Chapter 5 Other standards and legislation

Chapter 4 covered the commercial standards, deriving from the IEC, that are relevant for the EMC and R&TTE Directives. Although comprehensive, these are by no means the only test standards or legislation that can be found for EMC. This chapter looks at a range of other sectors that have their own EMC framework: automotive, military, civil aerospace and rail.

5.1 Automotive

The automotive sector has for a long time had its own EMC requirements.

5.1.1 The Automotive EMC Directive

In Europe, the EMC both of whole vehicles and their electronic sub-assemblies is covered by the Automotive EMC Directive. This is a type-approval Directive, not a New Approach one, and instead of the CE Mark requires that products ...

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