Technical regulations

In this section, you can find all important information regarding national technical regulations that directly or indirectly refer to Serbian standards adopting European harmonized standards in the field of electromagnetic compatibility.  

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In the Republic of Serbia, the Rulebook on Electromagnetic Compatibility (“Official Gazette of RS”, Nos. 25/16 and 21/20) is applied, hereinafter referred to as the Rulebook. This Rulebook is aligned with all principles and essential requirements of the Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 26 February 2014 on Electromagnetic Compatibility, which has been applied in the European Union since 20 April 2016. The Ministry of Economy, specifically the Sector for Quality and Product Safety, is responsible for the adoption and implementation of this directive in the Republic of Serbia. The Rulebook has been in effect in Serbia since 1 July 2017, when the previously valid Rulebook on Electromagnetic Compatibility („Official Gazette of RS“, No. 13/10) was no longer applied. The Rulebook Amending the Rulebook on Electromagnetic Compatibility was published in the “Official Gazette”, No. 21/2020, on 6 March 2020. Among other things, these amendments replace and withdraw the provisions related to placing the Serbian conformity mark on products two years after Serbia's accession to the EU or the signing of the “ACAA” agreement, as well as the obligation to obtain Certificates of Conformity, effective from 1 January 2022. 

Scope of Application of the Rulebook

According to this rulebook, the following are prescribed:

• Essential requirements for electromagnetic compatibility and other requirements that must be met by equipment placed on the market and/or put into service;
• Presumption of conformity;
• Conformity assessment procedures for equipment; 
• Content of technical documentation; 
• Mark of conformity and marking of conformity; 
• Declaration of conformity and model declaration of conformity; 
• Requirements to be met by the conformity assessment body and the safeguard clause.

According to the Article 2 of the Rulebook, it applies to equipment that may cause electromagnetic interference and/or equipment that may be affected by such interference, deteriorating its performance characteristics.

This Rulebook does not apply to:

1. Radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment regulated by a special regulation;
2. Aeronautical products, parts, and appliances that are regulated by special regulations in the field of civil aviation;
3. Radio equipment used by radio amateurs, except for radio equipment that is placed on the market independently, where radio equipment placed on the market independently does not include component kits assembled by radio amateurs, as well as equipment that is already on the market and which is modified by radio amateurs for their own use; 
4. equipment whose physical characteristics are such that the equipment:
   • cannot produce or contribute to electromagnetic emissions that exceed the permitted level, as a result of which radio and telecommunication equipment and other equipment cannot work in accordance with the intended purpose;
   • works without unacceptable deterioration of its operating characteristics in the presence of electromagnetic disturbances corresponding to its intended purpose;
5. evaluation equipment kits, custom-made and intended exclusively for professional use at research and development sites, and
6. equipment whose essential requirements for electromagnetic compatibility from Annex 1, which is printed with this rulebook and forms an integral part of it, are more closely regulated by other regulations.

The application of this rulebook does not exclude the application of special regulations governing the safety of equipment.

As an aid in the application of the Rulebook, the Guide to the Application of the Rulebook on Electromagnetic Compatibility can be used. More information regarding this rulebook and guide can be found on the website of the Sector for Quality and Product Safety at the Ministry of Economy of the RS.

Presumption of Conformity Based on Serbian Standards Representing the Adoptions of Harmonized Standards

According to Article 7 of the Rulebook, if equipment meets the requirements of Serbian standards or their parts, which represent the adoptions the corresponding harmonized standards or their parts, and for which a list of standards is compiled and published in accordance with the law on the basis of which technical requirements for products and conformity assessment are regulated, in that case the equipment also meets the essential requirements of this Rulebook that are covered by those standards or their parts.

In addition to other conditions for technical documentation prepared by the manufacturer and related to standards, it must include a list of standards from Article 7 of the Rulebook, applied in whole or in part. If standards from the list of standards are not applied, there must be a detailed description with supporting evidence of the adequacy of the applied solutions to meet the essential requirements of this Rulebook, including a list of applied relevant technical specifications. In the case of partial application of a standard from the list, the technical documentation must indicate which parts are applied.