• National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report 86, 1986,
Biological Effects and Exposure Criteria for Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields
• Health Canada, Safety Code 6, 1999, Limits of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency
Electromagnetic Fields in the Frequency Range from 3 kHz to 300 GHz
• EN 50360, 2001, Product standard to demonstrate the compliance of mobile phones
with the basic restrictions related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields (300 MHz
to 3 GHz)
• International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), 1998,
Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time-Varying Electric, Magnetic, and
Electromagnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)
• Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), 1999, Council Recommendation of 12 July
1999 on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz
to 300 GHz)
• MIC, 2001, Article 14-2 of the Ordinance for Regulating Radio Equipment
To maintain compliance with FCC, IC, MIC, and EU RF exposure guidelines when you carry the
BlackBerry device on your body, use only accessories equipped with an integrated belt clip that
are supplied or approved by Research In Motion (RIM). Use of accessories that are not expressly
approved by RIM might violate FCC, IC, and EU RF exposure guidelines and might void any
warranty applicable to the BlackBerry device. If you do not use a body-worn accessory equipped
with an integrated belt clip supplied or approved by RIM when you carry the BlackBerry device,
keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 inches (25 mm) from your body when the BlackBerry
device is turned on and connected to a wireless network. When using any data feature of the
BlackBerry device, with or without a USB cable, hold the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 inches
(25 mm) from your body. If you use a body-worn accessory not supplied by RIM when you carry
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