IEC 61000-6-3:2026

IEC 61000-6-3:2026 is applicable only if no relevant dedicated product or product family EMC emission standard has been published. This part of IEC 61000 for emission requirements applies to electrical and electronic equipment intended for use at residential (see 3.1.21) locations. This part of IEC 61000 also applies to electrical and electronic equipment intended for use at other locations that do not fall within the scope of IEC 61000-6-8 or IEC 61000-6-4. The intention is that all equipment used in the residential, commercial and light-industrial locations are covered by IEC 61000-6-3 or IEC 61000-6-8. If there is any doubt the requirements in IEC 61000-6-3 apply. Equipment that has a radio function (3.1.20) are included in the scope of this document. However, the emission requirements in this document are not intended to be applicable to the intentional transmissions from these radio transmitters, their harmonics and their out of band emissions. Not all disturbance phenomena have been included for testing purposes but only those considered relevant for the equipment intended to operate within the locations included within this document.
The objectives of this document are:
- to establish requirements that provide an adequate level of protection of radio reception in the frequency range 9 kHz to 400 GHz;
- to establish requirements that provide an adequate level of protection against conducted and radiated electromagnetic disturbances emitted by equipment in the scope of this document;
- to support the reproducibility of measurement and the repeatability of results.
NOTE 1 In special cases, situations will arise where the levels specified in this document will not offer adequate protection; for example, where a sensitive receiver is used in close proximity to an equipment. In these instances, special mitigation measures can be employed.
NOTE 2 Disturbances generated in fault conditions of equipment are not covered by this document.
NOTE 3 The requirements in this document are more stringent or equivalent to the requirements specified in IEC 61000-6-4 and IEC 61000-6-8.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2020. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) the addition of magnetic field emission requirements, including the measurement of WPT function;
b) the extension of low-voltage AC mains power requirements to cover the range 9 kHz to 150 kHz;
c) products with a radio function have been added to the scope;
d) limits in a FAR for rack mounted equipment have been added.