rmance testing The ATUG has its executive based in Sydney and members and certification, Telecommunications, August. include individuals, organisations and government departments. It Gibbons, R. (1989) Surveying Europe's standardisation scene, carries out political lobbying on behalf of its members and seeks to Communications International, Part 1, November; Part 2, De- influence those organisations who are responsible for setting tele- cember. communication regulations or legislation. Its executive or task force Pipe, G.R. (1989) The ITU Plenipotentiary: reconciling conflicting prepares papers on selected topics, which are submitted to relevant agendas, Telecommunications, August. bodies, in order to influence them. Rosenbock, K.H. (1991) ETSI - a central role for Europe, Mobile Europe, September. 22.8.5 The AllA Vinci, E. and Telkamper, W. (1991) European standardisation and the Green Paper, TRR, 5, (4), August. The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is a manu- Williamson, J. (1991) Raising the European standard, Telephony, facturers' association whose members include all major companies June 3. active within IT in Australia. This covers manufacturers and sup- Young, K. (1991) Meeting NETs needs, Communications Networks, pliers providing IT hardware and software. November. This page intentionally left blank Safety and EMC Robert S Ferguson BSc (Eng) Independent Consultant (Sections 23.1-23.8) Tim Williams BSc CEng MIEE ELMAC Services (Sections 23.9-23.16) Contents 23.1 Introduction 23/3 23.9 Electromagnetic compatibility 23/10 23.2 Safety 23/3 23.10 EMC legislation and standards 23/12 23.3 Basic elements of telecom safety 23/3 23.11 Interference coupling mechanisms 23/15 23.4 Classical safety standards 23/4 23.12 Circuit design and layout 23/16 23.5 Telecom safety considerations 23/5 23.13 Shielding 23/18 23.6 EN41003 23/7 23.14 Filtering 23/20 23.7 Choice of relevant safety requirements 23/8 23.15 Cables and connectors 23/24 23.8 Documentation 23/9 23.16 References 23/26 This page intentionally