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ANCOM Launched the Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing Laboratory

24.11.2014

 
Today, the Romanian National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) inaugurated the laboratory for electromagnetic compatibility tests at Prejmer, county of Brasov, where one could test radio, electric and electronic equipment in the Romanian market – from telephones, electric household appliances or lamps to medical, scientific and industrial equipment. The laboratory will enable measuring, among others, harmonic current emissions, voltage fluctuations, radiated disturbances, the specific absorption rate and the disturbing voltage.  

“ANCOM’s laboratory is endowed with the latest technology, shielded rooms and an outstanding semi-anechoic chamber where the electromagnetic emissions of our daily electric and electronic appliances will be measured and immunity tests for their operation under various conditions will be performed. Such a laboratory is essential for verifying the technical conformity of these appliances and it is high time the ANCOM specialists could make their own measurements”, declared Catalin Marinescu, President of ANCOM, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the electromagnetic compatibility testing laboratory.

In this laboratory, ANCOM will be able to directly check whether the products on sale or in use observe the provisions of the European directives in force regarding electromagnetic compatibility, the protection of the health and safety of the user and any other person. These measurements will be conducted according to ANCOM’s annual control plan or upon receiving complaints or petitions from the communications networks and services providers as the laboratory is designed exclusively for measurements required in the market control activity. It will not be used for measurements on demand.
The electromagnetic compatibility testing laboratory is one of the Authority’s most important projects in the recent years, the investment amounting to more than RON 14.6 million, respectively EUR 3.28 million. With a view to establishing this laboratory, specific design and construction works were required, including special equipment provision, installation and integration, as well as training the 12 ANCOM engineers who will perform the testing. The contract for setting up the laboratory was awarded by public tender to the consortium made up of S.C. COMTEST S.R.L. and S.C. THERMO FIX S.R.L.
The entry of electric and electronic appliances on the European market is free and no prior certification or homologation is required. Nevertheless, manufacturers have the obligation to verify product conformity in accredited laboratories and to make available, to the authorities in the European countries where they distribute their products, sufficient proof of the respective product compliance with the essential requirements provided by the law.
In Romania, ANCOM watches the conformity of these products with the Directive for Electromagnetic Compatibility and with the R&TTE (Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment) Directive by verifying the accompanying documents: declaration of conformity, CE marking and test reports on compliance with the essential requirements provided by the regulations in force (on electromagnetic compatibility, the protection of the health and safety of the user and any other person, as well as on the efficient use of spectrum, for radio equipment). Where, following administrative verifications, some products are suspected of non-conformity, the compliance of the respective products with the essential requirements is verified by laboratory testing. If the testing reveals that the products are non-conforming, ANCOM requests the manufacturer or the importer to bring the product in conformity with the said requirements. ANCOM can enforce administrative fines, as well.
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