Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC Main Committee Daniel Hoolihan Chair 11 May 2017
Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC Chairman’s Report May 2017 Meeting Welcome to all Members and Guests Thanks to A2LA for hosting this series of meetings Next Meeting – November 6-9, 2017 ETS-Lindgren, Cedar Park/Austin - TX
Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC Chairman’s Report C63 Standards Standards Published Since Last Meeting– C63.2 – January – 2017 C63.5 – May – 2017 C63.27 – May - 2017
Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC Publication Date COMMENTS C63.5 May - 2017 Revised Standard C63.27 NEW Standard C63.2 February - 2017 C63.16 May - 2016 C63.12 January - 2016 C63.26 C63.7 March - 2015 C63.14 December - 2014 C63.9 October - 2014 Reaffirmed C63.18 June - 2014 C63.4 C63.17 October - 2013 Revised Standard C63.10 September - 2013 C63.23 March - 2013 NEW Standard C63 Standards
Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC Chairman’s Report C63 Committee Filing FCC – ET Docket No. 13-44 (RM-11652) Original Filing – 17 June 2013 Reply Comments were filed 31 July 2013 C63 Ex Parte Comments Filed on 8 January 2014 recommending the “incorporation by reference” of the newest versions of C63.10 (2013) and C63.17 (2013)
Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC Chairman’s Report C63 Ex Parte Comments Filed 30 June 2014 and a Clarification of Ex Parte Comments Filed 8 July 2014 recommending the “incorporation by reference” of C63.4 (2014) FCC Published the Report and Order (R&O) in December of 2014 FCC published R&O in the Federal Register on June 12, 2015 Transition Period for ANSI C63.4 -2014 and ANSI C63.10-2013 ends on July 13,2016
Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC Chairman’s Report FCC Memorandum Opinion and Order and Order on Reconsideration 16-74 – Postponed Transition Period ending July 13, 2017 AND stated that testing labs in non-MRA countries must be assessed by an FCC Recognized Test Firm Accrediting Body (TFAB). Test site validation requirements to CISPR16-1-4:2010 is still July 13, 2018. FCC recognized NIST/NVLAP and A2LA as FCC Recognized Test Firm Accrediting Bodies as of 23 March 2017. Valid for People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand and Ukraine.
Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC Chairman’s Report FCC WT 07-250 – NPRM – FCC- 15-144- Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Docket – Comments filed by Subcommittee 8 of ANSI-ASC C63R on February 28, 2016
Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC Chairman’s Report FCC Public Notice on C63.26 Should C63.26 be adopted for use by the FCC? Comments were due 5 May 2016; reply comments were due 15 May 2016 As of May of 2017, no adoption by FCC
Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC Membership Issues New Members Changes in Organizational Membership Blackberry, ACS, and Motorola Mobility have been dropped from active membership Changes in Membership TUV SUD America acquired ACS Blackberry and Motorola Mobility did not renew their membership
Accredited Standards Committee C63® - EMC Motion from the Steering Committee Recommended procedure for PINS will be to (1) use the word version of the PINS when initiating a PINS at the working group or subcommittee level; (2) obtain main committee approval of the PINS; (3) the secretary of the main committee will submit the PINS to Sue Vogel; (4) Sue will populate the web-based PINS Form and submit it to ANSI.