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EMC Directive (Directive 2014/30/EU)
The CE-marking directive for electromagnetic emissions and immunity of equipment, published in the Official Journal on 29 March 2014 (OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 79), in force since 18 April 2014, transposition due by 19 April 2016 (Art. 44, not extracted; see Sources). This folder reproduces the consolidated text 02014L0030-20260530.
For radio products it does not apply: Art. 2(2)(a) excludes "equipment covered by Directive 1999/5/EC" — read since 13 June 2016 as the Radio Equipment Directive, whose Art. 3(1)(b) imposes "an adequate level of electromagnetic compatibility as set out in Directive 2014/30/EU". So a WiFi/Bluetooth headset meets these EMC essential requirements through the RED; this Directive applies directly to non-radio apparatus (chargers, docks, accessories without radios).
Applicability to EdTech
- Non-radio accessories (charging cradles, wired peripherals) placed on the EU market must meet the Annex I essential requirements — not exceeding emission levels that prevent other equipment operating as intended, and adequate immunity.
- The same Annex I substance of EMC applies to radio products via the RED, so EMC test plans for a headset cite the same harmonised EN standards even though the legal hook is RED Art. 3(1)(b).
- Module A (internal production control, Annex II) is the usual route (Art. 14); harmonised-standard conformity gives the presumption (Art. 13).
Contents
| Document | Covers |
|---|---|
| SCOPE-AND-DEFINITIONS.md | Arts. 1–3 — scope (incl. the radio-equipment exclusion), definitions |
| REQUIREMENTS-AND-CONFORMITY.md | Arts. 6, 13, 14; Annexes I, II — essential requirements, presumption, conformity routes |
| OPERATOR-OBLIGATIONS.md | Arts. 7, 9, 10 — manufacturer/importer/distributor obligations |
| CE-MARKING-AND-ENFORCEMENT.md | Arts. 15–17, 40, 42 — EU declaration, CE marking, formal non-compliance, penalties |
Scope note: fixed installations (Arts. 18–19), notified-body machinery (Arts. 20–36), market-surveillance procedure (Arts. 37–39) and the emergency-framework articles (40a–40c) can be added with the same tooling when needed.
Key obligations at a glance
- Apparatus must meet the Annex I essential requirements (Art. 6).
- Manufacturers run a conformity procedure (Art. 14), draw up the EU declaration (Art. 15) and affix CE marking (Arts. 16–17), plus identification/traceability and instructions duties (Art. 7).
- Information for use — any specific precautions and any residential-environment usage restrictions — must accompany apparatus (Art. 18, not extracted).
Enforcement
National market surveillance; formal non-compliance grounds in Art. 40; national penalties, which may include criminal sanctions for serious infringements, must be "effective, proportionate and dissuasive" (Art. 42).
Licence
The corpus reproduces the EUR-Lex consolidated text of Directive 2014/30/EU (CELEX 02014L0030-20260530).
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Conditions, and how this corpus meets them:
- Acknowledge the source: each extracted provision carries a
{.meta}provenance line naming EUR-Lex and the CELEX number, and Sources links the EUR-Lex text. - Indicate changes (CC BY 4.0, for the consolidated text): the provision text is unchanged; the changes are the selection of provisions, the Markdown layout and the added anchors, all described in Meta.
- Do not distort the meaning: the text is reproduced verbatim and checked mechanically against the source (see Meta).
- No endorsement or liability: the corpus does not claim that the EU or the Publications Office endorses it, and only the Official Journal text is authentic.
Related
- Product-safety cluster index
- Radio Equipment Directive — absorbs EMC for radio equipment; this Directive covers the rest