EU directive
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive
2014/30/EU
What it covers
The EMC Directive limits the electromagnetic disturbance a product may emit and requires a minimum immunity to disturbance from other equipment. It applies to wired motors, control units and power supplies. A motor or controller with a built-in radio is assessed for EMC under the RED instead. Conformity is normally by the manufacturer's own assessment (internal production control), followed by the EU declaration of conformity and the CE marking.
- Official number
- 2014/30/EU
- Kind
- EU directive
- Issued by
- European Parliament and Council
- Regions
- European Union, European Economic Area
- Applies to
- Shading motors (blinds, shutters, awnings), Door and gate operators
- Marking
- CE
- Applies from
- 2016-04-20
- Official text
- eur-lex.europa.eu
Certification programs
- CE marking The manufacturer states, in an EU Declaration of Conformity, that the product meets the EU legislation that applies to it. For motorised shading drives this is typically the Low Voltage Directive and the EMC Directive, or the Radio Equipment Directive when the product contains a radio. Under the Low Voltage and EMC Directives the manufacturer can carry out the conformity assessment itself; under the Radio Equipment Directive this is allowed only when the relevant harmonised standards are applied in full, otherwise a notified body must be involved. CE marking is therefore a manufacturer declaration, not an independent certificate, and the mark alone does not say which standards were applied (the Declaration of Conformity lists them).
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