LNE - Laboratoire national de metrologie et d'essais
Trappes, Ile-de-France, France
+33 1 30 69 10 0029 avenue Roger Hennequin, Trappes, Ile-de-France, 78190, France
About
The Laboratoire national de metrologie et d'essais (LNE) is France's national metrology and testing laboratory, a public body whose EMC work sits at its Trappes site in the Yvelines. LNE is COFRAC-accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 and is a Notified Body under the Radio Equipment Directive, which lets it issue EU-Type Examination Certificates rather than only test reports. The site makes an explicit distinction that matters commercially: full RED compliance requires testing every frequency band a product uses and yields a certificate, whereas partial testing of selected bands produces a recognised report useful during development but which cannot support a RED compliance claim - and LNE warns that an incomplete report can lead to tests being invalidated and a product withdrawn from market during an inspection. Equipment includes semi-anechoic chambers, dedicated conducted emissions laboratories, measurement receivers, antennas, frequency synthesisers, amplifiers and wave generators. The accredited standards list spans emission methods (EN 55016-2-1/-2-2/-2-3, EN 55011, EN 55032), mains disturbance (EN 61000-3-2/-3-3/-3-11/-3-12), the full IEC 61000-4 immunity series including 61000-4-18 damped oscillatory waves, the generic 61000-6 standards, household appliances (EN IEC 55014-1:2021 / CISPR 14-1:2020 and EN 55014-2:2021), railway (EN 50121-3-2, EN 50121-4, EN 50155), IT and multimedia (EN 55032, EN 55024, EN 55035), marine navigation and radio (EN 60945), lighting (EN 55015), measurement and laboratory equipment (EN 61326) and medical (EN 60601-1-2 and EU Regulation 2017/745). Coverage extends to the MID measuring instruments directive via OIML standards, and radiated field measurement includes EMF for human exposure assessment. What distinguishes LNE from a commercial test house is the combination of national metrology expertise with environmental testing: the same organisation handles radiofrequency, electrical safety, climatic, vibration, shock, acceleration, acoustics and photobiological risk work, and adds cybersecurity penetration testing and evaluation of artificial intelligence systems and their training and evaluation databases.
Accreditations
| Accreditation |
|---|
| ISO/IEC 17025 |
| EMC Directive 2014/30/EU |
| Radio Equipment Directive (RED) 2014/53/EU |
Testing Services
| Test Type | Applicable Standards |
|---|---|
| Radiated Emissions | EN 55016-2-3, EN 55011, EN 55032, EN 61000-6-3, EN 61000-6-4, EN 55015, Radiated field and EMF measurement |
| Conducted Emissions | EN 55016-2-1, EN 55016-2-2, EN 55011, EN 55032, EN 61000-6-3, EN 61000-6-4 |
| Radiated Immunity | IEC 61000-4-3, EN 55024, EN 55035, EN 61000-6-1, EN 61000-6-2 |
| Conducted Immunity | IEC 61000-4-6, EN 61000-6-1, EN 61000-6-2 |
| ESD | IEC 61000-4-2 |
| EFT/Burst | IEC 61000-4-4, IEC 61000-4-18 damped oscillatory waves |
| Surge Immunity | IEC 61000-4-5 |
| Harmonics & Flicker | EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, EN 61000-3-11, EN 61000-3-12 |
| Voltage Dips/Interrupts | IEC 61000-4-11 |
| Power Frequency Magnetic Field | IEC 61000-4-8 |
| Medical Device EMC | EN 60601-1-2, EU Regulation 2017/745 |
| Medical Device Regulatory | EU MDR Regulation 2017/745 |
| Railway EMC | EN 50121-3-2, EN 50121-4, EN 50155 |
| Radio Equipment Testing | Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU (Notified Body), ETSI harmonised standards, Full-compliance testing with EU-Type Examination Certificate, Partial band testing (development reports) |
| Pre-Compliance Testing | Product investigation during development, Weakness identification and corrective action planning, Regulatory technical support |
| Environmental Testing | Climatic testing, Acceleration testing, Photobiological risk assessment |
| Mechanical Testing | Vibration testing, Shock testing, Acoustics |
| Product Safety | Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, Electrical safety testing, MID Directive 2014/32/EU (OIML standards) |
Certifications / Marks
| Certification |
|---|
| CE |
| EU-Type Examination Certificate (RED) |
| Notified Body |
| EU Declaration of Conformity |
| MID conformity assessment |
Industries Served
| Industry |
|---|
| Consumer Electronics |
| Energy & Power |
| Household Appliances |
| Industrial Equipment |
| Information Technology |
| Lighting Products |
| Medical Devices |
| Multimedia |
| Radio & Wireless |
| Railway |
| Telecommunications |
Major Equipment
| Equipment |
|---|
| Semi-anechoic chambers |
| Dedicated conducted emissions laboratories |
| EMI measurement receivers |
| Antenna set |
| Frequency synthesisers |
| RF power amplifiers |
| Wave generators |
| ESD simulator |
| EFT/burst generator |
| Surge generator |
| Damped oscillatory wave generator |
| Magnetic field immunity coils |
| EMF human exposure measurement equipment |
| Climatic chambers |
| Vibration, shock and acceleration equipment |
| Acoustic test facilities |
| Photobiological risk assessment equipment |
| National metrology reference standards |
