Scope of the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC

The EMC Directive 2004/108/EC applies to a vast range of equipment encompassing electrical
and electronic appliances, systems and installations.

The Directive 2004/108/EC applies to:

• Electrical and electronic appliances, systems, and installations including electrical and electronic appliances
• Fixed installations
• Devices and subassemblies intended to be included in an apparatus by the final user and mobile installations

It excludes:

• Equipment covered by the radio and telecommunications terminal
• Equipment Directive 1999/5/EC
• Radio equipment used by radio amateurs
• Equipment where EMC is covered by other specific directives, such as marine equipment
if covered by Directive 96/98/EC or active implantable medical devices under the 90/385/EEC Directive
• Inherently benign equipment

This directive shall not apply to:

• Equipment when covered under the radio equipment and telecommunication terminal directive R&TTE, nor aeronautical products, parts and apparatus, nor radio equipment used by amateur radio operators
• Equipment incapable of generating or contributing to electromagnetic emissions
and/or operates without unacceptable degradation in the presence of electromagnetic disturbance as normally seen in its intended use