TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

EMC and Safety Requirements

Version 1.0

Document Date: 16 June 2006

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)

P O Box 26662, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
www.tra.gov.ae
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. Scope

This specification lists the safety and Electromagnetic Compatibility requirements

applicable to all radio and telecommunications terminal equipment intended to be
used in the UAE.

2. Definitions

Unless the context requires otherwise, the expressions and wordings appearing in
Federal Law by Decree No. (3) of 2003 Regarding the Organisation of the
Telecommunications Sector shall have the same meaning ascribed thereto in the
above-mentioned Federal Law by Decree, and the following expression and wording
shall have the following meanings assigned thereto:

ANSI American National Standards Institute1

CENELEC European Committee for Electro-technical Standardisation2

CISPR International Special Committee for Radio Interference3

IEC International Electro-technical Commission4

ITU International Telecommunications Union5

ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute6

3. Technical Requirements

General
All equipment shall comply with TRA specification TS001 concerning safety and EMC
performance.

1
ANSI standards can be obtained from, http://webstore.ansi.org
2
CENELEC standards can be obtained from, www.cenelec.org
3
CISPR standards can be obtained from, www.cenelec.org
4
IEC standards can be obtained from, www.iec.ch
5
ITU standards can be obtained from, www.itu.int
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ETSI standards can be obtained from, www.etsi.org

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3.1 Safety

Electrical
EN 60950 or IEC 60950

Safety of information technology equipment

Radio and SAR

EN 50360 Product standard to demonstrate the compliance of mobile

phones with the basic restrictions related to human exposure to
electromagnetic fields (300 MHz - 3 GHz)

EN 50364 Limitation of human exposure to electromagnetic fields from de-

vices operating in the frequency range 0 Hz to 10 GHz, used in
Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS), Radio Frequency Identifica-
tion (RFID) and similar applications

EN 50371 Generic standard to demonstrate the compliance of low power

electronic and electrical apparatus with the basic restrictions re-
lated to human exposure to electromagnetic fields (10 MHz - 300
GHz) - General public

EN 50385 Product standard to demonstrate the compliance of radio base

stations and fixed terminal stations for wireless

EN 50392 Generic standard to demonstrate the compliance of electronic

and electrical apparatus with the basic restrictions related to hu-
man exposure to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz – 300 GHz)

EN 60215 Safety requirements for radio transmitting equipment

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Optical and Laser

EN 60825-1 or IEC 60825-1

Safety of laser products - Part 1: Equipment classification, requirements

and user's guide
EN 60825-2 or IEC 60825-2

Safety of laser products - Part 2: Safety of optical fibre communication

systems

3.2 EMC

EN 55022 or CISPR 22

Information technology equipment - Radio disturbance characteristics -

Limits and methods of measurement

EN 55024 or CISPR 24

Information technology equipment - Immunity characteristics - Limits and

methods of measurement

ETSI EN 301 489

Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Elec-

troMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and ser-
vices – various parts as applicable to terminal type

EN 61000-3-2 or IEC 61000-3-2

Part 3-2: Limits - Limits for harmonic current emissions (equipment input
current up to and including 16 A per phase)

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EN 61000-3-3 or IEC 61000-3-3

Part 3-3: Limits — Limitation of voltage changes, voltage fluctuations

and flicker in public low-voltage supply systems, for equipment with
rated current 16 A per phase and not subject to conditional connection

EN 61000-3-11 or IEC 61000-3-11

Part 3-11: Limits - Limitation of voltage changes, voltage fluctuations and

flicker in public low-voltage supply systems - Equipment with rated cur-
rent <= 75 A and subject to conditional connection

EN 61000-6-1 or IEC 61000-6-1

Part 6-1: Generic standards - Immunity for residential, commercial and
light-industrial environments

EN 61000-6-2 or IEC 61000-6-2

Part 6-2: Generic standards - Immunity for industrial environments

EN 61000-6-3 or IEC 61000-6-3

Part 6-3: Generic standards - Emission standard for residential,
commercial and light-industrial environments

EN 61000-6-4 or IEC 61000-6-4

Part 6-4: Generic standards - Emission standard for industrial enrolments

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