The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016

InterpretationE+W+S

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

the “1987 Act” means the Consumer Protection Act 1987 M1;

the “2006 Regulations” means the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2006 M2;

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[F3“approved body” has the meaning given in regulation 43 (approved bodies);]

“apparatus” means any finished appliance or combination thereof made available on the market as a single functional unit, intended for the end-user and liable to generate electromagnetic disturbance, or the performance of which is liable to be affected by such disturbance and includes—

(a)

components or sub-assemblies intended for incorporation into an apparatus by an end-user, which are liable to generate or be affected by electromagnetic disturbance;

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a mobile installation defined as a combination of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, intended to be moved and operated in a range of locations;

“authorised representative” means a person established within the [F4United Kingdom] appointed in accordance with regulation 38 (appointment of an authorised representative);

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“conformity assessment” means the process demonstrating whether the essential requirements relating to apparatus have been fulfilled;

“conformity assessment body” means a body that performs conformity assessment activities;

[F7“conformity assessment procedure” means a procedure referred to in regulation 40;]

[F7“declaration of conformity” means a declaration of conformity required to be drawn up in accordance with regulation 10(1)(a) (declaration of conformity and UK marking);]

[F7“designated standard” has the meaning given to it in regulation 2A;]

“the Directive” means Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility (recast) M3 [F8(as it has effect immediately before IP completion day)];

“distributor” means any person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer, authorised representative or importer, who makes apparatus available on the market;

“district council” means a district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 M4;

“economic operator” means a manufacturer, authorised representative, importer or distributor;

“electromagnetic compatibility” means the ability of equipment to function satisfactorily in its electromagnetic environment without introducing intolerable electromagnetic disturbances to other equipment in that environment;

“electromagnetic disturbance” means any electromagnetic phenomenon which may degrade the performance of equipment; an electromagnetic disturbance may be electromagnetic noise, an unwanted signal or a change in the propagation medium itself;

“electromagnetic environment” means all electromagnetic phenomena observable in a given location;

“enforcing authority” is to be interpreted in accordance with regulation 52 (designation of enforcing authorities);

“equipment” means any apparatus or fixed installation;

“essential requirements” means the requirements set out in Schedule 1;

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“European Commission” means the Commission of the European Union;

“fixed installation” means a particular combination of several types of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, which are assembled, installed and intended to be used permanently, at a predefined location;

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“immunity” means the ability of equipment to perform as intended without degradation in the presence of electromagnetic disturbance;

[F12“importer” means a person who—

(a)

is established in the United Kingdom and places apparatus from a country outside of the United Kingdom on the market; or

(b)

is established in Northern Ireland and places apparatus on the market that has been supplied to them for distribution, consumption or use in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge, from an EEA state;]

“make available on the market” means any supply of apparatus for distribution or use on the [F13market of Great Britain] in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge, and related expressions must be construed accordingly;

“manufacturer” means a person who—

(a)

manufactures apparatus or has apparatus designed or manufactured; and

(b)

markets that apparatus under that person's name or trademark;

“market surveillance authority” has the meaning given in regulation 53 (designation of market surveillance authorities);

“mobile installation” means a combination of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, which are intended to be moved and operated in a range of locations;

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“OFCOM” means the Office of Communications established under the Office of Communications Act 2002 M5;

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“place on the market” means the first making available of apparatus on the [F18market of Great Britain], and related expressions must be construed accordingly;

“put into service” means the first use of equipment in the [F19United Kingdom market] by its end-user for the purposes for which it was intended, and related expressions must be construed accordingly;

“RAMS” means Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 M6;

“recall” means any measure aimed at achieving the return of apparatus that has already been made available to the end-user, and related expressions must be construed accordingly;

“relevant conformity assessment procedure” means a conformity assessment procedure referred to in regulation 40 (conformity assessment procedures);

“relevant economic operator” means, in relation to apparatus, an economic operator with obligations in respect of that apparatus under Part 2;

“technical specification” means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by the equipment;

[F20“UK marking” means the marking in the form set out in Annex 2 of RAMS;]

[F20“UK national accreditation body” means the body appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 4 of RAMS;]

“weights and measures authority” means a local weights and measures authority within the meaning set out in section 69 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 M7;

“withdrawal” means any measure aimed at preventing apparatus in the supply chain from being made available on the market, and related expressions must be construed accordingly.

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to apparatus or equipment being “in conformity with Part 2” means that—

(a)the apparatus or equipment is in conformity with the essential requirements; and

(b)each relevant economic operator has complied with the obligations imposed on them under Part 2 which must be satisfied at or before the time at which they make the apparatus or equipment available on the market.

(3) In these Regulations, “risk” means a risk to [F21the protections against electromagnetic disturbance referred to in these Regulations].

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Extent Information

E1This version of this provision extends to England, Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M3OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 79.

M6OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30.

M71985 c.72; section 69 was amended by Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c.43); paragraph 75 of Schedule

16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19); and paragraph 144 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc.

(Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39).

InterpretationN.I.

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

the “1987 Act” means the Consumer Protection Act 1987 ;

the “2006 Regulations” means the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2006 ;

“accreditation” means accreditation as defined in paragraph 10 of Article 2 of RAMS (as amended from time to time);

“accreditation certificate” means a certificate, issued by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales under number 03076190) or a national accreditation body in another [F23relevant state], attesting that a conformity assessment body meets the notified body requirements;

“apparatus” means any finished appliance or combination thereof made available on the market as a single functional unit, intended for the end-user and liable to generate electromagnetic disturbance, or the performance of which is liable to be affected by such disturbance and includes—

(a)

components or sub-assemblies intended for incorporation into an apparatus by an end-user, which are liable to generate or be affected by electromagnetic disturbance;

(b)

a mobile installation defined as a combination of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, intended to be moved and operated in a range of locations;

“authorised representative” means a person established within the [F24relevant market] appointed in accordance with regulation 38 (appointment of an authorised representative);

“CE marking” means a marking which takes the form set out in Annex II of RAMS (as amended from time to time);

“competent national authority” means an authority having responsibility for enforcing the law of a [F25relevant state] which implements the Directive;

“conformity assessment” means the process demonstrating whether the essential requirements relating to apparatus have been fulfilled;

“conformity assessment body” means a body that performs conformity assessment activities;

“the Directive” means Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility (recast) ;

“distributor” means any person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer, authorised representative or importer, who makes apparatus available on the market;

“district council” means a district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 ;

“economic operator” means a manufacturer, authorised representative, importer or distributor;

“electromagnetic compatibility” means the ability of equipment to function satisfactorily in its electromagnetic environment without introducing intolerable electromagnetic disturbances to other equipment in that environment;

“electromagnetic disturbance” means any electromagnetic phenomenon which may degrade the performance of equipment; an electromagnetic disturbance may be electromagnetic noise, an unwanted signal or a change in the propagation medium itself;

“electromagnetic environment” means all electromagnetic phenomena observable in a given location;

“enforcing authority” is to be interpreted in accordance with regulation 52 (designation of enforcing authorities);

“equipment” means any apparatus or fixed installation;

“essential requirements” means the requirements set out in Schedule 1;

“EU declaration of conformity” means a declaration of conformity required to be drawn up in accordance with regulation 10(1)(a) (EU declaration of conformity and CE marking);

“EU harmonisation legislation” means any EU legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of apparatus;

“European Commission” means the Commission of the European Union;

“fixed installation” means a particular combination of several types of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, which are assembled, installed and intended to be used permanently, at a predefined location;

“harmonised standard” has the meaning given by Article 2(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation (as amended from time to time);

“immunity” means the ability of equipment to perform as intended without degradation in the presence of electromagnetic disturbance;

“importer” means any person established within the [F26relevant market] who places apparatus from a [F27market outside of the relevant market on the relevant] market;

“make available on the market” means any supply of apparatus for distribution or use on the [F28relevant] market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge, and related expressions must be construed accordingly;

“manufacturer” means a person who—

(a)

manufactures apparatus or has apparatus designed or manufactured; and

(b)

markets that apparatus under that person's name or trademark;

“market surveillance authority” has the meaning given in regulation 53 (designation of market surveillance authorities);

“mobile installation” means a combination of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, which are intended to be moved and operated in a range of locations;

“national accreditation body” has the meaning set out in point 11 of Article 2 of RAMS (as amended from time to time);

[F29“NI Protocol obligation” means any obligation created or arising by or under the Protocol on Ireland/ Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement, whether or not an obligation to which section 7A(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 applies;]

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“notified body requirements” means the requirements set out in Schedule 5 (requirements for notified bodies);

“OFCOM” means the Office of Communications established under the Office of Communications Act 2002 ;

“Official Journal” means the Official Journal of the European Union;

“place on the market” means the first making available of apparatus on the [F30relevant] market, and related expressions must be construed accordingly;

“put into service” means the first use of equipment in the [F31relevant market] by its end-user for the purposes for which it was intended, and related expressions must be construed accordingly;

“RAMS” means Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 ;

“recall” means any measure aimed at achieving the return of apparatus that has already been made available to the end-user, and related expressions must be construed accordingly;

“relevant conformity assessment procedure” means a conformity assessment procedure referred to in regulation 40 (conformity assessment procedures);

“relevant economic operator” means, in relation to apparatus, an economic operator with obligations in respect of that apparatus under Part 2;

[F32“relevant market” means—

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the market in Northern Ireland; and

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the market of the EEA states;]

[F32“relevant state” means—

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Northern Ireland; or

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any EEA state;]

“technical specification” means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by the equipment;

[F33“UK(NI) indication” means the marking in the form set out in Schedule 1 to the Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (UK(NI) Indication) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;]

“weights and measures authority” means a local weights and measures authority within the meaning set out in section 69 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 ;

“withdrawal” means any measure aimed at preventing apparatus in the supply chain from being made available on the market, and related expressions must be construed accordingly.

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to apparatus or equipment being “in conformity with Part 2” means that—

(a)the apparatus or equipment is in conformity with the essential requirements; and

(b)each relevant economic operator has complied with the obligations imposed on them under Part 2 which must be satisfied at or before the time at which they make the apparatus or equipment available on the market.

(3) In these Regulations, “risk” means a risk to aspects of public interest protection referred to in the Directive.

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[F34(5) In these Regulations (except Part 4 (notification of conformity assessment bodies) and Schedules 5 (requirements for notified bodies) and 6 (operational obligations of notified bodies)), “notified body” means—

(a)a notified body within the meaning set out in regulation 43 (notified bodies), or

(b)a notified body under the laws of any other [F35relevant state] which implements the Directive.]

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