EMC problem in the Republic of Belarus

Much attention has been devoted to the problem of ensuring hardware electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) since the USSR Technical Committee on Standardization and its basic organisation-State Center on Metrology, Standardization and Certification in the EMC field have been established. More than 50 normative documents on EMC have been worked out. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the break of economical and organizational ties great problems in the EMC field appeared in the Republic of Belarus. By the end of 1996 Belarus was in a situation when both the government and the State Standard did not give much attention to the problem of EMC. There were no centralized guidance and coordination in directions of activities of various companies in the Republic. In order to eliminate these defects the EMC Technical Committee attached to the Agency for accrediting test laboratories and centers was set up is March 1997 composed of 15 leading specialists of the republic from the following ministries: Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Internal Affairs. Based on this Technical Committee a national Technical Committee for Standardization in the EMC field was established in November 1997. At present the EMC Technical Committee has a working group for elaboration of a complex plan of standardization in the Republic of Belarus in the EMC field.