--- title: "EU EMC Directive: Apparatus vs Fixed Installations" canonical_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/emc-directive/apparatus-vs-fixed-installations" source_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/emc-directive/apparatus-vs-fixed-installations" author: "Sorena AI" description: "Compare apparatus and fixed installations under Directive 2014/30/EU, including end-user scope, placing on the market, documentation, good engineering practice, and evidence differences." published_at: "2026-05-09" updated_at: "2026-05-09" keywords: - "EU EMC Directive" - "Directive 2014/30/EU" - "apparatus" - "fixed installations" - "EMC documentation" - "CE marking" --- **[SORENA](https://www.sorena.io/)** - AI-Powered GRC Platform [Home](https://www.sorena.io/) | [Solutions](https://www.sorena.io/solutions) | [Artifacts](https://www.sorena.io/artifacts) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) | [Contact](https://www.sorena.io/contact) | [Portal](https://app.sorena.io) --- # EU EMC Directive: Apparatus vs Fixed Installations Compare apparatus and fixed installations under Directive 2014/30/EU, including end-user scope, placing on the market, documentation, good engineering practice, and evidence differences. *Side-by-side* *EU* ## EU EMC Directive Apparatus vs Fixed Installations Directive 2014/30/EU treats equipment as either apparatus or a fixed installation, and the category changes how conformity, marking, and evidence are handled. Use this comparison to separate market-supplied end-user products from permanent site-specific installations and from apparatus made only for a particular fixed installation. The EMC Directive uses the same essential EMC aim for equipment, but it does not treat every equipment project the same way. Apparatus is a finished appliance, combination, certain component or sub-assembly, or mobile installation that is made available for end use. A fixed installation is a permanent combination of apparatus and possibly other devices at a predefined location. That distinction drives CE marking, EU declaration, technical documentation, site records, and authority-response evidence. ## Apparatus vs Fixed Installations under the EMC Directive Use this table to decide whether the EMC work belongs in a product conformity route, a site-specific installation route, or both. - **Apparatus**: A finished appliance, qualifying combination, component or sub-assembly, or mobile installation made available for end use and capable of causing or being affected by electromagnetic disturbance. - **Fixed installations**: A particular combination of apparatus and, where relevant, other devices that is assembled, installed, and intended to be used permanently at a predefined location. | Dimension | Apparatus | Fixed installations | Operational implication | Sources | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Scope boundary | Focus on the product or combination supplied as a single functional unit for the end user, including components or sub-assemblies intended for end-user incorporation and mobile installations. | Focus on the permanent site combination, its geographical boundary, its external interfaces, and the electromagnetic environment at the predefined location. | Draw the product boundary and the site boundary separately. A product may be apparatus even when it will later be incorporated into a fixed installation. | [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Article 3 defines apparatus and fixed installation; Article 3(2) treats certain components, sub-assemblies, and mobile installations as apparatus. | | Covered actors | The apparatus route turns on making available or placing apparatus on the Union market, including the first making available of apparatus. | A fixed installation is put into service as a site installation rather than placed on the market as apparatus. | Use apparatus checks for commercial supply of end-user equipment; use fixed-installation checks for the installed site combination. | [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Defines making available and placing on the market for apparatus and requires compliant equipment when made available or put into service.
[Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Explains that the EMCD applies to equipment placed on the market and subsequent making available until it reaches the end user. | | Trigger | Apparatus is intended for the end user and must be assessed for normal intended operating conditions and representative configurations. | A fixed installation is intended for permanent use at a defined location and must respect the intended-use information for its components. | Do not classify only by hardware type. The intended user, intended use, mobility, and location permanence are part of the EMC category decision. | [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Defines apparatus by end-user intent and requires EMC assessment across normal intended operating conditions.
[Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Clarifies that end users may be consumers or legal entities using apparatus for its intended purpose. | | Core obligations | The manufacturer designs and manufactures for Annex I essential requirements, prepares technical documentation, performs or has performed the conformity assessment, draws up the EU declaration of conformity, and affixes CE marking. | The person responsible for the fixed installation documents good engineering practices and keeps that documentation available for national authorities while the installation operates. | Apparatus compliance is a product conformity route. Fixed-installation compliance is a site engineering and documentation route. | [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Articles 7, 14 to 18, and 19 separate apparatus conformity assessment and marking from fixed-installation documentation. | | Evidence record | Keep the apparatus EMC assessment, risk analysis, design and manufacturing information, applied harmonised standards or other technical specifications, examinations, test reports, EU declaration, CE marking evidence, instructions, and traceability information. | Keep the installation boundary, component instructions, EMC environment assumptions, interface analysis, cable and screening choices, earthing or bonding approach, filters or other mitigation, maintenance assumptions, and responsible-person record. | A fixed-installation file may reference apparatus declarations and instructions, but it still needs site evidence showing how the installed combination meets EMC requirements. | [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Annex II lists apparatus technical documentation elements; Article 19 requires fixed-installation good-engineering-practice documentation.
[Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Explains that simple fixed installations may rely on supplier installation, use, and maintenance instructions, while complex installations may need more detailed documentation. | | Timing and deadlines | If apparatus is made available generally, all relevant apparatus provisions apply even if the apparatus will be incorporated into a fixed installation. | If apparatus is intended for incorporation into a particular fixed installation and is otherwise not made available on the market, Articles 6 to 12 and 14 to 18 are not compulsory for that apparatus, but special accompanying documentation is required. | Use the Article 19 exception narrowly. The evidence must identify the fixed installation, its EMC characteristics, and incorporation precautions. | [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Article 19 states the general apparatus rule and the limited exception for apparatus intended for a particular fixed installation.
[Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Adds practical guidance that the exception depends on a direct provider-customer link and the identified installation characteristics. | | Enforcement | Harmonised standards published for the EMC Directive can support presumption of conformity for apparatus to the essential requirements they cover. | A fixed installation may use standards, codes of practice, and component instructions as part of good engineering practice, but the site-specific conditions still matter. | For apparatus, track the standards applied in the technical documentation and EU declaration. For fixed installations, record why the chosen practices fit the actual site. | [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Article 13 provides presumption of conformity for equipment meeting cited harmonised standards for the covered essential requirements.
[Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1326 on EMC harmonised standards](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2019/1326/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Lists harmonised standards drafted in support of Directive 2014/30/EU. | | Overlap and reuse | Choose apparatus when the immediate question is whether an end-user product can be supplied, CE marked, declared, imported, distributed, or supported on the Union market. | Choose fixed installation when the immediate question is whether a permanent site combination has been installed with suitable EMC practices and documented for the responsible person. | Choose both when market-supplied apparatus is incorporated into a permanent site installation; keep the product evidence and site evidence linked but distinct. | [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - The Directive defines both categories and applies different provisions to apparatus and fixed installations.
[Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Commission guide emphasizes identifying the correct category because the Directive has separate provisions for each. | | Practical decision rule | For apparatus, authorities may request information and documentation needed to demonstrate conformity, and non-conforming apparatus can require corrective action, withdrawal, or recall. | For fixed installations, authorities may request evidence where there are indications of non-compliance, especially disturbance complaints, and may require measures to bring the installation into compliance. | Prepare different response packs: a product technical file for apparatus and a site compliance file for fixed installations. | [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Articles 7, 9, 10, and 19 describe authority requests, corrective measures, and fixed-installation evidence requests. | Sources for Scope boundary: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Article 3 defines apparatus and fixed installation; Article 3(2) treats certain components, sub-assemblies, and mobile installations as apparatus. - Quote: "intended to be used permanently" Sources for Covered actors: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Defines making available and placing on the market for apparatus and requires compliant equipment when made available or put into service. - Quote: "first making available of apparatus" - [Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Explains that the EMCD applies to equipment placed on the market and subsequent making available until it reaches the end user. - Quote: "reaches the end-user" Sources for Trigger: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Defines apparatus by end-user intent and requires EMC assessment across normal intended operating conditions. - Quote: "intended for the end-user" - [Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Clarifies that end users may be consumers or legal entities using apparatus for its intended purpose. - Quote: "using the apparatus for its intended purpose" Sources for Core obligations: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Articles 7, 14 to 18, and 19 separate apparatus conformity assessment and marking from fixed-installation documentation. - Quote: "affix the CE marking" Sources for Evidence record: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Annex II lists apparatus technical documentation elements; Article 19 requires fixed-installation good-engineering-practice documentation. - Quote: "test reports" - [Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Explains that simple fixed installations may rely on supplier installation, use, and maintenance instructions, while complex installations may need more detailed documentation. - Quote: "level of detail of the documentation" Sources for Timing and deadlines: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Article 19 states the general apparatus rule and the limited exception for apparatus intended for a particular fixed installation. - Quote: "otherwise not made available on the market" - [Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Adds practical guidance that the exception depends on a direct provider-customer link and the identified installation characteristics. - Quote: "particular fixed installation" Sources for Enforcement: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Article 13 provides presumption of conformity for equipment meeting cited harmonised standards for the covered essential requirements. - Quote: "presumed to be in conformity" - [Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1326 on EMC harmonised standards](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2019/1326/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Lists harmonised standards drafted in support of Directive 2014/30/EU. - Quote: "drafted in support of Directive 2014/30/EU" Sources for Overlap and reuse: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - The Directive defines both categories and applies different provisions to apparatus and fixed installations. - Quote: "apparatus or fixed installation" - [Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Commission guide emphasizes identifying the correct category because the Directive has separate provisions for each. - Quote: "separate provisions" Sources for Practical decision rule: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Articles 7, 9, 10, and 19 describe authority requests, corrective measures, and fixed-installation evidence requests. - Quote: "request evidence of compliance" ### How should teams decide between apparatus and fixed-installation evidence? - If the item is commercially supplied for end use, build the apparatus evidence pack before placing it on the Union market. - If the issue is a permanent site combination, build the fixed-installation record around good engineering practice, component intended-use information, site boundaries, interfaces, and the responsible person. - If a bespoke item is only for one particular fixed installation and is otherwise not made available, document why the Article 19 specific-apparatus route applies and keep the required accompanying documentation. Sources for the practical decision rule: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Primary source for the classification and evidence decision between apparatus, fixed installations, and specific apparatus for a particular fixed installation. - Quote: "identify the fixed installation" - [Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Guidance source for applying the classification and documentation distinction in practice. - Quote: "specific apparatus for fixed installations" ## Classify the equipment before assigning EMC duties Start with the commercial and technical fact pattern. If the item is supplied on the Union market as a single functional unit for an end user and it can generate or be affected by electromagnetic disturbance, treat it as apparatus unless an exclusion or more specific Union law controls the same EMC requirements. If the project is a site-specific combination assembled and intended to stay permanently at a predefined location, treat the site combination as a fixed installation. The incorporated apparatus normally keeps its apparatus duties, unless the narrow Article 19 case applies for apparatus intended only for a particular fixed installation and otherwise not made available on the market. - Record whether the item is made available on the Union market, placed on the market for the first time, or only incorporated into one identified fixed installation. - Check whether the intended user is an end user, an installer or integrator, or the person responsible for a fixed installation. - Separate the apparatus technical file from the fixed-installation site file so CE marking evidence is not confused with site engineering evidence. Sources for this answer: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Defines equipment, apparatus, fixed installation, making available, placing on the market, conformity assessment, and CE marking. - [Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Commission EMCD guide used for the practical classification between apparatus, fixed installations, and specific apparatus for fixed installations. ## Documentation differs by route For apparatus, the manufacturer must support conformity before placing the apparatus on the market. The file should cover the EMC assessment, applicable harmonised standards or other technical solutions, risk analysis, test reports where relevant, EU declaration of conformity, CE marking, identification, contact details, instructions, and specific installation or use precautions. For fixed installations, the central record is not a product CE-marking file. It should show the installation boundary, incorporated apparatus and other devices, component instructions used, EMC environment, good engineering practices applied, precautions, responsible person, and any evidence needed if authorities request proof following disturbance complaints or other indications of non-compliance. - Keep apparatus technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the apparatus is placed on the market. - Keep documented good engineering practices for the fixed installation for as long as the installation is in operation. - For specific apparatus used only in a particular fixed installation, include the apparatus identity, manufacturer or importer details, the fixed installation identity and EMC characteristics, and incorporation precautions. Sources for this answer: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Sets apparatus manufacturer documentation, EU declaration, CE marking, information-for-use duties, and fixed-installation documentation duties. - [Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Explains fixed-installation documentation detail, good engineering practice, component instructions, and specific-apparatus documentation. *Recommended next step* *Placement: after implementation section* ## Turn the EMC category decision into an evidence pack Document whether the matter is apparatus, a fixed installation, or specific apparatus for a particular fixed installation, then attach the right technical file, site file, and source citations. - [Open Research Copilot](/solutions/research-copilot.md): Check EMC Directive scope and documentation questions with cited outputs. - [Talk through implementation](/contact.md): Review your apparatus file, fixed-installation record, and category-specific next actions. ## Good engineering practice is a fixed-installation control A fixed installation must be installed using good engineering practices and the information on the intended use of its components. In practical EMC records, that means defining the installation boundary, external interfaces, conducted and radiated disturbance paths, cable and screening choices, earthing or bonding approach, filters or protection devices, and immunity measures for sensitive equipment. This is site-specific evidence. A folder of CE-marked component declarations may be enough for a simple installation only where it also provides the supplier instructions needed for installation, use, and maintenance. More complex or higher-risk sites need a more detailed site EMC rationale. - Do not use a fixed-installation file as a substitute for apparatus conformity assessment where market-supplied apparatus is involved. - Do not assume a CE-marked apparatus makes the whole fixed installation compliant without checking site coupling, interfaces, intended use, and installation precautions. - Revisit the site record when equipment, cabling, location, power supply, radio environment, operating mode, or maintenance assumptions change. Sources for this answer: - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Annex I requires fixed installations to apply good engineering practices and respect component intended-use information. - [Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Provides practical fixed-installation factors such as boundaries, ports, coupling, radiation, filters, cable choices, screening, and earthing. ## Primary sources - [Directive 2014/30/EU on electromagnetic compatibility](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/30/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Primary source for the classification and evidence decision between apparatus, fixed installations, and specific apparatus for a particular fixed installation. - Quote: "identify the fixed installation" - [Guide for the EMCD (Directive 2014/30/EU)](https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/33601?ref=sorena.io) - Guidance source for applying the classification and documentation distinction in practice. - 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