Radio Equipment Directive
Q: to clarify, as an urgent matter, how combined appliances need to be verified
A: nothing has changed passing from the RTTED to the RED with respect to combined equipment.
In any case, the RED Guide has a section in that Regard.
You can find attached the final draft that has been submitted to the Working Party only for seriously justified comments until 14/04.
Please note that, until published, this guidance document cannot be considered final.
This guide has to be read in conjunction with the Blue Guide, available here.
Q: to make available as soon as possible, and in any case before the coming into force of RED, a suitable list of harmonized standards covering combined appliances;
A: harmonised standards are voluntary.
As it is well-known, the harmonised standards are prepared by the European Standardization Organizations (for the RED only ETSI and CENELEC have accepted the standardization request).
The Commission cannot produce harmonised standards on its own.
The publication on the OJEU occurs after an assessment of the harmonised standards, as provided for in the Regulation 1025/2012.
There are 98 harmonised standards appearing on 12th April 2017 and the next publication is already foreseen on 12th May 2017, without prejudice to changes of dates, according to the workload of the colleagues of the OJEU.
With respect to the conformity assessment procedures, the RED provides for alternatives to harmonised standards in Articles 17(2) and 17(4).
Q: the RED guide being published as soon as possible with clear indications how to handle Combined Equipment
A: the RED guide has been developed with a variety of stakeholders, including industrial associations, in order to reach the maximum possible consensus, always in the respect of the law.
Q: to enable in-house testing by extending the transition period by at least 18 months
A: the extension of the transitional period has to be requested to the EP and Council.
Reopeing even one single point on the Directive will allow to reopen the discussions on the entire Directive.
In any case, even in the event of no objections, the procedure is such not to be completed by 12th June 2017.
Any potential objections and/or changes in the text of the Directive can also disrupt its current implementation, creating disadvantages to the stakeholders that have been making themselves ready for its application.
Please find the attached document for your information.
