Hi John,
I hope you are well. It sounds like you understand it very well and I think you have pretty much answered your own question. You can track the progress of your ETSI standards on the ETSI website (this page is very useful: http://webapp.etsi.org/ena/cvp.asp?search=RADIO ) …..once the standard looks stable enough that you trust it, you could start testing to it. For example, if it is published by ETSI as a harmonised standard, then you could already be in the test lab, or at your own test bench, making those missing (receiver) tests. Even if it is published as a final draft, you probably have a pretty good idea of what the tests will be. Once you have your test results, you could wait. When the standard becomes listed on the OJ, you can sign your DoC to the RED. If it looks like the standard will not be listed on the OJ before 13 June 2017, then yes you would need to get a Notified Body type examination certificate. That testing to the latest draft standard will be used. As you say, there is the concern about a standard which is ‘so draft’ that it will not even be published before 13 June 2017, then that does give you an additional challenge. If I were a manufacturer in that situation, I would be inclined to contact the ETSI group and have a discussion with them about which tests they expect might change and which ones they suspect are quite stable. If the standard is really a long way back (for example, because nobody showed up to ETSI to write it), then that implies there are not many manufacturers interested in it. (Although of course 5 GHz WLAN falls into this category, and I know there are plenty of those) I would guess that if this situation could affect a manufacturer in the region of ‘hundreds of Euros’, then it’s probably just one of those things. If it could affect a manufacturer in the region of ‘thousands of Euros’, then probably they already made trip to ETSI themselves to help get the standard complete before June 2017. And yes, you’re correct, it’s not a great situation. Thanks, Michael. Michael Derby Senior Regulatory Engineer Director ACB Europe Certification Resource for the Wireless Industry Web: www.acbcert.com <http://www.acbcert.com/> From: Pearson, John [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 17 November 2016 15:35 To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] RED Hi All So let me see if I have this right please guys. RED is being fully implemented in June 2017. In this radio receiver requirements are now essential requirements. So come June 2017, focusing on technical performance only for now, to supply to the EEA we need product to meet these additional requirements. However to date only 25 specs or so have been written and published as Harmonized Standards under the RED and those of course include radio receiver performance. The other required HS’s are in draft form in various levels of preparation. My question is what does the European Commission expect us to do with products not covered by these RED Harmonized Standards and if standards do suddenly emerge in the next few weeks how are we meant to meet them with 6 months or so notice? One answer of course is to use a Notified Body but is that all we are being left with? Does anyone else feel this is a mess? Thanks John - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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