Canadian requirements covering RF Exposure

Industry Canada publishes RSS-102, Issue 3.

RSS-102 -Radio Frequency Exposure Compliance of Radiocommunication Apparatus (All Frequency Bands) Issue 3, June 2009

Changes From Preface of document:

1. Section 1: The scope of this standard has been revised.
2. Section 3: Procedures for SAR probe calibration and system verification for measurements between 150 MHz and 300 MHz have been added.
3. Section 3.1.1: Procedures for SAR evaluation for 3-6 GHz have been added.
4. Section 3.1.3: SAR test procedures for devices containing multiple transmitters have been specified.
5. Section 3.1.4: SAR test procedures for 3G devices, 802.11 a/b/g transmitters, laptop computers with built-in antennas on display screens, as well as licensed and licence-exempt modular transmitters have been specified.

See link for copy:

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf09545.html

EN 60601-1-2:2007, Version required, or not?

EN 60601-1-2:2007 is the Medical electrical equipment collateral standard for Electromagnetic Compatibility requirements and tests, harmonized under directive 93/42/EEC (medical devices).

While this standard has a date of publication of February 1, 2008, it as no fixed date of withdrawal replacing EN 60601-1-2:2001 +A1:2006. Therefore, A1:2006 remains valid until all related part 2-X standards have been withdrawn.

However, when Part 1-2 is used, not in conjunction with a related part 2-x standard, EN 60601-1-2:2001 +A1:2006 has an effective Date of withdrawal (DoW) of September 12th, 2009.

That is to say, compliance must be demonstrated against the 2007 version after 9/12/2009 for appliances not covered under a particular Part 2 standard.

Amendment of Part 15 Rules

REGARDING NEW REQUIREMENTS AND MEASUREMENT GUIDELINES FOR ACCESS BROADBAND OVER POWER LINE SYSTEMS/CARRIER CURRENT SYSTEMS, INCLUDING BROADBAND OVER POWER LINE SYSTEMS.

Request for Further Comment and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking responds to a DC Circuit Court of Appeals remand of the Commission's Report and Order for further consideration and explanation of its decision.

by REQUEST FOR FURTHER COMMENT.
(Dkt No. 04-37 03-104 ).
Action by: the Commission.
Adopted: 07/16/2009 by FNPRM. (FCC No. 09-60). OET

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-60A1.doc (Word DOC)

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-60A1.pdf (PDF)

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-60A1.txt (TXT)

89/336/EEC No Longer Valid

Per Article 15 of the new EMC directive, and effective from today, July 20, 2009, all imported products falling within the scope of the EMC directive will need to demonstrate compliance with 2004/108/EC, and indicate as such on the Declaration of Conformity (DoC).

Please see “The New EMC Directive And The Impact Posed To EU Market Entry” for brief summary on the new directive.

ETSI Standards Published

ETSI EN 302 264-1 V1.1.1 (2009-06) Short Range Devices; Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (RTTT); Short Range Radar equipment operating in the 77 GHz to 81 GHz band; Part 1: Technical requirements and methods of measurement

ETSI EN 302 264-2 V1.1.1 (2009-06) Part 2: Harmonized EN covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive

Technical Reports, not harmonized standards,  but of possible interest:
ETSI TR 102 763 V1.1.1 (2009-06) Short Range Devices (SRD); Technical characteristics of Detect-And-Avoid (DAA) mitigation techniques for SRD equipment using Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology

ETSI TR 102 651 V1.1.1 (2009-06) Broadband Radio Access Networks (BRAN); 5 GHz high performance RLAN; Guide to the implementation of Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)

ERO invites comment

ERO invites comment on ECC Report 137: Introducing greater flexibility in the current regulatory structure with a view to taking forward convergence and harmonization in the ECC
http://www.ero.dk/C1A7F777-8817-4121-90B1-C8A46B753575?frames=0

Closing date 8/24/08, Point of contact gulyaev@ero.dk

Safety requirements, European standards for personal music players

European Commission Decision of 23 June 2009 on the safety requirements to be met by European standards for personal music players pursuant to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:161:0038:0039:EN:PDF

Note: the mandate under R&TTED/LVD is not yet available and so AP7 from Cardiff meeting cannot yet be actioned.  Meanwhile, NBs are advised to note this Decision when formulating opinions covering personal music players.