Hi Folks Just a few clarifications a) The UK exemption to the EMC Directive applies only to purely military equipment, but not to commercial equipment used in a miiltary environment or to "dual use" equipment for both military and commercial use. Therefore, it would be correct for a customer to ask for CISPR 22 (or more precisely EN55022) test data, but - as stated below - it would be more appropriate for him to request test data to DEF Stan 59-41 if the PSU is for a "real" military application.
b) According to the UK EMC Regs, the exemption is at the "discretion of the Secretary of State for Defence" - so it is not theoretically "automatic" (although I have yet to encounter an MOD person who argues that it is effectively is) c) There is no exemption under any of the other CE Marking Directives unless that exemption exists in the original text of the Directive itself (which it does in the Machinery Directive, the R&TTE Directive, etc) Regards John Allen Technical Consultant Electromagnetics, Safety and Reliability Group ERA Technology Ltd Cleeve Rd Leatherhead Surrey KT22 7SA Tel: +44 (0) 1372-367025 (Direct) +44 (0) 1372-367000 (Switchboard) Fax: +44 (0) 1372-367102 (Fax) (but sent from my home email address!) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 8:29 PM Subject: RE: CE marking/testing of military equipment > > Patrick, > > The UK military has their own standard for EMC. It is Defence Standard 59-41 > part 3. > > Ross > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:49 AM > To: EMC-PSTC > Subject: CE marking/testing of military equipment > > > > I have a customer asking for CISPR 22 test results on a commercial power > supply > intended for use in military equipment in Europe. > > I've heard the UK excludes military equipment from CE marking. Do other > countries also exclude military equipment from the EMC Directive? > > If CISPR standards are not used for European military equipment, would > MIL-STD-461 be used? > ---- > Patrick Lawler > [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: > Ron Pickard: [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: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" > > ------------------------------------------- > 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: > Ron Pickard: [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: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- 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: Ron Pickard: [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: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
