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Additional IEC standards for EMC that change during 2006

A companion piece to "Stretching immunity test to 6 GHz," which appeared in the September 2006 "Compliance Test Report."

Richard A. Quinnell, Contributing Technical Editor -- Test & Measurement World, 9/1/2006

MAIN ARTICLE
Stretching immunity test to
6 GHz

SIDEBAR
2006--A year of change


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"Compliance Test Report"
In 2006, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) replaced more than a dozen (including subsections) of its standards for electromagnetic compliance (EMC). The table below provides a list of the standards that are expiring this year, along with the EN number of their replacements.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Expired Standard

New/Replacement Standard

Replacement Date

Equipment Covered

EN 55013:2001

 

EN 55013:2001
+A1:2003

April 1, 2006

 

Sound and television receivers and
associated equipment

 

EN 60947-2:1996
+A1:1997
+A2:2001

EN 60947-2:2003

 

June 1, 2006

 

Low-voltage switching and control gear

 

Generic

 

EN 60947-5-7:2003

 

September 1, 2006

 

Low-voltage switching and control gear: proximity devices with analog outputs

 

Generic

 

EN 60947-8:2003

 

July 1, 2006

 

Low-voltage switching and control gear: built-in thermal protection for rotating machinery

 

EN 61131-2:1994
+A11:1996
+A12:2000

EN 61131-2:2003

 

May 1, 2006

 

Programmable controllers and
peripherals

 

EN 61326:1997
+A1:1998
+A2:2001

EN 61326:1997
+A1:1998
+A2:2001
+A3:2003

October 1, 2006

 

Equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory test

 

Generic

 

EN 62052-11:2003

 

March 1, 2006

 

AC electricity metering equipment

 

EN 60521:1995

 

EN 62053-11:2003

 

March 1, 2006

 

AC electricity metering equipment:
active energy, electromechanical meters

 

EN 61036:1996
+A1:2000

EN 62053-21:2003

 

March 1, 2006

 

AC electricity metering equipment:
active energy, static meters

 

EN 60687:1992

 

EN 62053-22:2003

 

March 1, 2006

 

AC electricity metering equipment:
active energy, static meters

 

EN 61268:1996

 

EN 62053-23:2003

 

March 1, 2006

 

AC electricity metering equipment:
reactive energy, static meters

 

EN 12015:1998

 

EN 12015:2004

 

June 30, 2006

 

Elevators, escalators, moving walkways: emission

 

EN 12016:1998

 

EN 12016:2004

 

June 30, 2006

 

Elevators, escalators, moving walkways: immunity

 

Sources:
TUV Rheinland
International Electrotechnical Commission newsletters

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