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New Directives on the way! 2014/53/EU, 2014/35/EU and 2014/30/EU

Updated on date by author

Introduction

The European Commission has recently released an Application of Directives. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the date of applicability and their transitional period (if any) for the new Directives of the electrical sector.

 

What Directives apply?

 

When do the new Directives apply?

 

Products within OLD LVD/EMCD that continue to be within the NEW LVD/EMCD

Products placed on the market
 Applicable Directive(s)
before 20 April 2016 old LVD/EMCD
after 20 April 2016 new LVD/EMCD

 

Products within R&TTED that continue to be within the RED

Products placed on the market
 Applicable Directive(s)
before 13 June 2016 R&TTED
between 13 June 2016 and 12 June 2017 R&TTED or RED
after 12 June 2017 RED

 

Products within OLD/NEW LVD/EMCD that will be within the RED

Products placed on the market
 Applicable Directive(s)
before 20 April 2016 old LVD/EMCD
between 20 April 2016 and 12 June 2016 new LVD/EMCD
between 13 June 2016 and 12 June 2017 RED or new LVD/EMCD
after 12 June 2017 RED

 

Products within R&TTED that will not be within the RED

Products placed on the market
 Applicable Directive(s)
before 13 June 2016 R&TTED
after 12 June 2016 new LVD (or GPSD)(1)/EMCD

(1)If the LVD is not applicable (eg if the supply voltage is too low) the General Product Safety Directive could be applicable provided that the equipment is a consumer product.

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Low Voltage Directive Transition from 2006/95/EC to 2014/35/EU

Updated on date by author

A Guidance document on the Low Voltage Directive transition from 2006/95/EC to 2014/35/EU is now available, with a list of frequently asked questions and answers.

This document is preliminary, pending finalisation of the revised Blue Guide (planned for end of 2015) and the LVD Guidelines (planned for mid-2016).

This document states:
“. . . . the main changes in the new Directive 2014/35/EU with respect to the previous Directive 2006/95/EC are quite limited, and do not concern the most substantial characteristics of the act that remain the same: scope, safety objectives, conformity assessment procedure.”
The main changes are the following:

 

  • New Directive reference number
  • Definitions updated in-line with the NLF
  • Economic operators, and their obligations, defined as:
  1. Manufacturers,
  2. Authorised representatives,
  3. Importers,
  4. Distributors
  • Harmonised standards and presumption of conformity: reference to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012
  • CE marking: reference to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008
  • Market surveillance and safeguard procedure: reinforced activities and new simplified procedures
  • Commission Implementing Decisions on formal objections against harmonised standards and safeguard clauses against products: reference to Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
  • More detailed contents for the declaration of conformity, (Annex IV)
Posted in Low Voltage Directive, News, Uncategorized |

Latest Standards Changes 2017

Updated on date by author

Lots of changes on the horizon for 2017, to help you keep up to date here is a list of the latest.

New Standard Name Replaced Standard DoW
ICES-005, Issue 4 Lighting Equipment ICES-005, Issue 3 01/12/16
EN 50242:2016 /EN 60436:2016 Electric dishwashers for household use – Methods for measuring the performance EN 50242:2008 / EN 60436:2008. 11/4/18
EN 60601-1-2:2015 Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance – Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances – Requirements and tests EN 60601-1-2:2007 31/12/18
EN 60730-2-6:2016 Automatic electrical controls – Part 2-6: Particular requirements for automatic electrical pressure sensing controls including mechanical requirements EN 60730-2-6
 26/02/19
EN 62841-2-8:2016 Particular requirements for hand-held shears and nibblers EN 60745-2-8:2009
 20/05/20
EN 55014-2:2015 Electromagnetic compatibility – Requirements for household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus – Part 2: Immunity – Product family standard EN 55014-2:1997 + A1 + A2 not harmonized
EN 303 345 V1.1.1 Radio Broadcast Receivers; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of the Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 303 406 V1.1.0 (2016-05) Short Range Devices (SRD); Social Alarms Equipment operating in the frequency range 25 MHz to 1 000 MHz; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 301 893 V2.0.7 (2016-11) 5 GHz RLAN; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 301 489-52 V1.1.0 (2016-11) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 52: Specific conditions for Cellular Communication Mobile and portable (UE) radio and ancillary equipment; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1b of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 301 489-50 V2.1.1 (2016-11) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 50: Specific conditions for Cellular Communication Base Station (BS), repeater and ancillary equipment; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 301 489-34 V2.1.0 (2016-05) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 34: Specific conditions for External Power Supply (EPS) for mobile phones; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1b of the Directive 2014/53/EU and the essential requirements of article 6 of the Directive 2014/30/ EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 301 489-17 V3.1.1 (2016-11) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 17: Specific conditions for Broadband Data Transmission Systems; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 301 489-9 V2.1.0 (2016-09) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 9: Specific conditions for wireless microphones, similar Radio Frequency (RF) audio link equipment, cordless audio and in-ear monitoring devices; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 301 489-3 V2.1.0 (2016-09) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 3: Specific conditions for Short-Range Devices (SRD) operating on frequencies between 9 kHz and 246 GHz; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
EN 301 489-1 V2.1.1 (2016-11) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 1: Common technical requirements; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.1(b) of Directive 2014/53/EU and the essential requirements of article 6 of Directive 2014/30/EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 300 440 V2.1.0 (2016-05) Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment to be used in the 1 GHz to 40 GHz frequency range; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 300 330 V2.1.1 (2016-11) Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment in the frequency range 9 kHz to 25 MHz and inductive loop systems in the frequency range 9 kHz to 30 MHz; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU   not harmonized
ETSI EN 300 220-1 V3.1.1 (2016-11) Short Range Devices (SRD) operating in the frequency range 25 MHz to 1 000 MHz; Part 1: Technical characteristics and methods of measurement   not harmonized
ETSI EN 300 220-2 V3.1.1 (2016-11) Short Range Devices (SRD) operating in the frequency range 25 MHz to 1 000 MHz; Part 2: Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU for non specific radio equipment   not harmonized
EN 300 328 V2.1.1 Wideband transmission systems; Data transmission equipment operating in the 2,4 GHz ISM band and using wide band modulation techniques; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU   13th January 2017
EN 60730-1:2016 Automatic electrical controls – Part 1: General requirements   not harmonized

 

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European Standards for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Updated on date by author

CENELEC has just published an informative guide called “European Standards for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)”

(https://www.cencenelec.eu/news/publications/Publications/WEEE-brochure.pdf)

The WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU addresses producers and importers of EEE in Europe. It sets requirements and targets for the collection and treatment of WEEE.

The European standards, developed in support of the WEEE Directive, cover all product categories and address the collection, transport and treatment, including preparation for reuse of the WEEE.

The objectives of the standards are to:

  • Assist treatment operators in fulfilling the requirements of the WEEE Directive without placing unnecessary administrative burdens on operators of any size, including small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
  • Give additional guidance to operators.
  • Cover the treatment of waste from all products within the extended scope of the WEEE Directive.
  • Cover the collection and logistics of WEEE to allow proper treatment.

 

 

 

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