Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU (RED)

Manufacturers and vendors of equipment falling within the scope of the RED (2014/53/EU) that will be available on the market or put into service and use within a European Member State, must ensure it complies with all relevant requirements and has completed the applicable conformity procedures.

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What are the RED’s essential requirements?

Generally, the essential requirements to be met are:

3.1a Health
3.1a Safety (2014/35/EU shall be included)
3.1b EMC 2014/30/EU
3.2 Radio
3.3 Requirements for radio equipment within certain categories or classes

Presumption of conformity

Radio equipment which conforms to harmonized standards (HS) or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in the OJEU, shall be presumed to be in conformity with the essential requirements set out in Article 3 covered by those standards, or parts thereof.

Conformity assessment procedures

In relation to the requirements of RED section 3.1, the conformity procedure may be one of those set out in:

Annex II (Internal Production Control)
Annex III Module B and Module C (Notify Body assessment involved)
Annex IV Module H (Notify Body assessment involved)

For the requirements of RED sections 3.2 and 3.3, there are two ways to demonstrate conformity:

The manufacturer has applied HS which use any of the aforementioned procedures
The manufacturer has not applied, or has applied only in part HS, or where such HS do not exist, shall use either Annex III Module B and Module C or Annex IV Module H

What are the most commonly applied standards?

The most frequently applied standards per technologies used and covering the essential requirements of article 3 of RED (2014/53/EU) are:

3.1a Health: EN 62479, EN 62311; EN 50385; EN 50360; EN 50566; EN 62209
3.1a Safety: EN 62368-1, EN 60335-1, EN 60601-1, EN 61010-1, EN 60529
3.1b EMC: EN 55032(EMI), EN 55035(EMS), EN 301 489, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3
3.2 Radio: EN 300 328, EN 301 893 (5GHz RLAN), EN 303 413/345, EN 303 417, EN 300 220/330/440, EN 301 511, EN 301 908, EN 303 687 for Wi-Fi 6E