Committee for Adaptation to Technical Progress 10th May 2004

Notes on changes to draft Automotive EMC Directive agreed:

1. Timing (Articles 2 and 4)

Member states must implement the new Directive in their national law by 30 December 2005 and apply these provisions by 1 Jan 2006. (See Article 4 Transposition)

New approvals to the new Directive must be available from 1 Jan 2006.

Approvals to 95/54/EC can no longer be issued after 1 July 2006, any new approvals applied for must be to the new Directive.

All M1 vehicles sold new from 1 Jan 2009 must meet the new Directive. (For other vehicle categories, Member States have discretion).

New components for M1 vehicles must comply to this Directive after 1 Jan 2009. (See Article 2)

2. Paragraph 3.2.9.

Several amendments were made:

·     The time period changes from 2 weeks to 3 weeks.

·     A meeting of the CATP must be held to decide whether to continue with the issuing of certificates to certify whether an aftermarket product is immunity related.

·     Within three years, Member States shall report any cases of refusals on safety grounds.

3. "Initial step" narrowband emission test.

Paragraph 6.3.2.4 from previous drafts (and 95/54) was re-instated. This allows the vehicle manufacturer to perform a simplified test over the FM band only.

Document for which the above meeting was called;

Draft Update to Automotive EMC Directive for EC Ratification   LINK REMOVED-Directive now released as 2004/104/EC

The Automotive EMC network would like to thank Mike Lowe of the UK Department for Transport for keeping us up-to-date with developments as the new EU Automotive EMC directive has progressed.

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