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ORGANIZATIONG/IT/SPEC/Q4/8
4 June 2002
(02-3087)
Committee of Participants on the Expansion
of Trade in Information Technology ProductsOriginal:  English
SURVEY ON EMC/EMI
Replies to the Survey
Communication from the Slovak Republic
The following communication, dated 23 May 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the Slovak Republic.
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1. (a) Does your government have mandatory technical requirements for
electromagnetic interference of Information Technology equipment?  If so, please
identify.
Mandatory conformity assessment procedure for electromagnetic compatibility is based on
the directive No. 89/336/EEC on electromagnetic  compatibility (EMC).  Till 31.12.2002 Test
Reports will be issued by third, independent party (authorized person) as a consequence of
transition period of the Slovak Republic in the process of harmonization of technical
regulations with regulations of the EU.
(b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR 22?  If not, please explain the
current requirements.
The technical requirements framework of the Slovak Republic is in conformity with the
framework of the EU.  The directive 89/336/ EEC has been transposed to the Governmental
Order No. 393/1999 and final technical solution is based on the Slovak technical normSTNen 55022.
2. (a) Does your government have mandatory technical requirements for
electromagnetic immunity of Information Technology equipment?  If so, please identify.
The mandatory technical requirements for electromagnetic immunity are based on the same
regulation as stated in 1.a) above and the conformity assessment procedure is also the same.
(b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR 24?  If not, please explain the
current requirements.
These requirements are in conformity with CISPR 24, which has been completely transposed
in original wording.
3. (a) What conformity assessment procedure for electromagnetic compatibility
(EMC/EMI), which includes both interference and immunity, does your government
require for approval of information technology products?G/IT/SPEC/Q4/8
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Information technology products are being tested for electromagnetic conformity as follows:
A third party (authorized person) performs the tests, issues Test Report and the producer or
importer issues Declaration of Conformity Assessment.  It is a combination of Modul a) and
Modul b) of Modul Concept of conformity assessment.
(b) May suppliers perform these procedures (e.g. testing, declaration of conformity),
or must third parties perform these procedures?
Producer or importer issues Declaration of Conformity Assessment, which is based on the
Test Report issued by a third independent party (authorized person) on the basis of performed
tests.
(c) What international guidelines or standards, if any, are those procedures based
on?  If not, what guidelines or standards are they based on ?
Conformity assessment procedure as mentioned in 3) b) will be in force temporarily till
31.12.2002 as an integral part of transition peri od within harmonization of Slovak technical
regulations with technical regulations of the EU.
4. Has your regulatory authority received any complaint or had any problems regarding
the EMC/EMI aspects of the approved information technology products?  If yes, how
frequent?  And please identify the nature of the complaint/problem.
Respective regulatory authority of the Slovak Republic has not yet recorded any relevant
objections or difficulties with conformity assessment for electromagnetic compatibility of
information technology products.  Since 1.1.2003 the procedure of conformity assessment
will be the same as the procedure in the EU.
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