Proposal to amend equipment regulation for electric vehicles

Radiocommunications

This proposal will:

1. Expand labelling exemptions relating to the Electromagnetic Energy (EME) standard and general standards to cover certain motor vehicle devices supplied by EVC members.
2. Create new electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) exemptions relating to vehicles and devices in vehicles covered by the EVC code.

Under the proposal, EVC members will get equivalent exemptions from EMC and labelling requirements to those given to other industry bodies specified in the:

• Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 (General Equipment Rules)
• Radiocommunications Labelling (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Notice 2017.

Devices supplied by EVC members must comply with the EME standard and any relevant general standards. Vehicles supplied by EVC members must comply with the EVC code. This imposes compliance rules that are equivalent to, or higher than, the Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Standard 2017.

We invite your comments on the issues set out in the consultation paper. The consultation closes at 5 pm (AEST) on Friday 10 October 2025. 

Click on the ‘Upload a submission’ button above to send us your views.

Submissions by post can be sent to:

The Manager
Infrastructure and Equipment Safeguards Section
Australian Communications and Media Authority
PO Box 13112 Law Courts
Melbourne VIC 8010

You can email consultation enquiries to techreg@acma.gov.au.