User's Manual

Intel

Ambler Module With Bluetooth* Wireless Technology

Design Guide, Rev. 4.1

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European Union

Conditions

Regulatory requirements for marketing in the EU are covered in the R&TTE Directive of April 8,

2000. This directive simplifies marketing by allowing self certification for “harmonized” bands by

conducting testing at their own manufacturing facility or test house. In the case of Bluetooth,

standards have recently become harmonized (although frequencies are not). To meet the

requirements of the R&TTE directive a Technical Construction File is no longer required; only

frequency notification to countries in the EU is. Article 6 of the R&TTE directive states that “the

manufacturer or the person responsible for placing the apparatus on the market provides information

for the user on the intended use of the apparatus, together with the declaration of conformity to the

essential requirements. “ Although this implies that the OEM has the responsibility for insuring

compliance of the end user configuration, Intel does have a responsibility of supplier of the module

and antenna interconnect design, having made its own declaration of conformity and frequency use

notifications. Although the R&TTE directive considers the first level should be reviewed by a

“Notified Body” before the product is marketed. (This is not absolutely required, but reduces the

risk of the product being challenged for non-compliance.) Although not specifically stated in the

R&TTE Directive, any non-compliance issues are considered the responsibility of the manufacturer

of the end product to correct.

Design Criteria

The same design criteria as described in 6.4 should be followed to be covered by CE approval of

this module configuration.

Emissions Compliance Testing

In the European community regulatory compliance is based on the European standards ETSI 300-

328 (Emissions) and ETSI 300-826 (Electromagnetic Compatibility). To insure compliance,

radiated emissions testing of the final configuration must be conducted to insure that emissions meet

the requirements of ETSI 300-328 (European Telecommunications Standard for 2.4 GHz ISM band).

For detailed documents visit:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/rtte/infor.htm

These emissions tests can be conducted by the manufacturer if equipped with a test chamber or by

contacting an approved test facility (See Section 9). The results of these tests are not required to be

submitted to the regulatory authorities (within each country) or Intel, but should be kept on file by the

OEM.

Note: In many cases, data taken for FCC emissions testing can be utilized (substitution method) to

confirm compliance to EU emissions requirements. Where emissions data on the final configuration