1、ERC REPORT 12 i r 1 ?-.A- .?.,. , ?. European Radiocommunications Committee (ERC) within the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Adminisrrations (CEPT) I . APPLICATION GUIDE AND EXPLANATORY NOTES TO SUPPORT THE ERC DECISION REGIME OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCE
2、DURES INCLUDING MARKING OF RADIO EQUIPMENT AND RADIO TERMINAL EQUIPMENT TO EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 SCOPE 3 2 INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL BACKGROUND 3 3 GENERALGUIDANCE 3 4 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE ACCORDING TO MODULE B . . 3 5 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE ACCO
3、RDING TO MODULE H 3 6 EQUIPMENT MARKING AND LABELLING 3 7 TECHNICAL ISSUES . 3 APPENDIX 1 ERC/DEC/(97)10 . 9 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT OF PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO EQUIPMENT (PMR). . 25 APPENDIX 2 APPENDIX 3 APPENDIX4 LIST OF ERC DECISIONS ON THE ADOPTION OF STANDARDS INCLUDING EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION
4、CODES CONTAINED IN THE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT MARKJNG 19 CONFORMITYASSESSMENT PROCEDURES IN COMMUNZTYLEGISLATION 27 REPORT 12 Page 1 APPLICATION GUIDE AND EXPLANATORY NOTES TO SUPPORT THE ERC DECISION REGIME OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES INCLUDING MARKING OF RADIO EQUIPMEN
5、T AND RADIO TERMINAL EQUIPMENT TO EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARDS 1 SCOPE 1.1 This Document is intended to give guidance on the procedures to be followed by administrations and conformity assessment bodies and to be adopted by applicants wishing to place equipment on the market using this regim
6、e of mutual recognition in CEPT countries. It should be noted that discussions are currently in progress within the EU on the text of a draft directive on the mutual recognition of the conformity of radio and telecommunication terminal equipment. The text is likely to be fnalised in the first half o
7、f 1998 with the result that this Report will need to be amended. 1.2 The ERC Decision ERCBDEC/(97)10 (Appendix 1, hereafter referred to as the Decision) provides a regime for mutual recognition of conformity assessment procedures for all radio equipment defined in Annex 3 including radio terminal eq
8、uipment, so complementing the situations for which the Directives 91/263/EEC and 93/97/EEC are already applicable. With reference to these Directives, the procedures as described in this ERC Decision are not applicable in the EEA countries to radio terminal equipment for which a Common Technical Reg
9、ulation (CTR) has been adopted or there exists a harmonised standard the reference of which has been published in the Official Jornal with the presumption of compliance with the essential requirements as laid down in these directives. This Decision however can be applied also then between the non-EE
10、A countries. This regime defined by ERCBDEC1(97)10 cannot be used in EEA countries for mutual recognition of conformity assessment procedures as performe in non-EEA countries until there is a European Conformity Assessment Agreement (ECAA) or Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) between EU and a parti
11、cular non-EEA country. The main features of this Decision are that administrations and conformity assessment bodies of CEFT member countries agree to adopt common procedures for conformity assessment and marking of radio equipment. This Decision also prescribes the use of harmonised application form
12、s and test report forms to ensure that the same information on the product in a harmonised form wili be available to all conformity assessment bodies or bodies issuing certificates of fll quality assurance systems. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is responsible for produci
13、ng standards for telecommunications and radiocommunications equipment. Until about the end of 1996 these Standards were either European Telecommunications Standards (ETS) and Interh European Telecommunications Standards (I-ETS). The standards starting to be developed according to the new ETSI rules
14、and expected to be used for regulative purposes are European Norms (EN). For each of these standards individual separate ERC Decisions will be prepared which form the basis for common European conformity assessment requirements in the CEPT member countries. 1.3 1.4 1.5 The scope of the Decision has
15、been restricted to radio equipment for which a European standard has been published and the related ERC Decision made. On the other hand the applicability area of the mentioned ITE and SES directives is another exclusion area. According to Annex 3 to the Decision the radio equipment covered by the D
16、ecision must operate on harmonised frequencies in those countries where this regime is applied unless they are regulated by individual licences. For Short Range Devices this harmonisation requirement is considered fulfilled if the product fulfils the national restrictions as defined in Appendix 3 to
17、 the CEPT Recommendation ERC/REC 70-03 either simultaneously or as a product family of clearly marked national variants. The standards define the performance parameters to be measured for conformity assessment, how the measurements are carried out and the minimum performance level. This document pro
18、vides information on conformity assessment procedures relevant to these Standards. STDeCEPT ERC REPORT 12-ENGL 1999 1$1 2326414 0015071 879 I REPORT 12 Page 2 In Appendix 2 there is a list of ERC Decisions on the adoption of standards as common conformity assessment requirements. The list contains a
19、lso equipment category identification marking. This list illustrates the applicability of the procedures in practice but one must keep in mind that commitment to the Decisions on standards and commitment to the general Decision on procedures are separate acts by the CEPT member countries. Informatio
20、n about the countries committed to these Decisions and national options selected (when applicable) is available from the ERO. Web Site: http:/www.ero.dk 2 INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL BACKGROUND 2.1 Currently ali European countries which are members of CEPT have national specifications for radio equipme
21、nt which are based on transposed ETSs or still in some cases based on their predecessors as CEFT Recommendations or fully national standards. There is a reasonable level of mutual acceptance of test results by administrations from one countrys Testing Laboratory to another in accordance with CEFT Re
22、commendation ERCREC 01-06 However difficulties in mutual acceptance of test results based on a national specification have arisen due to a number of reasons which include for example: a) Differences and ambiguities in the methods of measurement. 2.2 b) Inclusion of additional measurements which are
23、country specific. c) Uncertainty on how the frequency range over which the equipment operates and for which it is type approved for use, is specified. d) Uncertainty on how many sets of tests are made over the frequency range and when a partial rather than a full range of tests is permissible. e) Un
24、certainty on how multichannel equipment operated by the user over broad bandwidths is tested in comparison with equipment having less channels. f) Differences in the hit values and how measurement uncertainties are dealt with. g) The need to clarify the number of pieces of equipment submitted for te
25、st. The ETSs, I-ETSs and ENS have been structured to deal with these and other issues and are therefore a step forward towards the objective of a single European market. The key feature of ERC/REC 01-06 is that administmtions of CEPT member countries are recommended to accept the reports of testing
26、by accredited European laboratories of equipment conforming to (I-)ETS or EN as a basis for granting type approval. The Decision regime goes much further because it means that conformity assessment procedures (which mean either traditional type approval or manufacturers Declaration of Conformity) ca
27、rried out in one country are automatically recognised by others without any secondary handling of the matter m the other countries. 2.3 2.4 Equally important, each J-)ETS or EN has been drafted to facilitate conformity assessment by each conformity assessment body with a single Application Form and
28、a single set of test results. This is recorded in a single Test Report Form prepared by a European accredited Testing Laboratory. 2.5 Some ETSs have been formulated to deal with the points previously mentioned, and at the same time accommodate in one standard the mandatory national variations, which
29、 may include for example different temperature ranges and channel separations. In order to avoid confusion the following issues are dealt with in the appropriate (I-)ETSs or ENS adopted by ERC Decisions where relevant: STD-CEPT ERC REPORT 12-ENGL 1999 I 2326434 0035072 705 sl 2.6 2.7 3 3.1 3.2 REPOR
30、T 12 Page 3 a) Appropriate test procedures for single, two and multichannel equipment with either nmow or broad band features. b) Appropriate test procedures related to the W alignment range and variable transmitter power. c) Clarification on the definition of the receiver and transmitter kquency ba
31、nds of the equipment. d) Test procedures for hand portable, vehicle installed mobile, transportable and base station equipment. e) The number of pieces of equipment to be submitted for testing and the operational frequencies on which they are submitted. f) Cldication of the circumstances under which
32、 limited or full tests are made. g) Simplex or duplex operation. These aspects are also covered by a stand-alone standard EN 300 793 on Presentation of equipment for type testing. This new standard is intended to be used as a reference in new product standards and replace similar information already
33、 now contained in some existing product standards when these will be amended. However if these aspects are already contained the product standard, that standard shall take precedence over EN 300 793. Also in taking care of national deviations the Decision goes further than its predecessors because t
34、he single type approval certificate or manufacturers Declaration of Conformity is used to define these for individually licensed equipment. This means that a conformity assessment body might issue a type approval certificate which covers options which could not be licensed in that country but could
35、be licensed in some other couny for which the national options shall be properly programmed by the manufacturer or distributor. In addition to the type approval procedure defined in ERCIREC 01-06 the Decision contains also other alternatives based on the Modules defined in Council Decision 93/465/EE
36、C (Global Approach) so that Type Examination (module B) shall be accompanied by Conformity to Type (module C, without supplementary requirements for production control) or as a new possibility Pull Quality Assurance (module H can be used alone (see Appendix 4). When requirements for receiver parts o
37、f txansceivers or separate receivers of closed radio systems are justified, the Decision prescribes the use of the Intenial Production Control (module A). The manufacturer does not have to notify these receiver types to any conformity assessment body but such an information is considered useful for
38、the users and licensing authorities. For receivers used in radiocommunication based on regulations issued by IMO (International Maritime Organisation), ICA0 (international Civil Aviation Organization) etc, other modules than A may be required. GENERAL GUIDANCE An Application Form and a Test Report F
39、orm for use with each (I-)ETS or EN have been drafted by the CEPT WGRR responsible for conformity assessment documentation (assisted by relevant subcommittees or WGs of ETSI). Only these forms should be used. In the absence of such forms one should use the Model Forms or recent other forms designed
40、for similar products as a guidance. Paper or diskette copies of the forms are available from national conformity assessment bodies and fiom the European Radiocommunication Office, Midtermolen 1, DK-21 00 Copenhagen, Denmark, tel.: +45 35 25 03 00, fax: +45 35 25 03 30. E-mail:eroero.dk. Web Site: ht
41、tp:/www.ero.dk. The Application Form must be completed by the applicant and submitted to a testing laboratory accredited in accordance with IS0 guide 25: 1990 or EN 45001, or a National Standard conforming to IS0 guide 25:1990 or EN 45001. The accreditation should be acceptable to the conformity ass
42、essment body ganthg certification. STD-CEPT ERC REPORT 12-ENGL 1979 1131 232b4L4 OOI15073 b4L 111 REPORT 12 Page 4 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 The Test Report Form must be completed by the Testing Laboratory chosen by the applicant. The laboratory shall not change the contents of t
43、he Test Report Form document but may change the outlook (e.g. add logos, change style and fonts) and adjust the size of the tables for particular needs. This same principle applies also for use of the Standard Application Form by the applicant (e.g. a manufacturer). The Standards cover in a flexible
44、 but structured way the different demands of the market place, linked with the different requirements of national regulations. Some of the Standards place the responsibility on the applicant to state the frequency range, temperature range, channel spacing etc. over which the tests apply and the type
45、 approval or the Declaration of Conformity will be applicable if, as is often the case, the Standard permits options (e.g. national options). Also for some of the Standards the applicant must state on the Application Form the maximum transmitter output power (and minimum if the power is variable) ta
46、king into account the market for which the equipment is intended and the national regulations on power applicable to that market. When not stated otherwise in the appropriate product standard, the measured transmitter output power must not deviate from the rated output power, as stated in the Test R
47、eport, for normal conditions by more than (3 dB conducted or (6 dB radiated. Conformity Assessment Bodies may require their own application forms to be used as well. CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE ACCORDING TO MODULE B Taking account of the ERC Decisions procedures (and national regulatory requirem
48、ents) the procedure for an applicant, being a manufacturer or his importer, distributor or agent, to obtain type approval involves (would normally involve) the following basic steps. However, he applicant is recommended to consult the appropriate national conformity assessment body on the procedures
49、 adopted in a particular country. Completion of Application Form by the applicant. Submission of Application Form and sample(s) of the equipment to a European Testing Laboratory of the applicants choice accredited by a national accreditation body in accordance with IS0 guide 25: 1990 or EN 45001, or a National Standard conformhg to IS0 guide 25:1990 or EN 45001. The Testing Laboratory tests the equipment in accordance with the ETS or EN adopted by an ERC Decision and the requirements given in the Application Form. The Testing Laboratory records the measured performance figu
