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đŸ“± Phonegate Alert asks France to require independent checks of manufacturer-controlled mobile phone SAR tests

October 14, 2026 (EMFS)
Oct 13, 2026 (original)
Source: Phonegate Alert
Source category: Advocacy/NGO
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Phonegate Alert says it presented a 12-page position paper to France's ecological-transition ministry at a meeting on 5 October 2026 and made it public on 13 October. The European Commission's decision of 19 August 2025 upheld France's 2023 withdrawal order for the iPhone 12 after tests found that it exceeded the limb-SAR limit, and required Apple's corrective software update across the EU. Phonegate says the case exposed limits in proprietary testing tools, and alleges that frequency regulator ANFR still validates phones without access needed to disable mechanisms that could distort tests.
Note: Phonegate Alert is a French NGO led by Dr Marc Arazi that campaigns for stricter and independently audited mobile phone SAR testing.

Quotes (our translation)

"The NGO wrote to the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST), asking it to examine the reliability of specific absorption rate (SAR) controls for mobile phones."

[original: "L’ONG a Ă©crit Ă  l’Office parlementaire d’évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques (OPECST) pour lui demander de se saisir de la fiabilitĂ© des contrĂŽles du dĂ©bit d’absorption spĂ©cifique (DAS) des tĂ©lĂ©phones mobiles."]

— Phonegate Alert

"In its decision of 19 August 2025 concerning the iPhone 12, the European Commission highlights the limitations of proprietary tools whose algorithms are not disclosed, preventing independent and transparent controls."

[original: "Dans sa dĂ©cision du 19 aoĂ»t 2025 concernant l’iPhone 12, la Commission europĂ©enne souligne les limites des outils propriĂ©taires dont les algorithmes ne sont pas divulguĂ©s pour garantir des contrĂŽles indĂ©pendants et transparents."]

— Phonegate Alert

"According to information gathered by Phonegate Alert, the agency continues to validate the compliance of phones without having obtained the means to disable mechanisms that could distort the tests."

[original: "Selon les Ă©lĂ©ments recueillis par Alerte Phonegate, l’agence continue de valider la conformitĂ© de tĂ©lĂ©phones sans avoir obtenu les clĂ©s de dĂ©sactivation de mĂ©canismes susceptibles de fausser les essais."]

— Phonegate Alert

"We are not asking the Government to explain once again that ANFR carries out checks. We are asking it to guarantee that these checks are genuinely independent of manufacturers."

[original: "Nous ne demandons pas au Gouvernement de nous expliquer une nouvelle fois que l’ANFR rĂ©alise des contrĂŽles. Nous lui demandons de garantir que ces contrĂŽles sont rĂ©ellement indĂ©pendants des fabricants."]

— Dr Marc Arazi, President of Phonegate Alert

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Location

📍 France

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Source

Téléphones mobiles et DAS : la France va-t-elle imposer des contrÎles indépendants aux fabricants ? phonegatealert.org

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