State-of-the-art EMC regulation and conformity of products in Indonesia

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) can be considered as the ability of the electromagnetic apparatus to function satisfactorily without interfering the others or being interfered by the others. Nowadays, the conformity of electromagnetic products to corresponding EMC standards becomes of importance in order to cope with the mandatory requirements prescribed by the global market. The EMC conformity becomes the main part of quality assurance and safety of products. This paper presents the state-of-the-art EMC conformity of products in Indonesia from regulation and technical point of view. We conducted survey on the quo-vadis of EMC regulation in the country by communicating with some governmental bodies. At the same time, we investigates the EMC conformity of some products finding their application country-widely in domestic market by conducting EMC testing on them including emission and immunity test. From our investigation it is realized that regulations on EMC are not established yet because the responsible authorities are not assigned yet. Therefore EMC conformity is not mandatory yet for products manufactured or imported for domestic market. However, it is planned that the mandatory would come into power in earliest 2012. Moreover, EMC testing showed that the products under testing are mostly not conforming to EMC standards. Those products did not meet, either one of emission/immunity requirement or both. This fact emphasizes the need of establishing mandatory EMC regulation as well as responsible authorities.