Breaking news’ about Indonesia and about Europe

- Indonesia restricts recognition of test reports for telecom equipment

The Indonesian Directorate General of Resources and Equipment for Post & Information Technology (SDPPI) did on January 2, 2025, announce the expiration of their Decree No.109/2024, with effect already from 31 December 2024.
This decree, denoted KEPDIRJEN SDPPI NO 109 TAHUN 2024, which was issued on 27 March last year, 
concerns “Overseas Test Center Designation for the Purpose of Telecommunication Tools and/or 
Telecommunication Devices certification”.
The announcement implies that, in the absence of a new list of recognized foreign testing labs: 
      - Test reports issued by foreign testing labs on and after 1 January 2025 cannot be used for the certification by SDPPI until the testing labs
         are re-established in accordance with the latest regulations
       -Test reports issued by foreign testing labs before 1 January 2025 can still be used within the next 6 months.

The official announcement may be seen here.

For further information, please contact Vanessa.Wen@nemko.com

(The article is based on the information provided by Vanessa Wen and edited by T.Sollie)

- European cyber security standard ‘harmonized’

The European standard series EN 18031 (Common security requirements for radio equipment),as published in August last year to support the European Radio Equipment Directive (RED), has now (on 30 January) become listed in EU’s Official Journal as 'Harmonized’ with some restrictions.
This marks a significant development for manufacturers of radio equipment, as these standards address cybersecurity requirements that will become mandatory for CE-marking from 1 August this year.

For any questions about this harmonization and the consequences, please contact Geir.Horthe@nemko.com (See also the last article in this newsletter).

(The article is based on the information provided by Geir Horthe and edited by T.Sollie)