(1)

In accordance with Article 16 of Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), radio equipment which is in conformity with harmonised standards or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, is to be presumed to be in conformity with the essential requirements set out in Article 3 of that Directive where they are covered by those standards or parts thereof.

(2)

By Commission Implementing Decision C(2015) 5376 (3), the Commission made a request to the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for the drafting and the revision of harmonised standards for radio equipment in support of Directive 2014/53/EU (‘the request’).

(3)

On the basis of the request, Cenelec amended harmonised standards EN 50360:2017 for wireless communication devices used next to the ear, and EN 50566:2017 for wireless communication devices used in close proximity to the human body, the references of which are published in the Official Journal of the European Union by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2191 (4). This resulted in the adoption of amending harmonised standards EN 50360:2017/A1:2023 and EN 50566:2017/A1:2023.

(4)

The Commission, together with Cenelec, has assessed whether those harmonised standards comply with the request.

(5)

Harmonised standards EN 50360:2017, as amended by EN 50360:2017/A1:2023, and EN 50566:2017, as amended by EN 50566:2017/A1:2023, satisfy the essential requirements which they aim to cover and which are set out in Article 3 of Directive 2014/53/EU. It is therefore appropriate to publish the references of those standards in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(6)

Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2191 provides the references of harmonised standards conferring a presumption of conformity with Directive 2014/53/EU. In order to ensure that the references of harmonised standards drafted in support of Directive 2014/53/EU are listed in one act, the references of harmonised standards EN 50360:2017, as amended by EN 50360:2017/A1:2023, and EN 50566:2017, as amended by EN 50566:2017/A1:2023, should be included in that Annex.

(7)

It is necessary to withdraw from the Official Journal of the European Union the references of harmonised standards EN 50360:2017 and EN 50566:2017, given that they have been amended. It is therefore appropriate to delete those references from Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2191.

(8)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2191 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(9)

In order to allow manufacturers sufficient time to adapt their radio equipment that is covered by harmonised standard EN 50360:2017 or EN 50566:2017, it is necessary to defer the withdrawal of the references of those harmonised standards.

(10)

Compliance with a harmonised standard confers a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation from the date of publication of the reference of such standard in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision should therefore enter into force on the day of its publication,