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New Harmonised standard list for the Radio Equipment Directive

Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU)

There is a new publications in the OJEU of standards harmonised under the Radio Equipment Directive:

  • 12th April 2017               2017/C 118/05 35 standards added

This brings the total number of standards harmonised under the RED to 100

(compared to over 200 standards harmonised under the R&TTE Directive).

 

The list of harmonised standards will continue to be published every month.

Posted in News, Radio Equipment |

Compliance Newsletter March/April 2017

This months Gainspeed Newsletter is here. Its a friendly complimentary newsletter on everything compliance.

Some of this months features are.

Headlines

Standards Watch

    • European standards being withdrawn
    • EU Directives changing
    • Lists of European Harmonised Standards

Update on Harmonised Standards Lists

EU Guidelines – a reminder

    • Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU)
    • Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)

Environmental

    • EU Conflict Minerals Regulation adopted

New Standards

    • Draft ETSI EN 303 446-1 V1.1.0 (2017-03)
    • Draft ETSI EN 303 446-2 V1.1.0 (2017-03)

Compliance Calendar

 

Posted in News, News Letter |

New harmonised standard list for the Radio Equipment Directive

Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU)

There is a new publications in the OJEU of standards harmonised under the Radio Equipment Directive:

  • 12th May 2017               2017/C 149/02 11 standards added

This brings the total number of standards harmonised under the RED to 111

(compared to over 200 standards harmonised under the R&TTE Directive).

There will be only one more list of harmonised standards published before the Radio Equipment Directive becomes mandatory on 13th June 2017.

 

Posted in News, Radio Equipment |

New List of Harmonised Standards for the Medical Devices Directive, (93/42/EEC) published in the Official Journal

A new list of Harmonised Standards for the Medical Devices Directive, (93/42/EEC) was published in the Official Journal on May 13, 2016 – OJ C173

9 new standards have been added:

  • EN 556-2:2015 (new) Sterilization of medical devices – Requirements for medical devices to be designated ”STERILE” – Part 2: Requirements for aseptically processed medical devices
  • EN 1865-1:2010+A1:2015 (new) Patient handling equipment used in road ambulances – Part 1: General stretcher systems and patient handling equipment
  • EN 1865-2:2010+A1:2015 (new) Patient handling equipment used in road ambulances – Part 2: Power assisted stretcher
  • EN ISO 3826-4:2015 (new) Plastics collapsible containers for human blood and blood components – Part 4: Aphaeresis blood bag systems with integrated features (ISO 3826-4:2015)
  • EN ISO 11137-1:2015 (new) Sterilization of health care products – Radiation – Part 1: Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices (ISO 11137-1:2006, including Amd 1:2013)
  • EN ISO 11137-2:2015 (new) Sterilization of health care products – Radiation – Part 2: Establishing the sterilization dose (ISO 11137-2:2013)
  • EN ISO 13408-1:2015 (new) Aseptic processing of health care products – Part 1: General requirements (ISO 13408-1:2008, including Amd 1:2013)
  • EN ISO 13408-7:2015 (new) Aseptic processing of health care products – Part 7: Alternative processes for medical devices and combination products (ISO 13408-7:2012)
  • EN 60601-1-2:2015 (new) Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance – Collateral
    Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances – Requirements and tests

Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2015 published

PD ISO/TS 9002:2016 Quality management systems — Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2015 has recently been published

This document has been developed to assist users to apply the quality management system requirements of ISO 9001:2015, and provides guidance, with a clause by clause correlation to Clauses 4 to 10 of ISO 9001:2015, (although it does not provide guidance on Annexes A and B). It gives examples of what an organization can do, but it does not add new requirements to ISO 9001.

The examples in this document are not definitive and only represent possibilities, not all of which are necessarily suitable for every organization, and include descriptions and options that aid both in the implementation of a quality management system and in strengthening its relation to the overall management system of an organization.

While the guidelines in this document are consistent with the ISO 9001 quality management system model, they are not intended to provide interpretations of the requirements of ISO 9001 or be used for audit or evaluation purposes.