⚡ Emission of radio disturbances (conducted and radiated) from lighting equipment, lighting parts of multifunction equipment, UV and IR equipment, advertising signs, decorative lighting and emergency signs — limits and methods of measurement in the range 9 kHz – 400 GHz, wired network ports, local wired ports and enclosure, measurement of disturbance voltage, with a current probe, in a CDNE, field strength, PN-EN IEC 55015 (CISPR 15)

Electronics and EMC PN-EN IEC 55015

Overview

WHAT THE STANDARD COVERS. Scope from the PKN catalogue card of PN-EN IEC 55015:2019-11 (English version), in a summary faithful to the content: the document applies to the emission of radio-frequency disturbances (radiated and conducted) from lighting equipment (3.3.16); the lighting part of multifunction equipment where this part is a primary function (e.g. lighting with visible light communication, stage lighting); UV and IR radiation equipment for residential and non-industrial applications; advertising signs (e.g. neon lamps); decorative lighting; emergency (safety) signs. Excluded are: components and modules intended to be built in and not user-replaceable (built-in control gear — CISPR 30); lighting equipment operating in the ISM frequency bands (Resolution 63 (1979) of the ITU Radio Regulations); lighting of aircraft and airfield facilities; video signs; installations; equipment for which the radio-frequency EMC requirements are laid down in other CISPR standards, even with built-in lighting (e.g. display backlighting, SSL displays, cooker hoods, refrigerators, freezers, photocopiers, projectors, road vehicle lighting — CISPR 12). Frequency range 9 kHz – 400 GHz; no measurements are needed at frequencies where no limits are specified. Multifunction equipment meets the requirements of each clause or standard relevant to it with the relevant function operating; equipment outside the scope with lighting as a secondary function needs no separate assessment of the lighting if it was operating during the assessment to the applicable standard (e.g. cooker hoods, fans, refrigerators, ovens, televisions with ambient lighting). The radiated emission requirements do not apply to the intended transmission of a radio transmitter or the related spurious emissions. We read the text of the standard in the sample of CISPR 15:2018 (edition 9.0) from the cover to the end of Clause 2 (normative references, page 11) and in the sample of the amendment CISPR 15:2018/AMD1:2024 from the cover to the new wording of Clause 1; we do not have Clauses 3 onwards (definitions, limits, methods of measurement, measurement set-ups, compliance assessment).

ACCORDING TO THE TEXT OF CISPR 15:2018 (foreword, Clauses 1–2). The ninth edition replaced the eighth (2013) and its Amendment 1:2015 as a technical revision; the sample contains an interpretation sheet of November 2019. Significant changes according to the foreword: full redrafting and a new structure; removal from the scope of the restriction to mains and battery supply; radiated disturbance limits in the range 300 MHz – 1 GHz; changed limits for the load terminals and for the CDNE (an alternative to the radiated emission measurement); removal of the insertion loss requirements and of Annex A; three basic ports: wired network ports, local wired ports and the enclosure port; a less technology-dependent approach; replacement of Annex B (CDNE) by references to the CISPR 16 series; changed requirements for the holes in the conical metal housing; a new method for measuring conducted disturbances of GU10 lamps with built-in ballast; the current probe method and limits for different ports (alongside the voltage limits and methods); the term “module” (instead of independent auxiliary equipment) and measurement of modules in a reference set-up; changed stabilization times of the equipment under test; for large equipment (> 1,6 m) — measurement of the magnetic field with a 60 cm loop antenna at a distance of 3 m (method from CISPR 14-1) as an alternative to the 3 m and 4 m LAS antennas. Scope (Clause 1) — as on the card. Normative references include: IEC 60038, IEC 60050-161 and -845, IEC 60598-1:2014 with AMD1:2017, IEC 61000-4-20:2010 (TEM cells), IEC 62504:2014, the CISPR 16 series (16-1-1:2015, 16-1-2:2014, 16-1-4:2010 with AMD1 and AMD2, 16-2-1:2014 with AMD1, 16-2-3:2016, 16-4-2:2011 with AMD1), CISPR TR 30-1:2012, CISPR 32:2015 and ISO/IEC 17025:2005.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXT OF AMENDMENT CISPR 15:2018/AMD1:2024 (foreword, introduction, new wording of Clause 1). The amendment was prepared by subcommittee CIS/F. Significant technical changes: the voltage probe method for conducted disturbances of local wired ports other than ELV lamp supply was removed; limits and methods of measurement of radiated disturbances of the enclosure port in the range 1–6 GHz were introduced; the test set-up of single-capped lamps in the conical metal housing was rotated; the arrangement of the wired network port cables was changed (length 1,0 m); the set-ups for measuring conducted disturbances of very large equipment were clarified; Annex E (statistical methods) was removed. The new wording of the scope covers lighting equipment and modules (except for the exclusions), simple advertising signs (3.3.1) and decorative and stage lighting (3.3.6).

STATUS (cards as of 02.10.2026). The card of PN-EN IEC 55015:2019-11 (English version) has no “Withdrawn” header — the standard is CURRENT: published 21-11-2019, 86 pages, price group X, Information and Communication Technology Sector, KT 104 Electromagnetic Compatibility, ICS 33.100.10, “Introduces: EN IEC 55015:2019 [IDT], CISPR 15:2018 [IDT]”, directive 2014/30/EU, “Replaces: PN-EN 55015:2013-10 (English and Polish versions) and PN-EN 55015:2013-10/A1:2015-08 (English and Polish versions)”; additional element: PN-EN IEC 55015:2019-11/A11:2020-07. The card of amendment A11:2020-07 (English version): no “Withdrawn” header, published 07-07-2020, 5 pages — “Amendment to EN IEC 55015:2019 to add Annex ZZ and enable citation in the OJEU”. PN-EN 55015:2013-10 (Polish version, published 30-07-2015) and its amendment A1:2015-08 (Polish version) — withdrawn 21-11-2019 and replaced by PN-EN IEC 55015:2019-11. In the PKN search results for “PN-EN IEC 55015” and “PN-EN 55015” (02.10.2026) there is no card introducing the amendment CISPR 15:2018/AMD1:2024. There is no Polish version of the 2019 edition.

HOW MANY LABORATORIES AND IN WHAT FORM (copy of the accreditation scope database, data up to 17.09.2026, read 02.10.2026). The number 55015 appears in 18 records at 8 laboratories: AB 245 (4), AB 261 (4), AB 053 (2), AB 197 (2), AB 1555 (2), AB 1925 (2), AB 003, AB 022 (1 each). In the current scopes on the PCA website (read 02.10.2026, issues from 13.02.2026 to 08.09.2026) the number appears at all 8 in different notations: “PN-EN IEC 55015:2019-11” with A11 — AB 003 (next to EN IEC 55015:2019/A11:2020, CISPR 15:2018 and CISPR 15:2018/AMD1), AB 261, AB 1555, AB 1925 (without A11); “PN-EN 55015:2019-11” (without the IEC element) — AB 197, AB 245, AB 022 (at AB 022 also “PN-EN 55015 :2019-10/A11:2020”); “EN IEC 55015:2019” — AB 053; next to the 2019 edition still the withdrawn PN-EN 55015:2013-10 with A1:2015-08 — AB 022, AB 245, AB 1555. At AB 197 part of the scope is suspended (from 15.06.2026 to 12.12.2026), but the row with 55015 is not set in bold italics. The “Laboratories” tab searches entries BEGINNING WITH the text entered: “PN-EN 55015” — 4 laboratories and 9 positions (AB 022, AB 197, AB 245, AB 1555), “PN-EN IEC 55015” — 4 laboratories and 9 positions (AB 003, AB 261, AB 1555, AB 1925), “EN IEC 55015” — 3 laboratories (AB 003, AB 053 and Czech 1341), “EN 55015” — 0 — checked with the tab queries on the labcoda.pl production server on 02.10.2026. No single notation shows all 8 laboratories.

WHAT THE LABORATORIES TEST (positions in PCA). Electrical lighting and similar equipment, lighting equipment, lighting technology equipment — disturbance voltage at the mains terminals (9 kHz – 30 MHz), emission of conducted and radiated disturbances, electromagnetic field strength, magnetic field strength (AB 245), discontinuous disturbance voltage (AB 197); at AB 053 together with emission standards for other product groups (EN 55011, EN 55032, EN IEC 55014-1).

WHERE A SEEMINGLY CORRECT RESULT IS EASY TO GET. In the edition: the 2019 edition introduced radiated limits 300 MHz – 1 GHz, new limits for load terminals and CDNE, the current probe method and changed stabilization times — a result according to the withdrawn 2013 edition (still in the scopes of three laboratories) is not a result according to the current standard. In the scope: equipment with secondary lighting (cooker hoods, refrigerators, televisions) and vehicle lighting are assessed according to other CISPR standards — testing them to 55015 is not the proper assessment. In amendment AMD1:2024: it adds among others radiated emission 1–6 GHz — PKN has no card introducing it, so “compliance with PN-EN IEC 55015” does not cover these requirements. In the notation of the number: “PN-EN 55015:2019-11” in the scopes is not the designation from the card (correctly PN-EN IEC 55015:2019-11).

WHAT WE DO NOT GIVE. We do not have Clauses 3 onwards — definitions, limits for the ports, measurement methods and set-ups, requirements for measuring equipment or compliance assessment; we therefore give no limit and no measurement parameters.

Method principle

The lighting equipment under test operates under specified conditions and after a specified stabilization time, and a measuring receiver (CISPR 16 series) is used to measure conducted disturbances at the ports (disturbance voltage, current with a current probe, in a CDNE) and radiated disturbances from the enclosure port (field strength, for large equipment also the magnetic field with a loop antenna), comparing them with the limits of the standard in the range 9 kHz – 400 GHz where limits are specified.

Applications

• Lighting equipment, luminaires, lamps and modules — conducted and radiated emission (8 laboratories)
• Multifunction equipment with lighting as a primary function, UV and IR equipment for residential use, advertising signs, decorative lighting, emergency signs
• Limit: vehicle lighting (CISPR 12), aircraft and airfield lighting, video signs, installations, products with secondary lighting — outside the scope

Key parameters

Standard

Standard number

PN-EN IEC 55015:2019-11 + A11:2020-07 (wersja angielska; EN IEC 55015:2019 i A11:2020 IDT, CISPR 15:2018 IDT)

Title (PL)

Poziomy dopuszczalne i metody pomiaru zaburzeń radioelektrycznych wytwarzanych przez elektryczne urządzenia oświetleniowe i urządzenia podobne

Title (EN)

Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of electrical lighting and similar equipment

Step-by-step procedure

1. Classifying the product

   Checking whether the product is within the scope (lighting as a primary function) or excluded (other CISPR standards, vehicles, installations). PN-EN IEC 55015:2019-11 with A11:2020-07 current (cards as of 02.10.2026).

2. Ports and operating conditions

   Determination of the ports (wired network, local wired, enclosure), operating conditions and stabilization time — values NOT GIVEN.

3. Conducted disturbances

   Disturbance voltage, current probe or CDNE according to the methods of the standard and the CISPR 16 series — parameters NOT GIVEN.

4. Radiated disturbances

   Field measurement from the enclosure port (since 2018 also 300 MHz – 1 GHz; since AMD1:2024 — 1–6 GHz), for large equipment the magnetic field with a loop antenna — parameters NOT GIVEN.

5. Assessment

   Comparison with the limits of the standard (NOT GIVEN); the report states the edition of the standard and any amendment AMD1.

Required equipment and apparatus

Health and safety (OHS)

• EMC measurements with the equipment under test mains-supplied — protection against electric shock; anechoic chambers and antennas — rules for working with electromagnetic fields; the extract of the standard we read contains no safety warnings
• TECHNICAL NOTE: a result according to the withdrawn 2013 edition (still in the scopes) does not cover the radiated limits 300 MHz – 1 GHz of the 2019 edition; amendment AMD1:2024 (1–6 GHz) has no PKN card

Frequently asked questions