{"id":3513,"date":"2026-05-01T17:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europeanqualitystandard.com\/industrial-product-certification\/emc\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T08:37:40","slug":"emc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europeanqualitystandard.com\/en\/industrial-product-certification\/emc\/","title":{"rendered":"EMC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3513\" class=\"elementor elementor-3513 elementor-3058\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f1aed6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8f1aed6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7525f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e7525f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Certification<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5594638 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5594638\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f628ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f628ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>What is Electromagnetic Compatibility?<\/h4><p>All electrical devices or installations influence each other when interconnected or in close proximity: for example, interference between televisions, GSM phones, radios, and washing machines, or between electrical appliances and adjacent power lines.<\/p><p>The purpose of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) is to keep all these side effects under reasonable control. EMC designates the set of techniques and technologies\u2014existing and future\u2014aimed at reducing electromagnetic disturbances and improving the immunity of equipment. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4081793 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4081793\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1340ff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1340ff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanqualitystandard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b561bde9-9ff7-40a3-b1a6-5848e3565a17-1024x683.png\" 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devices.<\/li><li><strong>Immunity:<\/strong> equipment must have an adequate level of immunity to electromagnetic disturbances present in its intended environment.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c78c51a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c78c51a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d8a75e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d8a75e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanqualitystandard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EMC-Setup.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3515\" alt=\"emc setup\" 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by category, to be verified during the Risk Analysis phase.<\/p><p> <\/p><h5>General Standards<\/h5><ul><li>EN 55032 \u2014 Electromagnetic compatibility of multimedia equipment \u2013 Emission requirements<\/li><li>EN 55035 \u2014 Electromagnetic compatibility of multimedia equipment \u2013 Immunity requirements<\/li><li>EN 61000-3-2 \u2014 Limits for harmonic current emissions<\/li><li>EN 61000-3-3 \u2014 Limitation of voltage changes, voltage fluctuations and flicker<\/li><\/ul><h5>Residential, commercial and light-industrial environments<\/h5><ul><li>EN 55014-1 \u2014 EMC \u2013 Requirements for household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus \u2013 Emission<\/li><li>EN 55014-2 \u2014 EMC \u2013 Immunity for household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus<\/li><li>EN 55015 \u2014 Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of electrical lighting<\/li><\/ul><h5>Industrial environment<\/h5><ul><li>EN 61000-6-1 \u2014 Generic standard 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All electrical devices or installations influence each other when interconnected or in close proximity: for example, interference between televisions, GSM phones, radios, and washing machines, or between electrical appliances and adjacent power lines. 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