On March 29, 2014, the commission issued a new electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) directive (no. 2014/30 / EU), EMC directive adapt to cover a wide range of products mainly include household radio and television receiver, mobile radio equipment, medical and scientific equipment, household appliances and consumer electronic equipment, teaching equipment, radio and television transmitting equipment, industrial equipment, mobile radio communication and commercial radio telephone equipment, information technology equipment, aerospace and Marine radio equipment, communications network equipment and instruments, general lamps and fluorescent lamps, etc.According to the requirements, all products sold in the market from April 20, 2016 must comply with the new EMC directive.

The change and development trend of the new EMC directive

The new directive clarifies the obligations and responsibilities of the types of equipment covered and the various economic operators.Economic operators including manufacturers, distributors, importers and its authorized representatives, new order for the product in the whole life cycle, must conform to the requirements of the certification, economic operators are responsible for the product, so that in the event of a problem when the market regulators can determine the specific responsibility.

The new directive reinforced the requirement for documentation.It is required to include design concepts and manufacturing images in technical documentation, as well as component solutions, subcomponents, and principles.In addition, the necessary descriptions and instructions are required to enable operators to correctly understand these images and programmes and to operate the equipment correctly.

New instructions introduces two types of validation procedures, formulate the detailed rules of conformity assessment agencies informed, including notice requirements of departments and conformity assessment institutions and obligations.After the implementation of the new directive, the products that are sold or are being distributed in the market according to the old instructions must be reacquired the CE certificate in accordance with the new directive and can be continued to be sold.

The new directive states that member states have the right to set penalty rules.Can not meet the requirements of the directive products take all necessary measures, including the European Union and all members of the product is unqualified, prompting the economic operators to take measures for rectification, members can also take appropriate measures to restrict or prohibit the product on sale in the market, such as recalled or withdrawn from the market.

The highest frequency is higher and higher, and the coverage is more and more widespread.There is a new trend in certification. Manufacturers should not only provide qualified samples but also control the consistency of the products.

Analysis of China's export status

China has become the eu's largest import trading partner since the beginning of the 21st century, according to data released by eurostat.Although some mechanical and electronic products manufacturing enterprises in China for the European market, but technical trade measures has been the output the biggest obstacle for mechanical and electrical products to Europe, many products are mandatory recall in the European Union.

On the understanding level, the survey found that most companies have lagged behind the new EMC directive in the eu, and many companies do not even know that the eu has issued new EMC directives.With the new directive being implemented, the timing of the company's response to the new directive is urgent.At the same time, due to differences in technology development level, makes many enterprises in the new instructions in their understanding and awareness of the gap, can not correctly understand the new instructions, easy to cause the European product output is blocked.

At the technical level, the current compliance situation in China is generally not ideal.Exports to the eu's CE certification, for example, many manufacturers are doing for obtaining the certificate, certification, often appear products to European customs, because there is no certificate and links, do not close to find certification bodies.If the test failed, to get the certificate, the enterprise only to rectification of samples, because the batch products have reached the port has could no longer make any changes, so the whole batch of export is not the compliance.There are also some enterprise did not maintain certification product and batch consistency, once these products on the European market is random test is unqualified, will suffer a huge fines, enterprises will face huge losses.

At the regulatory level, the standard of mechanical and electrical products in China is mostly translated from European standard or international standard, and the average lag in European or international standard is between two and five years.In addition, in terms of test conditions, the normative and experimental personnel of China's laboratory operation have a large gap compared with the standard understanding depth, experience and stability and foreign requirements.

Compared with developed countries, most of our mechanical and electrical products have low levels of technology and security, and most of them get orders at low prices.The implementation of the new instructions, forcing the product technology is relatively backward, can not meet the requirement of the new instructions, the enterprises to upgrade technology, improve product quality and safety, thus promoting the international competitiveness of products.

Countermeasures and Suggestions

In order to effectively deal with the influence of the new EMC directive on the export of mechanical and electrical products in China, improve the conformity of European products and promote the healthy development of the export industry of mechanical and electrical products in China, the following Suggestions are put forward:

Proposed production enterprises: first is to master the requirements of the new EMC directive as soon as possible.Establish clear market positioning and development direction, carry out product certification work, meet target market access requirements with minimum cost and minimum time;Secondly, it is necessary to keep track of the release of matching standards, research new standard requirements, and establish quality assurance system conforming to product consistency control requirements.Third, strengthen research and innovation capacity, develop core technologies, strengthen research and development links, improve product quality and safety level, and minimize the impact of new instructions;Fourth, implement market diversification strategy, actively open up export new market.

It is suggested that the local government should introduce measures to regulate the export order of mechanical and electronic products, restrain the vicious competition of enterprises, and ensure the overall profit of the production enterprises.2 it is to provide the certification assistance, from the policy level to give companies from the European Union CE certification, EMC mark certification support, open foreign relevant certification program, requirements and price, to the enterprise certification encountered difficulties and obstacles in the process of actively coordinate and solve.

It is recommended that the inspection and quarantine department: first, the release of the coordinated standard for tracking and the requirements of the new standards;Second, the establishment of an information exchange and information dissemination early warning mechanism, and try to solve the difficulties of the enterprises in responding to the technical measures and the unsmooth information channels, and timely guide the enterprises to respond positively;3 it is to play to the inspection and quarantine departments to the understanding of the technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures to master the profound advantages, for the majority of enterprises to provide standard related to the new eu directive tracking guidance, product quality testing, conformity assessment consulting services, promoting China's electromechanical industry bigger and stronger.