Dear Doug, Your question has a fairly complex answer but I will attempt to shed some light on it for you. In the countries you mentioned the traditional practice has been to use North American approved equipment for a number of reasons. This has meant that an FCC approval and an Industry Canada approval as well are the keys to the approval permit in the countries you have mentioned. South America and North America are in the same ITU region. As spectrum allocation worldwide at frequencies above 1Ghz converges more non North American equipment is being used in South America. In your case I would suspect that the requirement will be based upon FCC approval or compliance. For EMC not all countries impose this requirement but for consistencies sake we have advised clients that a CISPR 22 compliance for EMI to Class A is necessary for commercial equipment and that for residential equipment or equipment in critical non interference areas Class B is preferred. In the case of radio equipment with receivers EMI requirements are imposed at Class B levels by virtue of FCC Part 15 receiver rules and so when it comes to electronics that are not radio devices but are part of a system the lower the EMI level the better. For safety there are no specific additional marks but traditionally the following marks are preferred: UL and/or CSA and/or TUV GS. Of the countries on your list Peru, Ecuador,Guyana, Venezuela use 110 VAC. Columbia and Bolvia use 110-220 VAC while the rest use 220 VAC. Power plugs types vary within and between these countries. The use of self declarations while not forbidden is not a reccommended approach.
Yours Truly, G. Rae Dulmage, B. Comm., Vice President-Approvals and Research KTL Certelecom Laboratories Inc. ---------- > From: Frazee Doug <[email protected]> > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: FW: EMC/safety Requirements in South America? > Date: March 5, 1998 15:28 PM > > I am resending this inquiry, due to the very limited responses, if you have information that can help me, please pass it along. Thanks! > ---------- > From: Frazee Doug[SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 02, 1998 3:15 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Cc: Banchero, Bill > Subject: EMC/safety Requirements in South America? > > I am always looking for convenient sources of international compliance information. Most recently, my need is for a client that manufactures Ground Stations for use in air traffic control. The ground stations include an intentional RF transmitter currently approved for the US as well as several European countries, a router and VME card cage with digital electronics. Approved modems for the ground station are purchased in the destination country and installed during deployment of the ground station. The ground station currently has been tested to the LVD (EN 60950) and EMC Directive (EN 50081-1/2). European EMC and safety testing was performed by independent US compliance laboratories (self declaration). Transmitter approvals were performed by a European Notified Body contracted by the European manufacturer of the radio. > > Our client wishes to deploy these ground stations in the following countries: > > Peru > Paraguay > Columbia > Venezuela > Guiana > Equador > Bolivia > Chile > > I need to determine what transmitter approval, EMC and safety requirements exist in these countries for this device and whether additional testing needs to be performed. I do not like to burden this group with questions of this sort, but I do not have sources for this type of information. Any leads or help would be greatly appreciated. > > Doug Frazee > EMC Compliance Engineer > Windermere Information Technology Services (WITS) > 401 Defense Highway > Annapolis, Maryland 21401 > USA > Tel: (410) 266-1793 > FAX: (410) 266-1853 > [email protected] >
