RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/IT/SPEC/Q1/17
12 June 1998
(98-2392)
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade
in Information Technology ProductsOriginal:  English
REPLIES TO THE SURVEY
Communication from Iceland
The following communication, dated 28 May 1998, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Iceland.
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The following is Iceland's response to the survey on technical regulations and conformity
assessment procedures for information technology products (document G/IT/4 of 19 February 1998).G/IT/SPEC/Q1/17
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1. Does your government have mandatory techni cal regulations to ensure the safety of
information technology equipment?  If so, plea se identify.  Are these requirements harmonized
with IEC 950?  If not, please explain the current practice.
Yes.  Accordingly to Electrical Safety Re gulation No. 543/1993, which implements the Low
Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) in Icelandic legislation, only safe electrical equipment may be placedon the market.  The regulation contains specific criteria to ensure the safety of electrical equipment,
including information technology equipment.
Iceland is a member of CENELEC (The European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization).  Icelandic standards are thus main ly of European origin.  Requirements relating to
IEC 950 have been adopted in harmonized European standards, which have become the following
Icelandic standards:
IST-EN 60950:1992 Safety of information equipment, including electrical business equipment
IDT IEC 950:1991
IST-EN 50950:1992/ Safety of information technology equipment, including electrical equipment
A2:1993 IDT IEC 950:1991/A2:1993
IST-EN 60950:1992/ Safety of information technology equipment
A11:1997 NEQ IE C 950:1991/A4:1997
IST-EN 60950:1992/ Safety of information technology equipment, including electrical business
A3:1995 equipment
IDT IEC 950:1991/A3/1995
IST-EN 60950:1992/ Safety of information technology equipment
A4:1997 IDT IEC 950:1991/A4:1996
2. Does your government have mandatory technical regulations relating to electromagnetic
interference for information technology equipm ent?  If so, please identify.  Are these
requirements harmonized with CISPR 22?  If not, please explain the current practice. 
Yes, Iceland has mandatory technical regulations relating to electromagnetic interference for
information technology equipment.  Council Directive 89/336/EEC (the EMC directive) on theapproximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility has been
implemented in Icelandic legislation in Regulation on Electromagnetic Compatibility No. 146/1994,
specifying the requirements relating to electromagnetic interference for information technology
equipment.
CENELEC has adopted standards, which are based on CISPR 22 standards (International
Special Committee on Radio Interference).  These standards are harmonized European standards and
as such have become the following Icelandic standards:
IST EN 55022:1994 Limits and methods of measurem ent of radio disturbance characteristics of
information technology equipment
IDT (CISPR 22:1993)
IST EN 55022:1994/ Same title
A1:1995 IDT CISPR 22,1993/A1:1995G/IT/SPEC/Q1/17
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IST EN 55022:1994/ Same title
A2:1997 IDT CISPR  22;1883/A2:1996
prEN Same title
IDT CISPR 22:199x
prEn 55022:1997/ Same title
prAA NEQ CISPR/G/121/FDIS /Part if CISPR 22/1997)
3. What conformity assessment procedures, either in respect of the product or the
manufacturing process, does your government require for approval of information technology
products (including electromagnetic compatibilit y (EMC), electrical safety, telecommunications
and radio terminal equipment, and other areas)?
In annex to Regulation on Electrical Safety No.543/1993, rules are laid down on the
procedure by which the manufacturer or his authorized representative established within the EEAdeclares that the products concerned conform to the applicable harmonized standards.  The
manufacturer or his authorized representative established within the EEA affixes the CE marking and
draws up a written EC declaration of conformity.  The declaration of conformity has to be available
upon request for inspection by the competent authorities for a period of 10 years after the last
apparatus was placed on the market.
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