07 Dec 2017

Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 come into force on Boxing Day

The Radio Equipment Regulations 2017, which implements the EU Radio Equipment Directive (RED) into UK law, will go into effect on 26 December 2017, having been laid before Parliament on 5 December.

As a consequence, products that are compliant with the Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Regulations 2000 (R&TTE) can be placed on the UK market until 25 December 2017.

The RED Directive replaces the Directive on Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (RTTE) 1999/5/EC and the Regulations will revoke the R&TTE, subject to certain exemptions relating to equipment already placed on the market.

At the European level, RED came into effect on 13 June 2016, with a one-year grace period that ended on 12 June 2017.

The government will review the effects of the legislation five years after it comes into force, as part of a post implementation review.

Guidance on the new regulations can be found here, while the Department for Business, Energy & Industry Strategy’s (BEIS) response to the consultation on the RED can be found here.

According to the latter, “All respondents made comments about enforcement, but no common theme emerged.”