It’s been an exciting and fulfilling two weeks across Europe representing C-PRAV at three major compliance and EMC events — #REDCA in Prague, #EMCTLA, and the renowned EMC & Compliance International (#EMC&CI) at Oxford University, UK.
REDCA meeting – Prague, Czech Republic 13th to 15th May 2025 chaired by Holger Bentje
While I have been attending the USA’s TCB Council workshops since 2007, this was my first REDCA meeting.
Nick Hooper and team are masters in organising this event twice each year. More than 300 participants including online.
In the fabulous city of Prague, great presentations from Alexis Basiaux of EC, Lucio Cocciantelli from ADCO RED OFCOM, Michael Sharpe of ETSI, Ben Kokx from CENELEC, Steve Hayes and Michael Derby of Element presenting IEC/CISPR, various TGN updates, Ramona Saar, Richelieu Quoi, Nob Nakanishi, HIROyuki TOGASHI, Pieter Robben also presented. Majorly Focusing on the RED but the upcoming #CyberSecurity regulations was one of main topic of interest. Repeat message: ALL based on Manufacturers’ Risk assessment
🌍 EMCTLA- Oxford, UK
As a chair of Australian National EMC committee and my personal involvement in EMC IEC/CISPR standards for last 2 decades gave me a great opportunity to experience EMCTLA meeting. Loads of information and updates by the CISPR reps and liaison members. Many other presentations from MoD and also from MIC, Japan. Steve Hayes and Michael Derby do a great job holding the agenda together and steering the show.
Following are some highlights as a brief update mainly from MD and SH.
- RED OJ released last week
- ETSI EN 303446 – EMC of combined equipment – not to be used as it is not harmonised. MD sorting it out with ETSI
- CISPR 12: 7th ed in progress CDV in June/July. Future work 8th ed introducing testing up to 6GHz and possible introduction of Reverb chambers RVC
- UN Reg 10.07 provisional date of entry into force 17th May 2025. Amendment work in progress for .08 ed to be introduced in 2026/2027
- The EN301489 series and EN301893 is now added in the OJ
- EN 303687 – Standard for 6GHz WiFi/RLAN
- USBC common charger to be used for Laptops from April 2026
- Only EN301489-34 for common charger listed in EMC OJ. All other 301489 are very old and not to be used.
- EMC directive document for aftermarket vehicle products – new document dated Jan 2025 released see EC page under EMCD
- Guide for the EMCD in March 2025
- DoC local rep: Not required for SDoC but under the surveillance act 2019/1020 document it is required that the importer must be identified on label of the product or literature. Multiple importers need to sign multiple times unless a local agent can handle all the importers.
⚡ #EMC & CI – Oxford, UK 19th to 21st May 2025
EMC at its best! Speakers were top notch! Elite in the EMC game! A huge shout out to Min Zhang, Yinan, and the team at #CherryCloughConsultants (CCC) for organising and hosting a world-class gathering of EMC professionals. The effort it takes to run such an event is immense — and it showed in every detail!
From some of the fundamental shakeups from The Billion Dollar Guru Daniel Beeker of #NXP, USA (The cause of EMs – Conductors, Space and Switches) to unique style of presenting, an in depth understanding of ESDs by @James Pawson.
A very passionate presentation by Min Zhang on EMC problem solving techniques. Michael Mayerhofer’s tools and tricks for inhouse pre-compliance testing! From the Cherry Clough Consultants team, Keith Armstrong the Guru with his PCB & Grounding techniques for EMC, Marco Klingler, PhD’s #automotive EMC #simulations and solutions, Chris Nicholas on EMC #pre-compliance techniques, @Rod Macpherson covered PCB considerations for EMC.
On behalf of C-PRAV, I had the privilege to present “#Standards, #Regulations, #Testing & #Certifications– A global Snapshot. Many more great presentations from Artsiom Shchatsko (Art) on SI & PI, Yoram Shimoni, Ignacio de Mendizábal 📡, @Steve Berry, @Robert Carter, @Jin Min, practical compliance panel by Wil Corker with Alexander Toohie, Tom Reeve, Terry Chan, another EMC simulation panel by Tamara Monti, with Emma Kowalczuk, Graham Roberts, Marco also chaired an Automotive panel with @Ayhan Gunsaya and @Martin Wiles. There were also defence/Military panel chaired by @Gavin Barber with @Dr Richard Hoad and @Edd Dunkin.
The socials dinner was a classic with food & wine well enjoyed and appreciated. Sponsored by Denpaflux
There were many stalls displaying state of the art test equipment, shielding solutions like NTD, Laplace, R&S, Tekbox, HP, TE connectivity, MVG…..etc
Overall great atmosphere with loads of knowledge to soak-in. 🌐 With delegates from across Europe, USA, India, Taiwan, Brazil, Japan, and Australia — the energy was truly global.
💬 Grateful for the many wonderful conversations, connections, and shared passion for compliance, EMC, and innovation.
Until next time, signing off for now…..
#EMCTLA #EMC #Compliance #EMCandCI #OxfordUniversity #CISPR #IECStandards #GlobalCertifications #EMCConference #ProductCompliance #RedCA #StandardsAndTesting #CyberSecurity #TCBCouncil #CPRAV #Cherry Clough Consultants #Electronics #Design
