WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 53 / 356
5.1.2 Regulatory Situation (PLC Networks and Equipment)
In Brazil an approved legal regulation for use in rendering of services and other activities
related to the PLC technology does not exist. There is just an authorization from ANATEL for
the realization of tests. The legal regulation must appear from a common effort of ANATEL
and ANEEL. This subject has already started being discussed in Brazil and, although there
has not been defined a standard, standards defined by international agencies are taken as
reference. In the USA, devices and PLC systems must be submitted to the limits of emission
established by FCC standard - Part 15. In Europe, the legal regulation established in Norm
CISPR 22 that is being reviewed for the inclusion of PLC devices, is used. In Germany (as
standard NB30) the limit of radiation is defined in 30 microvolts/meter, measured in a
distance of 30 meters. This limit is also a candidate to be adopted by the Brazilian legal
regulation.
ANATEL – “Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações”. It has as attribution the grant of
powers, legal regulation and inspection of the telecommunications systems.
ANEEL – “Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica”. It has as attribution the legal regulation on
Generation, Transmission and Distribution of electric energy.
Following the trend used by ANATEL in the definition of the current effective standard in
Brazil - Resolutions 237 and 238, that establish the requirements of electromagnetic
compatibility and electric security for terminal devices and telecommunication structure
devices of that adopt the European standard, based in the standard CISPR 22 and CISPR
24, it is believed that it is a natural way the adoption of the updates that are being added in
the related standard in the scope of already cited Draft (CISPR/I/44/CD) where the treatment
to equipment for PLC are defined.
For being the FCC Part 15 the only already existing legal regulation and that covers in a
generic form telecommunications systems with wire, perhaps the consideration of the use of
the same for the treatment of the networks is an interesting path.
The Electric Energy companies that desire to do PLC systems development tests of must
request to the ANATEL an Authorization for the realization of scientific experiments, for a
period of up to 2 years, with the objective to regularize these tests. To accomplish such
tests, the ANATEL does not request any certified equipment to be installed. The ANATEL