The R&TTE Directive, Article 1 "Scope and aim", Clause 5 states: "5. This Directive shall not apply to apparatus exclusively used for activities concerning public security, defence, State security (including the economic well-being of the State in the case of activities pertaining to State security matters) and the activities of the State in the area of criminal law."
Therefore this Directive does not apply to equipment used EXCLUSIVELY for military use. Thus weapons aiming radar would be exempt but air-traffic control radar might not be if it was also controlling civilian traffic. Nevertheless, even if such radar were claimed to be exempt, it could still interfer with radar used for civilian purposes - and after Sept 11th, it might be every difficult to justify that an ATC radar for military use does not also have civilian applications and vice-versa! So I think an exemption could be difficult to argue legally - interpretations may vary between EU countries and their differing legal system, John Allen Thales Bracknell, UK -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 31 January 2002 21:21 To: EMC-PSTC Subject: Re: EEC compliance for a ground based radar Does operating frequency affect the issue? If the radar system is in an official ISM frequency band, use CISPR 11, but if operating outside the those bands treat is as an RTTE device? Also, what about the market served? The original poster seems to have a position with a military contractor. Does CISPR 11 and/or the RTTE directive apply to military equipment? On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:07:02 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >Hold on a second. Why is it considered ISM and not RTTE? Seems to me that it >is subject to the RTTE Directive in that it uses the spectrum for >communications with a transponder - active or passive as the case may be. > >Richard Woods >Sensormatic Electronics >Tyco International > >-----Original Message----- >From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:48 PM >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: EEC compliance for a ground based radar >I read in !emc-pstc that Woodcox, Edmund A <[email protected]> >wrote (in <[email protected] >om>) about 'EEC compliance for a ground based radar', on Tue, 29 Jan >2002: >>I have a ground based radar that is somewhat largish and I need to obtain >CE >>compliance for this product. I've reviewed the journal and am wondering if >>a product like this is considered ISM or would the generic limits apply? >>Anybody out there have any experience with this? > >It's an 'intentional radiator' and therefore ISM. EN55011 applies. ETSI >standards may also apply. >To: [email protected] >Subject: EEC compliance for a ground based radar >From: "Woodcox, Edmund A" <[email protected]> >Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:44:28 -0500 > >Hi Group, > >I have a ground based radar that is somewhat largish and I need to obtain CE >compliance for this product. I've reviewed the journal and am wondering if >a product like this is considered ISM or would the generic limits apply? >Anybody out there have any experience with this? > > Edmund A Woodcox > Specialty Engineering > Electromagnetic Environmental Effects > ===================================== > LOCKHEED MARTIN > Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems-Syracuse > PO Box 4840 > EP5-D5 MD45 > Syracuse, NY 13221-4840 > =============================== > Phone: 315-456-2650 > Fax: 315-456-0509 > Email: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
