SIST-TP CLC/TR 50538:2011

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2011
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SIST R210-008:2003
Vodilo za skladnost opreme za vojaške namene z direktivo EMC
Guide to EMC Directive conformity of equipment designed for military purposes
Leitfaden zur Konformität von Geräten, die für militärische Zwecke entwickelt wurden, mit
der EMV-Richtlinie
Guide de conformité à la Directive CEM pour les équipements conçus à usages militaires
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CLC/TR 50538:2010
ICS:
33.100.01 Elektromagnetna združljivost Electromagnetic compatibility
na splošno in general
95.020 Vojaška tehnika. Vojaške Military engineering. Military
zadeve. Orožje affairs. Weapons
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

TECHNICAL REPORT
CLC/TR 50538
RAPPORT TECHNIQUE
October 2010
TECHNISCHER BERICHT
ICS 33.100.01 Supersedes R210-008:2002

English version
Guide to EMC Directive conformity of equipment designed for military
purposes
Guide de conformité à la Directive CEM Leitfaden zur Konformität von Geräten, die
pour les équipements conçus à usages für militärische Zwecke entwickelt wurden,
militaires mit der EMV-Richtlinie

This Technical Report was approved by CENELEC on 2010-09-17.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

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© 2010 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. CLC/TR 50538:2010 E
Foreword
This Technical Report was prepared by WG 9, EMC of Military Equipment, of Technical Committee
CENELEC TC 210, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC).
It was circulated for voting in accordance with the Internal Regulations, Part 2, Subclause 11.4.3.3
(simple majority) and was approved by CENELEC as CLC/TR 50538 on 2010-09-17.
This document supersedes R210-008:2002.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN and CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
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Contents
Introduction . 5
Background . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Directives for EMC conformity . 7
2.1 EMC Directive . 7
2.2 Radio & Telecommunication Terminal Equipment Directive . 7
2.3 Automotive Directive . 8
2.4 Marine Equipment Directive . 8
3 Application of the EMC Directive to military equipment . 8
3.1 Introduction to apparatus and installations . 8
3.2 Apparatus . 9
3.3 Fixed installations .14
Annex A A précis of the Defence Procurement Directive .17
Annex B Article 346 of the Treaty of Lisbon (TEC) .19
B.1 Legal basis .19
B.2 Security interests and treaty obligations .19
B.3 Conditions of applications of Article 296 TEC (according to interpretative
communication COM(2006) 779 final .20
B.4 How to apply Article 346 TEC .20
Annex C Council Decision 255/58 – EC Council list of items defining the scope of
Article 223 of the Treaty of Rome.22
Annex D Environments .24
D.1 Military standards and environments .24
D.2 Harmonised standards and environments .25
D.3 Selection of environments and standards for the EMC assessment .26
Annex E Flow diagram for apparatus .28
Annex F Flow diagram for fixed installation/specific apparatus .29
Annex G Read across tables between military and harmonised standards (Test method
level) .30
Annex H Comparison of EMC test methods .31
Annex I Examples of gap analysis .40
Annex J Example Case Studies .41
Bibliography .42
Standards .42
Other documents .43

Figures
Figure E.1 – Flow diagram for apparatus .28
Figure F.1 – Flow diagram for fixed installation/specific apparatus .29
Figure I.1 – Example of Radiated Immunity Gap Analysis between AECTP501 NRS02.1 Ground
and „Industrial‟ Immunity Limit where the Military Standard is more onerous (Industrial limit
modified for comparison) .40
Figure I.2 – Example of Power/Signal Port Conducted Immunity Gap Analysis between
AECTP501 NCS07.1 Ground and „Industrial‟ Immunity Limit where the Military Standard is
less onerous over part of the frequency range (Industrial limit modified for comparison) .40

Tables
Table G.1 – Factors to be considered during an EMC gap analysis .30
Table H.1 – Comparison of EMC test methods .31
Table H.2 – Detailed comparison of EMC test methods .32

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Introduction
CENELEC R210-008:2002 has been updated and revised with regard to the EMC Directive
2004/108/EC to create this new Technical Report, CLC/TR 50538 “Guide to EMC Directive conformity
of equipment designed for military purposes”.
The EMC Directive, 2004/108/EC [1], does not contain any reference to military equipment.
The manufacturer is fully responsible for complying with the EMC Directive, 2004/108/EC [1] and
cannot devolve this responsibility to a third party. Comprehensive guidance is provided in the “Guide
for the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC” [16].
There are a number of recent and emerging documents that have been considered including
Defence Procurement Directive 2009/81/EC [2],
Public Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC [15],
the EU Interpretative Communication COM (2006) 779 final [4] on the application of Article 296
TEC to the procurement of military equipment. (Note that Article 296 of the Treaty of Amsterdam
has now become Article 346 of the Treaty of Lisbon.)
This Technical Report has been prepared by reviewing all currently available relevant documentation
as listed in the Bibliography.
The purpose of this Technical Report is to provide guidance to manufacturers, suppliers, importers,
procurement authorities and those taking equipment into service within Member States on the
application of the EMC Directive to military equipment.

Background
A Technical Report was produced by CLC/TC 210 (EMC) in 1998 in order to provide guidance to
manufacturers of military equipment to comply with the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC [5] Under this
Directive 89/336/EEC there were interpretations at Member State level which resulted in a non-
harmonised application of the directive by military equipment manufacturers across the EU.
An interpretative communication concerning the Public Procurement Directive was issued in late 2006.
It states; “According to existing EU law, defence contracts fall under Internal Market rules”. This has
been interpreted as meaning that all military equipment is subject to the rules of the EU regarding the
procurement of equipment, However Member States can exempt defence contracts under Article
296(1)(b) that it considers to fulfil the concept of „essential security interests‟.
The conclusion from the Commission lawyers (validated in a court case between the Commission and
a Member State), in COM (2006) 799 is very specific and concludes that the exemptions are very few
and will have to be assessed on a case-by-case basis by the contracting authority.
More recently the Defence Procurement Directive 2009/81/EC of 13 July 2009 [2] has been published.
This concerns the gradual establishment of a European defence equipment market and as a
prerequisite an appropriate legislative framework. This Directive has profound implications on
Members States procurement of Defence equipment and services. A précis of the Directive is provided
in Annex A.
1)
CEN WS 10 EG7 E3 has reviewed military Electromagnetic standards for inclusion in the “European
Handbook for Defence Procurement” (CWA 15517 [10]). The information contained in their report has
been used and incorporated where applicable.

)
CEN: European Committee for Standardisation, Workshop 10: Standardization for Defence Procurement,
EG7: Expert Group 7: Electromagnetic Environment

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1 Scope
This Technical Report is applicable to any non-exempt military equipment.
This Technical Report does not affect the requirements to meet military standards.
This Technical Report only covers aspects related to EMC as covered by the EMC Directive
2004/108/EC and other directives that address EMC. In this respect there is no distinction between
civilian and defence equipment.
For the purpose of this Technical Report the term “military” is equivalent to the term “defence”.
Annex B describes Article 346 and Annex C provides the associated EC Council List of items under
Article 346 [12].
The definitions in EMC Directive 2004/108/EC of “apparatus” and “fixed installations” as applied to
military equipment are considered and guidance is given on applicability with the use of flow diagrams.
For apparatus, the use of military standards to demonstrate compliance with the EMC Directive by
using various assessment methods that do not use harmonised standards and a “gap” analysis tool for
comparison of military standard results with harmonised standards is presented.
This Technical Report also covers fixed installations using military equipment, and their impact on
neighbouring environments.
The conformity assessment procedures of EMC Directive 2004/108/EC have been reviewed and
guidance given on the applicability and contents of detailed technical EMC assessment.
Annex J includes some case studies to help clarify the extent and use of this Technical Report.
2 Directives for EMC conformity
2.1 EMC Directive
The EMC Directive (2004/108/EC) defines the following protection requirements as essential
requirements:
a) the electromagnetic disturbance generated does not exceed the level above which radio and
telecommunications equipment or other equipment cannot operate as intended;
b) it has a level of immunity to the electromagnetic disturbance to be expected in its intended use
which allows it to operate without unacceptable degradation of its intended use.
The conformity procedures are detailed in 3.2.3 and 3.2.4.
The EMC Directive makes specific exemptions for radio equipment and telecommunications te
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