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ORGANIZATIONG/IT/SPEC/Q4/16
2 August 2002
(02-4274)
Committee of Participants on the Expansion
of Trade in Information Technology ProductsOriginal:  English
SURVEY ON EMC/EMI
Replies to the Survey
Communication from India
The following communication, dated 30 July 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of India.
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1. (a) Does your government have mandatory technical requirements for
electromagnetic interference of Information Technology equipment?  If so, please
identify.
No.
(b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR 22?  If not, please explain the
current requirements.
Voluntary based on CISPR22, FCC Part 15 and EN standards.
2. (a) Does your government have mandatory technical requirements for
electromagnetic immunity of Information Technology equipment?  If so, please identify.
No.
(b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR 24?  If not, please explain the
current requirements.
Voluntary based on IEC/EN 61000 series standards.
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?
Through test reports based on Testing by third party.
(b) May suppliers perform these procedures (e.g. testing, declaration of conformity),
or must third parties perform these procedures?
Third party performs test and issues test report to the supplier for conformity assessment in
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(c) What international guidelines or standards, if any, are those procedures based
on?  If not, what guidelines or standards are they based on ?
Guidelines or standards followed are FCC, CISPR, IEC/EN standards.
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.
No EMC regulatory authority applicable in India.
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