Key Dates for EMC/EMI/ESD Standards for Commercial Electronic Products

This web site is being maintained by John R. Barnes, who was the President and Chief Engineer of dBi Corporation from 2002 to September 30, 2013, when we closed because ObamaCrap made it too expensive for us to remain in business.

John R. Barnes KS4GL, PE, NCE, NCT, ESDC Eng, ESDC Tech, PSE, Master EMC Design Engineer, SM IEEE
December 11, 2011
jrbarnes@iglou.com

This web page summarizes key dates for worldwide electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), electromagnetic interference (EMI), and electrostatic discharge (ESD) standards for:

These EMC/EMI/ESD standards are currently active, but are being superceded:

While an EMC/EMI/ESD standard is being developed or revised, access to it is largely limited to the companies and organizations that have members on the Standards Committee. Sometimes, late in the process, the Standards Committee will make a draft version of the standard available for public comment, with the tacit understanding that it may:

To check on the status of European Norm (EN) standards and their amendments:

  1. Go to the CENELEC Advanced search page.
  2. In the Key words box, type in a standard number (such as "61000-6-4", "61000-6-4:2007", "EN 61000-6-4", or "EN 61000-6-4:2007"), or an amendment number (such as "EN 61000-6-4:2007/A1" or "EN 61000-6-4:2007/A1:2011"), and hit Enter.
  3. Click on the link for the standard/ amendment (an "Fp" means that work on this document is still in process, and it has not yet been approved).
  4. If the Reference Document line (about 1/2 way down the page) says "(MOD)", the EN standard/ amendment differs from the reference standard somehow; if it says "(EQV)", the documents are identical.
  5. Date of Ratification (DOR) is the date that the Standards Committee approved the standard/ amendment, in yyyy-mm-dd format.
  6. Date of Availability (DAV) is the date that the standard is made available to all of the National Standards Bodies in the official languages of the European Union (EU). I.e., the earliest date that National Standards Bodies may publish the standard/ amendment, making it available to the general public.
  7. Date of Announcement (DOA) is the latest date for National Standards Bodies to announce the existence of the EN standard.
  8. Date of Publication (DOP) is the latest date for National Standards Bodies to publish identical national standards, or to endorse the EN standard.
  9. Date of Withdrawal (DOW) is the latest date for National Standards Bodies to withdraw national standards that conflict with the new EN standard/ amendment (typically the previous version of the standard/ amendment). The DOW is usually 36 months after the date of Ratification (DOR).

To most users of EN standards, the key dates from the CENELEC web site are the:

We use these dates when an EN standard lists another EN standard in Annex ZA as a normative reference, but does not specify the year. We are supposed to use an active (not obsolete) version of the referenced standard. In these web pages, I have indicated active standards by putting their numbers in bold text.

With regard to EN standards serving as Harmonized Standards under EU Directives, such as the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC, the European Commission can override dates set by CENELEC. To check the official dates when we may start/ must start/ may stop/ must stop using an EN standard and its amendments to apply the CE Marking to a product:

  1. Go to the EUR-Lex search page.
  2. Type "2004/108/EC" in the Search for box, and hit Enter.
  3. Click on "pdf" under recent entries titled "Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of ...". (For example, in late November 2011 the most recent listing was OJ C 288, dated 30.9.2011 (September 30, 2011).

We may start using an EN standard/ amendment for CE Marking once it has been listed in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) under the EMC Directive. From this date up to its "date of cessation of presumption of conformity of the superceded standard" (DOCOPOCOSS), our EU Declaration of Conformity (EU DoC) may list:

as proof that our product meets the essential requirements of the EMC Directive.

We must start using a standard/ amendment (i.e. stop using the superceded standard/ amendment) once we reach its DOCOPOCOSS. From this date on, to be valid our EU DoC's must list the new standard/ amendment. This may:

We must use the standard/ amendment until a superceding standard is listed in the OJ.

We may continue to use the standard/ amendment until the DOCOPOCOSS of the superceding standard.

In the table below I've shown the currently-active EMC/ EMI/ ESD standards and their amendments in bold text, right after the version that they supercede in normal text.

Standard & Amendments Ratified/ Printed May use starting Must use starting Must use until May use until
ANSI C63.4-2001 6 JUN 2001 26 AUG 2003 8 DEC 2005 12 JUL 2004 12 JUL 2006
ANSI C63.4-2003 11 DEC 2003 12 JUL 2004 12 JUL 2006    
ANSI C63.4-2009 15 SEP 2009 15 SEP 2009 1 APR 2012 (for VCCI 2011)    
AS/NZS 4251.1:1999 5 MAR 1999 5 MAR 1999 21 DEC 2007 31 MAY 2007 31 MAY 2009
AS/NZS 4251.2:1999 5 MAR 1999 5 MAR 1999 5 MAR 2001 31 MAY 2007 31 MAY 2009
AS/NZS 61000.3.2:2007 11 SEPT 2007 11 SEP 2007 11 SEP 2009 3 AUG 2009 3 AUG 2011
AS/NZS 61000.3.2:2007 +A1:2009 3 AUG 2009 3 AUG 2009 3 AUG 2011    
AS/NZS 61000.3.3:2006 25 AUG 2006 25 AUG 2006 25 AUG 2008    
AS/NZS 61000.4.2:2002 1 NOV 2002 1 NOV 2002 1 NOV 2004    
AS/NZS 61000.4.3:2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2008    
AS/NZS 61000.4.4:2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2008    
AS/NZS 61000.4.5:2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2008    
AS/NZS 61000.4.6:2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2008    
AS/NZS 61000.4.8:2002 1 NOV 2002 1 NOV 2002 1 NOV 2004    
AS/NZS 61000.4.11:2005 19 AUG 2005 19 AUG 2005 19 AUG 2007    
AS/NZS 61000.6.1:2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2008    
AS/NZS 61000.6.2:2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2006 1 JUN 2008    
AS/NZS 61000.6.3:2007 31 MAY 2007 31 MAY 2007 31 MAY 2009    
AS/NZS 61000.6.4:2007 31 MAY 2007 31 MAY 2007 31 MAY 2009    
AS/NZS CISPR 11:2004 25 NOV 2004 25 NOV 2004 21 DEC 2007 27 JAN 2011 17 NOV 2013
AS/NZS CISPR 11:2011 27 JAN 2011 27 JAN 2011 17 NOV 2013    
AS/NZS CISPR 13:2004 6 JUL 2004 6 JUN 2004 21 DEC 2007    
AS/NZS CISPR 14.1:2003 9 OCT 2003 9 OCT 2003 21 DEC 2007 3 MAR 2010 4 OCT 2012
AS/NZS CISPR 14.1:2010 3 MAR 2010 3 MAR 2010 4 OCT 2012    
AS/NZS CISPR 14.2:2003 9 OCT 2003 9 OCT 2003 9 OCT 2005    
AS/NZS CISPR 15:2006 2 JUN 2006 2 JUN 2006 2 JUN 2008    
AS/NZS CISPR 20:2006 2 JUN 2006 2 JUN 2006 2 JUN 2008 21 AUG 2009 21 AUG 2011
AS/NZS CISPR 20:2009 21 AUG 2009 21 AUG 2009 21 AUG 2011    
AS/NZS CISPR 22:2004 6 JUL 2004 6 JUL 2004 21 DEC 2007 2 JUN 2006 2 JUN 2008
AS/NZS CISPR 22:2006 2 JUN 2006 2 JUN 2006 2 JUN 2008 21 AUG 2009 4 OCT 2012
AS/NZS CISPR 22:2009 21 AUG 2009 21 AUG 2009 4 OCT 2012 1 DEC 2010 1 DEC 2012
AS/NZS CISPR 22:2009 +A1:2010 1 DEC 2010 1 DEC 2010 1 DEC 2012    
AS/NZS CISPR 24:2002 +A1:2009 2 SEP 2009 2 SEP 2009 2 SEP 2011 2 SEP 2009 2 SEP 2011
AS/NZS CISPR 24:2002 +A1:2009 +A2:2009 2 SEP 2009 2 SEP 2009 2 SEP 2011    
CAN/CSA-CEI/IEC CISPR 22:02 AUG 2002 FEB 2004 1 JUN 2004    
CNS 13438-1997 27 MAY 1997        
EN 55011:2007 11 NOV 2006 25 SEP 2007 1 NOV 2009 25 SEP 2007 1 NOV 2009
EN 55011:2007 +A2:2007 1 NOV 2006 25 SEP 2007 1 NOV 2009 11 NOV 2010 1 SEP 2012
EN 55011:2009 1 SEP 2009 11 NOV 2010 1 SEP 2012 11 NOV 2010 1 JUL 2013
EN 55011:2009 +A1:2010 1 JUL 2010 11 NOV 2010 1 JUL 2013    
EN 55013:2001 +A1:2003 1 APR 2003 12 NOV 2003 1 APR 2006 21 DEC 2006 1 MAR 2009
EN 55013:2001 +A1:2003 +A2:2006 1 MAR 2006 21 DEC 2006 1 MAR 2009    
EN 55014-1:2000 +A1:2001 +A2:2002   26 MAR 2003 1 OCT 2005 25 SEP 2007 1 SEP 2009
EN 55014-1:2006 12 SEP 2006 25 SEP 2007 1 SEP 2009 11 NOV 2010 1 MAY 2012
EN 55014-1:2006 +A1:2009 22 APR 2009 11 NOV 2010 1 MAY 2012    
EN 55014-2:1997 +A1:2001 1 DEC 2001 10 AUG 2002 1 DEC 2004 19 MAR 2010 1 SEP 2011
EN 55014-2:1997 +A1:2001 +A2:2008 1 SEP 2008 19 MAR 2010 1 SEP 2011    
EN 55015:2006 12 SEP 2006 25 SEP 2007 1 SEP 2009 4 NOV 2008 1 MAY 2010
EN 55015:2006 +A1:2007 1 MAY 2007 4 NOV 2008 1 MAY 2010 19 MAR 2010 1 MAR 2012
EN 55015:2006 +A1:2007 +A2:2009 1 MAR 2009 19 MAR 2010 1 MAR 2012    
EN 55020:2002 +A1:2003 +A2:2005 1 FEB 2005 5 OCT 2005 1 FEB 2008 25 SEP 2007 1 DEC 2009
EN 55020:2007 1 DEC 2006 25 SEP 2007 1 DEC 2009    
EN 55022:2006 13 SEP 2005 21 DEC 2006 1 OCT 2011 4 NOV 2008 1 OCT 2010
EN 55022:2006 +A1:2007 1 OCT 2007 4 NOV 2008 1 OCT 2010 30 SEP 2011 1 DEC 2013
EN 55022:2010 1 DEC 2010 30 SEP 2011 1 DEC 2013    
EN 55024:1998 +A1:2001 11 OCT 2001 9 MAR 2002 1 OCT 2004 22 JUL 2003 1 DEC 2005
EN 55024:1998 +A1:2001 +A2:2003 1 DEC 2002 22 JUL 2003 1 DEC 2005 30 SEP 2011 1 DEC 2013
EN 55024:2010 16 NOV 2010 30 SEP 2011 1 DEC 2013    
EN 61000-3-2:2000 +A2:2005 7 DEC 2004 5 OCT 2005 1 JAN 2008 25 SEPT 2007 1 FEB 2009
EN 61000-3-2:2006 1 FEB 2006 25 SEPT 2007 1 FEB 2009 11 NOV 2010 1 JUL 2012
EN 61000-3-2:2006 +A1:2009 1 JUL 2009 11 NOV 2010 1 JUL 2012 11 NOV 2010 1 JUL 2012
EN 61000-3-2:2006 +A1:2009 +A2:2009 1 JUL 2009 11 NOV 2010 1 JUL 2012    
xEN 61000-3-3:1995 +A1:2001 +A2:2005 1 SEP 2005 21 DEC 2006 1 SEPT 2008 19 MAR 2010 1 SEPT 2011
EN 61000-3-3:2008 1 SEP 2008 19 MAR 2010 1 SEPT 2011    
EN 61000-3-11:2000 1 NOV 2000 14 DEC 2000 1 NOV 2003    
EN 61000-4-2:1995 +A1:1998 1 APR 1998 1 APR 1998 1 JAN 2001 15 FEB 2001 1 DEC 2003
EN 61000-4-2:1995 +A1:1998 +A2:2001 1 DEC 2000 15 FEB 2001 1 DEC 2003 31 MAR 2009 1 MAR 2012
EN 61000-4-2:2009 1 MAR 2009 31 MAR 2009 1 MAR 2012    
EN 61000-4-3:2006 1 MAR 2006 19 MAY 2006 1 MAR 2009 13 FEB 2008 1 FEB 2011
EN 61000-4-3:2006 +A1:2008 1 FEB 2008 15 FEB 2008 1 FEB 2011    
EN 61000-4-3:2006 +A1:2008 +A2:2010 1 JUL 2010        
EN 61000-4-4:1995 +A1:2000 +A2:2001 1 JUL 2001     9 DEC 2004: 1 OCT 2007
EN 61000-4-4:2004 1 OCT 2004 9 DEC 2004 1 OCT 2007    
EN 61000-4-4:2004 +A1:2010 1 MAR 2010        
EN 61000-4-5:1995 +A1:2000 1 DEC 2000     15 NOV 2006 1 OCT 2009
EN 61000-4-5:2006 1 OCT 2006 15 NOV 2006 1 OCT 2009    
EN 61000-4-6:1996 +A1:2000 1 DEC 2000 19 FEB 2001 1 DEC 2003 15 JUN 2007 1 JUN 2010
EN 61000-4-6:2007 1 JUN 2007 15 JUN 2007 1 JUN 2010 31 MAR 2009 1 MAR 2012
EN 61000-4-6:2009 1 MAR 2009 31 MAR 2009 1 MAR 2012    
EN 61000-4-8:1993 16 JUN 1992 29 SEP 1993 1 JUN 1994 1 DEC 2000 1 DEC 2003
EN 61000-4-8:1993 +A1:2001 1 DEC 2000 1 DEC 2000 1 DEC 2003    
EN 61000-4-8:2010 1 FEB 2010        
EN 61000-4-11:1994 +A1:2001 1 DEC 2000     3 AUG 2004 1 JUN 2007
EN 61000-4-11:2004 1 JUN 2004 3 AUG 2004 1 JUN 2007    
EN 61000-6-1:2001 3 JUL 2001 9 MAR 2002 1 JUL 2004 25 SEP 2007 1 DEC 2009
EN 61000-6-1:2007 1 DEC 2006 25 SEP 2007 1 DEC 2009    
EN 61000-6-2:2001 3 JUL 2001 9 MAR 2002 1 JUL 2004 24 AUG 2006 1 JUN 2008
EN 61000-6-2:2005 1 JUN 2005 24 AUG 2006 1 JUN 2008    
EN 61000-6-3:2001 +A11:2004 1 JUL 2004 24 AUG 2006 1 JUL 2007 25 SEP 2007 1 DEC 2009
EN 61000-6-3:2007 1 DEC 2006 25 SEP 2007 1 DEC 2009 30 SEP 2011 12 JAN 2014
EN 61000-6-3:2007 +A1:2011 12 JAN 2011 30 SEP 2011 12 JAN 2014    
EN 61000-6-4:2001 3 JUL 2001 9 MAR 2002 1 JUL 2004 25 SEP 2007 1 DEC 2009
EN 61000-6-4:2007 1 DEC 2006 25 SEP 2007 1 DEC 2009 30 SEP 2011 12 JAN 2014
EN 61000-6-4:2007 +A1:2011 12 JAN 2011 30 SEP 2011 12 JAN 2014    
EN 61326:1997 +A1:1998 +A2:2001 +A3:2003 23 SEP 2003 31 MAR 2005 1 OCT 2006 25 SEP 2007 1 FEB 2009
EN 61326-1:2006 1 FEB 2006 25 SEP 2007 1 FEB 2009    
EN 61326-2-3:2006 1 AUG 2006 25 SEP 2007 1 AUG 2009    
EN 61547:1995 20 SEP 1995 6 FEB 1997 1 JUL 1996 9 MAR 2002 1 NOV 2003
EN 61547:1995 +A1:2000 1 NOV 2000 9 MAR 2002 1 NOV 2003 11 NOV 2010 1 JUL 2012
EN 61547:2009 1 JUL 2009 11 NOV 2010 1 JUL 2012    
FCC Part 15-2007 20 SEP 2007 20 SEP 2007 20 SEP 2009 10 JUL 2008 10 JUL 2010
FCC Part 15-2008 10 JUL 2008 10 JUL 2008 10 JUL 2010 8 JUL 2011 8 JUL 2013
FCC Part 15-2011 8 JUL 2011 8 JUL 2011 8 JUL 2013    
GB 9254-1998       1 SEP 2009 1 SEP 2010
GB 9254-2008 1 SEP 2009 1 SEP 2009 1 SEP 2010    
ICES-003:1997 Issue 3 22 NOV 1997 22 NOV 1997 31 MAY 1998 FEB 2004 1 JUN 2004
ICES-003:2004 Issue 4 FEB 2004 FEB 2004 1 JUN 2004    
VCCI 2009 1 APR 2009 1 APR 2009 1 APR 2010 1 APR 2010 1 APR 2011
VCCI 2010 1 APR 2010 1 APR 2010 1 APR 2011 1 APR 2011 1 APR 2012
VCCI 2011 1 APR 2011 1 APR 2011 1 APR 2012    


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These web pages can point you to regulations and standards applying to your product(s), but please refer to the regulations and standards themselves when deciding how to test your product(s). A regulation's or standard's title gives you strong clues as to what it covers, but its scope (usually section 1) tells you for sure. Carefully check the footnotes in tables, to see if your product falls into an exception that lets you avoid unnecessary tests (or sometimes requires additional special testing). Exceptions that can help you also sometimes hide in the Test Setup section (usually section 7). Also check the Test Report section (usually section 10) for any special documentation required.

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Please send critiques, corrections, and/or additions to jrbarnes@iglou.com , or by snailmail to:
John Barnes
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Lexington, KY 40511-2105

dBi Corporation was a one-man test house (testing laboratory) based in Lexington, Kentucky, testing a wide variety of commercial electronic products for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), electromagnetic interference (EMI), and electrostatic discharge (ESD) under its ISO 17025 accreditation. dBi was founded in Winchester, Kentucky in 1995 by Donald R. Bush, shortly after he retired from 30 years service with IBM Lexington's/ Lexmark's EMC Lab. John R. Barnes, who'd worked with Don at IBM Lexington and Lexmark, bought dBi in 2002 after Don's death, and moved the company to Lexington, Kentucky. John closed dBi at 11:59pm EDT on September 30, 2013, because ObamaCrap had increased operating expenses to the point that we could no longer afford to remain in business.

We'd like to thank all of the clients who chose dBi to test their products from 1995 to 2013. Below is a brief summary of our accomplishments during the 18 years we were in business.

From 1995 to 2001, under Don Bush's ownership and operation, dBi:

From 2002 to 2013, under John Barnes' ownership and operation, dBi:

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