What is PD CLC/TR 50442‒ Human exposure from electromagnetic fields about?
PD CLC/TR 50442 is an international standard safety standard. PD CLC/TR 50442 gives advice on, and explanation of, the preparation of suitable EMF standards. It also aims to ensure that relevant deliverables from all CLC TCs will accurately reflect the current policy and legislative background on EMF exposure.
PD CLC/TR 50442 specifies types of EMF product-related standards, other types of standards, the structure of EMF standards and general quality principles, titles of EMF standards, drafting of an EMF product standard, coordinating role of CENELEC TC 106X for EMF standards prepared by other CENELEC committees, etc.
Who is PD CLC/TR 50442‒ Human exposure from electromagnetic fields for?
PD CLC/TR 50442 on human exposure from electromagnetic fields is useful for:
- Authorised committees dealing with the preparation of standard
- Researchers and developers dealing with the preparation of standard
Why should you use PD CLC/TR 50442‒ Human exposure from electromagnetic fields?
It is very essential that some standard rules and regulations should be assigned for the minimum health and safety requirements, regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agent electromagnetic fields.
PD CLC/TR 50442 discusses the essential safety requirements of the Directives that include safety in relation to human exposure to electromagnetic fields. It explains the task of preparing harmonized standards for the implementation of Directives under Mandate M/536 and M/511 to provide you with a presumption of conformity to their essential safety requirements.
PD CLC/TR 50442 helps its users by emphasizing general quality principles for standards that include the overall requirement, reproducible results, unambiguousness, giving maximum allowed uncertainty, economic measurement methods, and requirements of the stakeholders.
What’s changed since the last update?
PD CLC/TR 50442:2018 supersedes PD CLC/TR 50442:2005, which is withdrawn. The main changes with respect to the previous edition of CLC/TR 50442 are:
- Update of the introduction to take into account Directive 2014/53/EU, Directive 2014/35/EU and Directive 2013/35/EU
- Replacement of Clause 1 "Purpose" with new Clause 1 "Scope", Replacement of Clause 2 with new Clause 2, Replacement of Subclause 2.6 with new Clause 4
- Replacement of Clause 3 with new Clause 6; Replacement of Clause 4 with new Clause 3;
- Added requirements of Directives 2013/35/EU and 2014/53/EU to Clause 5 and renumbered Clauses 5 to 7, Added new Clause 5 – "Titles of EMF standards", Added new Annex A with examples of Annexes ZZ
