In regards to the implementation dates for EN 61000-3-2 and EN 61000-3-3, I received a letter, dated July 23,1997, from N. Baumier-Duphil Assistant Secretary of IEC SC 77A.
The letter states: "Actually, the situation is ambiguous. The implementation date of June 1st, 1998 for these two EN was approved (EN 61000-3-2/A12) but was never published in OJEC. Then these implementation date do not actually have an official status. During the last BT of CENELEC (July 1-3, 1997), this question was treated. The TC 211 of CENELEC , which is in charge of this subject, had proposed to the BT to publish the EN 61000-3-2/A12 at the OJEC. The position taken by the BT is the following: 5.5.1 DOW for harmonized EMC standards D92/195:BT Confirmed that the dow of EN 61000-3-2 and 61000-3-3 remains 2001-01- 01 for all products. An informative document on the consequences of the decision will be circulated. D92/196:In consequence BT decided to launch a 2MV (2 month vote) on the withdrawl of EN 61000-3-2/A12 which was offered by CENELEC for publication in the OJEC but was not published by the commission. The proposition of the BT must be approved by the European Commission to have an official status. The decision is in progress and has not actually been defined." Taking this information into consideration, it is my understanding that products which were not covered by the 555 series may not be required to meet 61000-3-2,3 until Jan. 1, 2001 depending upon the 2 month vote on the withdrawl of 61000-3- 2/A12. Does anyone have any information on the results of this 2 month vote?? Thanks Joe Martin [email protected] _______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: EMC/Harmonics requirements From: Mark Briggs <[email protected]> at INTERNET List-Post: [email protected] Date: 9/9/97 9:27 PM Does this mean that products that are currently being certified against a product or family standard, such as ITE equipment (EN55022) or ISM equipment (EN55011) as opposed to a generic standard have to meet the requirements of the EN61000-3 specs ?? Neither of these standards mention testing harmonics/flicker or the IEC 555 specs. Mark [email protected] >______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ >Subject: EMC/Harmonics requirements >Author: [email protected] at PMDF >Date: 8/22/97 10:40 AM > > >To All: >For information. > >The European Union has put out a notice to all national committees aimed >at clarifying the implementation dates for the harmonics and flicker >standards. (Reference TC741 JPV/is/970722 dated 1997-07-10) They have >also referenced the 555 series standards and in their minds clarified the >relationship between the two harmonics standards. The notice is copied >below for your information. Please note the IEC 555 -2 and 555-3 are >withdrawn and obsolete. This means CENELEC is not using an international >standard for those products covered. > >Dave George > > >"Taking into account the above, for products originally not >falling within the scope of EN 60555-2/EN 60555-3 but covered by EN >61000-3-2/EN 61000-3-3, presumption of conformity to the ERs of the EMC >Directive exists and is confirmed on the basis of a manufacturer's >declaration based on the generic EMC standards up to 2001-01-01. > >In this context reference is made to Note 2 to Table I of EN 50021-1 >(relating to emission in the a.c. mains supply and in particular >harmonics) which reads: > >"Note 2: Applicable to apparatus covered within the scope of EN 60555-2 >and EN 60555-3. Limits for apparatus not currently covered by EN 60555-2 >and EN 60555-3 are under consideration.' > >In consequence the levels given in these two standards applicable to the >relevant phenomena can be used for conformity assessment purposes under >the manufacturer's responsibility." > > > >Received: from 192.168.190.1 by ALPHA.CORP.SCIATL.COM (PMDF V4.3-13 #7203) > id <[email protected]>; Fri, > 22 Aug 1997 14:59:15 -0500 (EST) >Received: from [199.172.136.3] by gatekeeper.sciatl.com for > <[email protected]> id PAA14535; Fri Aug 22 15:04:07 1997 >Received: (from daemon@localhost) by ruebert.ieee.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) > id LAA10936; Fri, 22 Aug 1997 11:42:35 -0400 (EDT) >Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 11:40:31 -0400 >From: "George, David L" <[email protected]> >Subject: EMC/Harmonics requirements >Sender: [email protected] >Reply-to: "George, David L" <[email protected]> >Message-id: > <c=US%a=_%p=UNISYS%[email protected] >isys.c >om> >X-Envelope-to: "Kealey, Doug%SA-B08"@ccmail.corp.sciatl.com >MIME-version: 1.0 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version >4.0.995.52 >Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >Precedence: bulk >X-Resent-To: Multiple Recipients <[email protected]> >X-Listname: emc-pstc >X-List-Description: Product Safety Tech. Committee, EMC Society >X-Info: Help requests to [email protected] >X-Info: [Un]Subscribe requests to [email protected] >X-Moderator-Address: [email protected] >
