# ICNIRP 2020 RF guidelines (100 kHz–300 GHz)

> International guidelines that most countries outside the U.S. adopt into law, covering 5G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mobile phones and base stations.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/standards/icnirp-2020
- Collection: Standards & frameworks
- Record id: `standards:icnirp-2020`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/standards/icnirp-2020
- Also known as: ICNIRP RF 2020

## Key values

- **Organization:** International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
- **Edition:** 2020
- **Jurisdiction:** EU, AU, JP, CA, international
- **Frequency range:** 100 kHz – 300 GHz
- **Status of values:** Recommended by a scientific or standards body, enforceable only where adopted into law

## Scope

Basic restrictions expressed as SAR and absorbed power density, with reference levels in field strength and power density for practical compliance checks. Replaces the 100 kHz–300 GHz part of ICNIRP 1998.

## Sources

- `icnirp-2020` International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (2020). *Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)*. https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/rf-guidelines-2020.html — guideline, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

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