Circular No. 22/2022/TT-BTTTT National technical regulation on electromagnetic compatibility for radio communication equipment QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT replacing QCVN 18:2014/BTTTT

On November 29, 2022, the Ministry of Information and Communications issued Circular No. 22/2022/TT-BTTTT enclosed with QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT National technical regulation on electromagnetic compatibility for radio communication equipment. This Circular will take effect from May 1, 2023 and are mandatory for application in import procedures and for certification of conformity for certain types of radio transceiver equipment.

Application route

From July 1, 2023, the terminal equipment of radio communication equipment (under the scope of regulation in QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT) imported and domestically produced must meet the requirements. prescribed in QCVN 18: 2022/BTTTT.
Enterprises, organizations and individuals are encouraged to manufacture and import radio communication terminal equipment (under the scope of regulation in QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT) to apply QCVN 18:2022/ BTTTT from the effective date of this Circular.

Subjects of application

This technical regulation applies to Vietnamese and foreign agencies, organizations and individuals engaged in the production, trading and exploitation of equipment regulated by this Regulation in the Vietnamese territory.

Scope

This standard specifies general electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements for associated radio and ancillary equipment, excluding broadcast receivers.

The specifications concerning the antenna port of the radio equipment and the radiated emissions from the enclosure port of the radio equipment and the combination of the radio equipment and ancillary equipment are not within the scope of this regulation. this standard.

The EMC test arrangements and individual test results evaluation methods suitable for each type of radio equipment are specified in the relevant Particular Conditions sections of the ETSI EN 301 489 series of standards.

In case of differences (e.g. specific conditions, definitions, abbreviations) between this Regulation and the provisions of the relevant Particular Conditions in parts of the ETSI EN 301 489 series of standards, the section of ETSI EN 301 489 series of standards shall apply. relevant particulars of the ETSI EN 301 489 series of standards.

Where there are no technical regulations specifying specific conditions for specific radio service equipment, for example in the case of a new radio service or a specific application, the Standard can be used. this together with the radio equipment specific information provided by the manufacturer to verify the EMC requirements as outlined in this Regulation.

List of products and according HS code under application scope of the QCVN 18:2022/BTTTT

No.	Product name according to QCVN	HS code	Product description
1	Wireless telephone equipment (subscription extension type)	8517.11.00	- The central block (also called the base station or the mother machine): is fixed and connected to the telephone pair of the public telephone network (PSTN); use an integrated antenna or an external antenna; - Mobile unit (also called handheld unit): hand-held machine using integrated antenna and table-top or mounted on mobile vehicles using external antenna. This block carries the telephone subscriber number of the central block and can talk internally with the central block.
2	Single-side and/or duplex amplitude-modulated radio equipment in the civil band 27 MHz	8517.61.00	Base station (equipment with antenna socket, used in fixed location);
		8517.14.00	Mobile equipment (equipment with an antenna socket, commonly used in vehicles or mobile stations) used to transmit data and voice; Hand-held mobile equipment (with antenna socket; or without external antenna socket) for data and voice transmission;
		8517.62.59	Mobile equipment (equipment with an antenna socket, commonly used in vehicles or mobile stations) used for data transmission; Hand-held mobile device (with antenna socket; or without external antenna socket) used for data transmission.
3	Equipment for low-speed data transmission in the 5.8 GHz frequency band applied in the field of transportation	8517.62.59	Equipment for low-speed data transmission in the 5.8 GHz band used in road traffic (transmission equipment combined with receiver equipment); - With a radio and antenna output connection or with a built-in antenna; - For data transmission only; - Upstream and downstream data rates up to 31.5 kbit/s; - Operates on radio frequencies in the range 5725 MHz to 5875 MHz.
4	C-band VSAT equipment	8517.62.59	VSAT equipment (transmission equipment combined with receiver) operating in C band of satellite communication services via geostationary orbit satellite.
5	Ku-band VSAT equipment	8517.62.59	VSAT equipment (transmission equipment combined with receiver) operating in Ku band of satellite communication services via geostationary orbit satellite.
6	Mobile earth stations for Global Non-Geostationary Mobile – Satellite Service Systems operate in 1GHz - 3 GHz band	8517.62.59	Mobile earth terminal station (equipment) in non- geostationary global satellite communicating systems global operating in 1 GHz - 3 GHz band (transmission equipment combined with receiver)
7	Aeronautical landing angle navigator	8526.91.10	Civil aeronautical landing angle navigator for use on land, operate in 328.6 MHz ~ 335.4 MHz frequency band.
8	Radio transmitters, transceivers used for remote positioning and distance measurement (excluding equipment used for offshore oil and gas industry)	8517.62.59 8517.62.69	Radio transmitters, transceivers used for remote positioning and distance measurement (excluding equipment used for offshore oil and gas industry) but not applicable for telegraph / telephone applications.
9	Radio navigator	8526.91.10 8526.91.90	Radio navigator used for navigation and alarming obstacles in maritime radio navigation services, maritime satellite radio navigation services, aeronautical radio navigation service, satellite aeronautical radio navigation service.
10	Mobile terminal using 5th generation of cellular network (5G)	8517.62.59 8517.13.00 8517.14.00	Telephones or mobile terminals (transmitter combine with receiver) using 5th generation of cellular network (5G) integrated with or without one or more of following functions: - Land mobile terminal; - Radio modulation technique using spread spectrum in the 2.4 GHz; - Accessing 5 GHz radio frequency band; - Transmitting, transceiving short-range radio frequency bands;
11	Base station equipment in 5th generation cellular network (5G)	8517.61.00	Base transceiver stations (BTS) used in a 5th generation cellular network (5G) integrated with or without one or more of following functions: - Base transceiver stations in network using GSM technology; - Base transceiver stations in network using W-CDMA FDD technology; - Base transceiver stations in network using E-UTRA FDD technology;
12	5th generation cellular network (5G) repeater	8517.62.59	Equipment has function of receiving and repeating radio signals from E-UTRA FDD (4G/LTE) network integrated with or without one or more of following functions: - Repeating signals from GSM network; - Repeating signals from W-CDMA FDD network. - Repeating signals from E-UTRA FDD network.
13	Radio transmitters and transceiver used for LPWAN	8517.61.00 8517.62.21 8517.62.59 8517.62.69 8517.62.99 8517.69.00	Base station equipment, radio access equipment or terminal equipment having function of sensing, measure, record, and transmit measured data via radio interface
13	Radio transmitters and transceiver used for LPWAN	9015.10.90 9026.80.20	Sensor having function of measuring environment data and transmit measured data via radio interface
14	Radar equipment (except for radar equipment used for seagoing ships and radars of short range radio transmitters, transceivers)	8526.10.10 8526.10.90	All types of radar equipment used on the ground, or equipped on civil aircraft, except radar equipment used for ships at sea and Radar of the type of short-range radio transmitters, transceivers.
15	Digital super high frequency equipment	8517.62.59	The super high frequency transmission device combined with the receiver device uses digital microwave technology.
16	Land mobile radio equipment using an integral antenna intended primarily for analogue speech	8517.14.00	Hand-held radio transmitter having integrated antenna using angle modulation in land mobile radio communication service, primarily for analog speech, frequency range from 30 MHz to 1000 MHz, channel spacing is 12.5 kHz and 25 kHz.
17	Land mobile radio equipment having an external antenna connector intended for the transmission of data (and speech)	8517.61.00	- Base station equipment (antenna socket is used at a fixed location)
17		8517.14.00	- Mobile station (with antenna socket commonly used on a means of transport or as a mobile station) or a handset for the purpose of transmitting data and/or speech
18	Land mobile radio equipment having an integral antenna intended primarily for data transmission (and speech)	8517.14.00	Land mobile radio equipment using angle constant envelope modulation, operating frequency from 30 MHz to 1GHz, channel spacing is 12.5 kHz and 25 kHz, including digital radio handset or devices using combination of analog/digital, having integral antenna, for the purpose of data and/or speech transmission.
19	Land mobile radio equipment having an external antenna connector intended primarily for analogue speech		Radio equipment using angle modulation in land mobile radio communication service, frequency range from 30 MHz to 1000 MHz, channel spacing is 12.5 kHz and 25 kHz, used for analog speech, including:
		8517.61.00	- Base station equipment (having antenna socket);
		8517.14.00	- Mobile station equipment (having antenna socket) - Handheld transmitter having antenna socket; or not having antenna socket (integral antenna equipment) but having fixed or temporary 50 Ω RF connector inside which allows connecting to output port of transmitter and input port of receiver.
20	Short-range radio transmitter and transceiver used for non-specific application	8517.62.59 8517.62.69 8517.62.59 8526.10.10 8526.10.90 8526.92.00	Device has external antenna connector and/or integrated antenna for the transmission or record of speech, image or other data forms, including active NFC (Near Field Communications) device Radio detection and alarm equipment, radio remote control equipment, radio telemetry equipment, general data transmission equipment operating in the frequency range from 40 GHz to 246 GHz for below cases : - Have a radio output connection with a separate antenna or with an integrated antenna; - Use any type of modulation; - Fixed or mobile or handheld equipment
21	Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT)	8517.62.61	Radio equipment for transmitting emergency position used on aircraft (ELT)
22	Radio navigation equipment	8526.91.10 8526.91.90	Radio navigation equipment used for navigation and obstacle warning purposes in the satellite radio navigation, and aeronautical navigation services.
23	Radar equipment for road or rail traffic applications	8526.10.10 8526.10.90	Short range radar equipment used for applications in traffic information (road or railway) such as cruise control, detection, warning, collision avoidance between vehicles and surrounding objects.
24	Other short-range radio equipment	8517.62.59 8526.10.10 8526.10.90 8526.92.00	Short-range radio transmitters and transceivers has not been listed in item 2 of Appendix I of this Circular and item 4 of Appendix II of this Circular Short-range radio transmitters and transceivers which has been listed in item 2 of Appendix I of this Circular and item 4 of Appendix II of this Circular but not under application scope of respective national technical regulation
25	Other devices	8517.62.59 8517.62.69 8517.62.99 8517.69.00 8526.10.10 8526.10.90 8526.91.10 8526.91.90 8526.92.00	Radio transmitters, receivers and transmitters with the frequency band between 9 kHz and 400 GHz and with a transmitting power of 60 mW or more not listed in item 1 of the List in Appendix I and Section 3 of this Decree. The list is in Appendix II of this Circular. - Radio transmitters, receivers and transmitters with a frequency band between 9 kHz and 400 GHz and with a transmitting capacity of 60 mW or more listed in item 1 of the List in Appendix I and Section 3. of the List in Appendix II of this Circular but not within the scope of the respective applicable technical regulations.