Kuwaiti regulatory framework as many other telecoms regulators requires that all radio- communications, and equipment connected to the public network meet certain technical standards related to:
-Radio-wave propagation;
-Electromagnetic compatibility; and
-Safety
CITRA’s power to regulate technical standards and type approval are found in Articles 3(J) and (K), and 43, 44, and 45 of Law No. 37 of 2014. The new RED was adopted on 16 April 2014, and EU
countries had to transpose it into their national law before 13 June 2016. Hence, the Current ETSI standards as used under the new RED type approval process in Europe are also considered for the technical standards applied in Kuwait. CITRA is following the process previously identified by the Ministry of Communications. However CITRA is in process of establishing a type approval lab; once done, the new type of approval process will be approved and published. Meanwhile, CITRA has published the list of recognized standards for Safety, EMC, and RF (attached).