Radio and telecommunications terminal equipment (R&TTE)

Guidance

A Guide pdf - 370 KB [370 KB] is available to assist with the common application of Directive 1999/5/EC. It has no weight in law but deals with a number of practical issues that will be of interest to manufacturers and other stakeholders.

A quick guide pdf - 174 KB [174 KB] on the obligations of manufacturers under the R&TTE Directive is also available.

You could also find general information on Directive 1999/5/EC on the following pages:

R&TTE ADCO DOCUMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The Administrative Co-operation Working Group (ADCO for R&TTE) is an independent Working Group run and chaired by the Member States.

The Group is a forum for co-operation and exchange of information between national market surveillance authorities.

Market Surveillance reports:

Report on the First Joint Cross Border R&TTE Market Surveillance Campaign on compliance with the administrative requirements of the R&TTE Directive (performed in 2002-2003) pdf - 477 KB [477 KB]

Report on the Second Joint Cross Border R&TTE Market Surveillance Campaign on Short Range Devices (performed in 2005-2006) pdf - 148 KB [148 KB]

Report on the Third Joint Cross Border R&TTE Market Surveillance Campaign on Private Mobile Radio (PMR) and 2.4 GHz products (performed in 2008-2009) pdf - 193 KB [193 KB]

Report on the Fourth Joint Cross Border R&TTE Market Surveillance Campaign on low power FM transmitter (performed in 2009) pdf - 134 KB [134 KB]