EUROPA - Guide for the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC

circuit fault or an abnormal situation in a circuit and which do
not include active electronic components, such as fuses and
circuit breakers without active electronic parts or active
components;
– High voltage types of equipment in which possible sources of
disturbances are due only to localised insulation stresses which
may be the result of the ageing process and are under the control
of other technical measures included in non-EMC product
standards, and which do not include active electronic
components.
Illustrative examples:
– High voltage inductors;
– High voltage transformers.
Other equipment fulfilling the criteria above:
– Capacitors (e.g. power factor correction capacitors);
– Induction motors;
– Quartz watches (without additional functions, e.g. radio
receivers);
– Filament lamps (bulbs)
– Home and building switches which do not contain any active
electronic components;
– Passive antennas used for TV and radio broadcast reception.
– Plugs, sockets, terminal blocks, etc.
1.1.5 Classification as apparatus or fixed installation
The EMC Directive defines equipment as any apparatus or fixed
installation. As there are separate provisions for apparatus and fixed
installations, it is important that the correct category of equipment be
identified.
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