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Obligations associated with the placing on the market of radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment (R&TTE directive)

This document gives guidance of the legal provisions associated with the placing on the market of R&TTE equipment. However, in fact the applicable legislative texts have in any cases priority.

Definitions

TTE
Telecommunication terminal equipment

Class 1 radio equipment
Radio equipment which can be placed on the market and be put into service without restrictions.

Class 2 radio equipment
All radio equipment not falling into the definition of Class 1

Helpful links in R&TTE matters

European Commission

Class 1 radio equipment list
Click on the “Sub class” number to get the exact parameters to respect to fall in Class 1.

The Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Compliance Association (R&TTE CA)
R&TTE CA issues technical guidance notes related to compliance of equipment.

List of country codes (ISO 3166)
The use of the 2-letter abbreviations of this code list is strongly recommended (see also last page).