The draft Radio Equipment Directive lays downs harmonised ruled for placing on the market of the radio equipment and includes essential requirements for the protection of health and safety, of electromagnetic compatibility and for the avoidance of harmful interference.
The scope of the Directive has been extended to include all radio receivers, however it has been restricted to radio equipment capable of radio communication or radio determination only. An explicit reference to the common chargers for particular categories or classes of radio equipment has been included into the text. In order to improve the level of compliance the registration of radio equipment within some categories has been approved.
The political agreement has been reached in December 2013 and subsequently approved by the COREPER and the IMCO Committee in January 2014. Plenary vote was held on 13 March 2014 (result of vote in Plenary: 550 in favour, 12 against, 8 abstentions.)
Rapporteur: Barbara Weiler (S&D, DE)
Shadows: Wim van de Camp (EPP, NL), Toine Manders (ALDE, NL), Heide Rühle (Greens, DE), Malcolm Harbour (ECR, UK), Matteo Salvini (EFD, IT).
Source : © European Union, 2014 - EP