; CE Certification RED Directive adds broadcast television receivers;

CE certification RED directive specifically includes the use of radio wave propagation characteristics to determine the location of “ radio positioning equipment ” such as radar; without radio function of wired communication terminal products will not be CE certification RED directive regulation; a number of updated specifications related to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and short-range communication equipment, test reports and development plans to update the requirements ; RE equipment evaluation must be carried out in at least one EU country, otherwise it can not be affixed with the CE mark, not sold in the EU products can not be affixed with the CE mark.

The Radio Equipment RED Directive (2014/53/EU) consists of three main requirements:

1, Safty (Article 3.1a), a direct reference to the LVD (2006/95/EC) Directive.

2, EMC (Article 3.1b), basically equivalent to the EMC (2004/108/EC) Directive, the test standard for ETSI EN 301489 series.

3, Spectrum (Article  3.2), the effective use of spectrum requirements, test standards according to different product categories, different frequency bands, different wireless technologies and many other categories, such as ETSI EN300328, EN300440, EN301357, EN300220, etc..

RED Directive product scale.

The new directive covers all radio equipment operating at frequencies below 3000 GHz. Including short-range communication equipment, broadband equipment and mobile communication equipment. For example: 27.145 MHz wireless remote control toys, 433.92 MHz wireless remote controls, 2.4 GHz Bluetooth ovens, 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WIFI air harmonics and cell phones.

On March 9, 2018, the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) published three new Radio Equipment Directive (RED) specifications, which are EN 300 674-2-2 V2.1.1, EN 300 718-2 V2.1.1 and EN 302 054 V2.2.1.

Update the three new directives specification content as follows:

1, vehicle-mounted unit transport and traffic information communication equipment EN 300 674-2-2 V2.1.1, dedicated short-range communication transmission equipment operating in the frequency band 5795 MHz to 5815 MHz, harmonized standard covering the basic requirements of Article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU

2, EN 300 718-2 V2.1.1 avalanche beacon transmitter—receiver systems operating at 457 kHz harmonized standard for emergency services functional equipment

3, EN 302 054 V2.2.1 meteorological auxiliary equipment, 400,15MHz to 406MHz frequency range and power range up to 200mW radio stations, harmonized standards for radio spectrum access equipment

The differences between the R&TTE Directive and the RED Directive are

(1) product scope: R&TTE directive applies to both wireless and telecommunications terminal equipment; RED directive applies only to wireless equipment, including radio communications and wireless exploration equipment such as radar, radio frequency identification (RF1D), motion detection, speed measurement equipment and wireless receivers and broadcast-type receiving equipment. Directive and Low Voltage Directive (LVD) to examine.

(2) Frequency scale: The frequency scale covered by the R&TTE directive is 9 kHz to 3 000 GHz; the frequency scale covered by the RED directive is below 3 000 GHz, with no lower frequency limit.

Assessing compliance with the RED Directive

There are three ways that manufacturers and importers can ensure that a product or product range meets the key requirements of the Directive. Two of them require the intervention of a notified body.

Module A Internal production control

The manufacturer is responsible for drafting the technical documentation (which must include a certificate of conformity to the relevant product standards), performing internal production control and issuing a declaration of conformity.

This module is only available if the product has fully passed the harmonized standard tests.

Module B + C EU type examination (B) and type conformity based on internal production control (C)

These modules have the same requirements for manufacturers as Module A, but require a certification body (for Module B) to carry out the technical documentation resulting from the inspection and issue an EU-type inspection certificate for the products involved.

These modules must be used in order to introduce into the EU market all products that have not been fully tested. They can also be used voluntarily for products that have passed the harmonized standards test. Either way, they can only be used for conformity assessment of product types.

Module H Total Quality Assurance

The manufacturer implements and manages a quality system covering the design, testing and manufacturing process of radio equipment, which is subsequently assessed, certified and monitored by a notified body through regular audits of the manufacturing plant.

The module allows conformance testing of the entire product range, or even several different product ranges, and also displays the Notified Body number next to the CE mark on the product.

New RED Directive Conformity Procedures

1, the manufacturer DOC + internal production control (according to RED Directive Annex II) if the thorough use of harmonized specifications, it can be issued without the NB organization certificate. The manufacturer himself is responsible for the technical documentation, internal production control and CE marking.

2. Type examination certificate issued by NB + internal production control (according to the procedure of Annex III) issued by NB, but the manufacturer is still responsible for the technical documentation and production control of the product, and affixing the CE mark. According to the conformity program of Annex III, the manufacturer still cannot use NB's code on the product.

3. Sign a thorough quality assurance agreement with the NB organization (according to the Annex IV program) and have the NB organization audit the entire process related to quality assurance of the manufacturer, examine the technical documentation, including CE marking and self-declaration, etc., and issue a quality certification. As long as the manufacturer can use this compliance procedure to show the NB organization code on the product.

Radio equipment product certification scope are:

1. Short-range wireless remote control products (SRD) For example: remote control toy car, remote control alarm system, remote control doorbell, remote control switch, remote control mouse, keyboard, etc.

2. Professional radio remote control products (PMR) For example: professional wireless intercom, wireless microphone, etc.

3. wireless telephone CTO, CT1, CT1+;

4.ISDN (digital telephone products)

5.DECT (enhanced digital wireless phone)

6. Mobile phone GSM, CDMA test

7. Bluetooth products For example: Bluetooth headset.

8.Induction data transmission equipment with operating frequency <9 kHz

9. Wireless broadcast receiver equipment

Radio equipment instructions do not apply to:

1. radio equipment used by good radio amateurs;

2. marine equipment (see Directive 2014/90 / EU);

3. air products, parts and appliances (see Regulation (EC) No. 216/2008)

4. custom assessment kits;

5. radio equipment for public safety, defense and national security.

Products to do RED Directive testing