Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU)

Scope of the Legislation:

The purpose of this Directive is to ensure that electrical equipment on the market fulfils the requirements providing for a high level of protection of health and safety of persons, and of domestic animals and property, while guaranteeing the functioning of the internal market.

This Directive shall apply to electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between 50 and 1 000 V for alternating current and between 75 and 1 500 V for direct current, other than the equipment and phenomena listed in Annex II.

Basic Security Requirements:

Electrical equipment may be made available only if, having been constructed in accordance with good engineering practice in safety matters in force, it does not endanger the health and safety of persons and domestic animals, or property, when properly installed and maintained and used in applications for which it was made.

Conformity Mark Required by the Legislation: CE Marking

Conformity Assessment Procedure Required by the Legislation:

Where harmonised standards referred to in Article 12 have not been drawn up and published and international standards referred to in Article 13 have not been published, the Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that, for the purpose of making available on the market or free movement as referred to in Articles 3 and 4 respectively, their competent authorities shall also regard as complying with the safety objectives referred to in Article 3 and set out in Annex I electrical equipment manufactured in accordance with the safety provisions of the standards in force in the Member State of manufacture, if it ensures a safety level equivalent to that required in their own territory.

Date of Entry Into Force: 2.10.2016

Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (2014/30/EU)

Scope of the Legislation:

Any off-the-shelf assembly or a combination of these assemblies designed for the end user and offered for sale as a single functional unit that is likely to cause electromagnetic disturbance or whose performance is likely to be affected Mobile installations and devices intended to move and work in certain places, which are defined as a combination of devices or sub-components and devices, are also considered within this scope.)

Basic Security Requirements:

1.   General requirements

Equipment shall be so designed and manufactured, having regard to the state of the art, as to ensure that:

(a)	the electromagnetic disturbance generated does not exceed the level above which radio and telecommunications equipment or other equipment cannot operate as intended;

 

(b)	it has a level of immunity to the electromagnetic disturbance to be expected in its intended use which allows it to operate without unacceptable degradation of its intended use.

2.   Specific requirements for fixed installations

Installation and intended use of components

A fixed installation shall be installed applying good engineering practices and respecting the information on the intended use of its components, with a view to meeting the essential requirements set out in point 1.

Conformity Mark Required by the Legislation: CE Marking

Conformity Assessment Procedure Required by the Legislation:

Equipment which is in conformity with harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union shall be presumed to be in conformity with the essential requirements set out in Annex I covered by those standards or parts thereof.

Date of Entry Into Force: 2.10.2016