G/IT/SPEC/Q4/31  
 
22 March  2017 
(17-1577) Page: 1/2 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products  Original: English  
 
SURVEY ON EMC/EMI  
REPLIES TO THE SURVE Y 
Communication from Qatar  
The following communication, dated 25  October  2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation  of Qatar . 
 
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1. (a) Does your Government have mandatory technical requ irements for 
electromagnetic interference of Information Technology equipment? If so, 
please identify.  
 
Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) in Qatar is the responsible body for 
regulating the Telecommunications and Information Technology sector, Post al sector, 
access to digital media and Spectrum.  
 
The Type Approval Policy for RTTE, issued in accordance with Decree Law No.  (34) of 
2006 on the promulgation of the Telecommunications Law, regulates the equipment's 
EMC compliance with applicable internati onal standards and requirements, for all the 
RTTE devices to be imported or to be used in the state of Qatar. This Policy elaborates 
the Type Approval Regime applicable in Qatar.  
 
 (b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR  22? If not, please explain  the 
current requirements.  
 
Yes, for IT  products, the Type Approval regime requires the compliance with CISPR  22 
or EN  55022. EN  55022 is the European harmonized standard and is identical to 
CISPR  22. 
 
2. (a) Does your government have mandatory technical r equirements for 
electromagnetic immunity of Information Technology equipment? If so, 
please identify.  
 
Yes, the CRA  requires the compliance with EMI  requirements, as explained above.  
 
 (b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR  24? If not, please exp lain the 
current requirements.  
 
Yes, for IT  products, the Type Approval regime requires the compliance with CISPR  24 
or EN  55022. EN  55022 is the European harmonized standard and is identical to 
CISPR  24. 
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  3. (a) What conformity assessment procedure for el ectromagnetic compatibility 
(EMC/EMI), which includes both interference and immunity, does your 
government require for approval of information technology products?  
 
The conformity assessment procedure is described in the RTTE  Guidelines. The 
CRA makes docu mentary checks to determine the required declaration of conformity, 
in accordance with recognized accredited international and national standards making 
bodies and agencies, as approved by the CRA. The details of approved 
standards/bodies is available on C RA website.  
 
 (b) May suppliers perform these procedures (e.g. testing, declaration of 
conformity), or must third  parties perform these procedures?  
 
Supplier's or manufacturer's Declaration of Conformity, and/or accompanying test 
reports from recognized Te sting Laboratories is the procedure applicable.  
 
CRA accept the results performed by one of accredited testing and measurement 
bodies or agencies, officially recognized by the Authority, which is available on 
CRA website.  
 
 (c) What international guideline s or standards, if any, are those procedures 
based on? If not, what guidelines or standards are they based on?  
 
Since the conformity assessment procedure is Declaration of Conformity, the DoC 
must be in accordance with ISO/IEC  standard.  
 
4. Has your regula tory authority received any complaint or had any problems 
regarding the EMC/EMI  aspects of the approved information technology products? 
If yes, how frequent? And please identify the nature of the complaint/problem.  
 
Currently the statistics on complaints about EMC/EMI  aspects of information technology 
products do not exist.  
 
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