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AGORIA Regulations & Standardisation
2014/35/EU Low Voltage Directive
2014/30/EU EMC Directive What’s new ?
Marc Cumps
Chief expert - Technical Regulations
Agenda
Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 2014/35/EU Directive on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) 2014/30/EU
• What’s new ?
• Scope
• Essential requirements
• Conformity assessment procedures
• Obligations of economic operators
• Timing
Scope LVD 2014/35/EU
• No substantial changes in scope description compared to 2006/95/EC
• Scope
• Electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between 50 and 1000 for AC and between 75 and 1500 V for DC
• Exclusions • Electrical equipment for use in an explosive atmosphere
• Electrical equipment for radiology and medical purposes
• Electrical parts for goods and passenger lifts
• Electricity meters
• Plugs and sockets for domestic use
• Electric fence controllers
• Specialised electrical equipment, for use on ships, aircraft or railways
• Custom built evaluation kits for professionals to be used at R&D facilities
Scope EMC 2014/30/EU • No substantial changes in scope description compared to 2004/108/EC
• Scope • Equipment
• Apparatus
• Finished appliance
• Component/sub-assembly (intended for incorporation by end-user)
• Mobile installations • Fixed installations
• Several types of appliances/devices assembled and installed to be used permanently at a predefined location
• Exclusions • R&TTE equipment (Directive 1999/5/EC)
• Aeronautical equipment
• EMC benign equipment
• Custom built evaluation kits for professionals to be used at R&D facilities
Essential requirements LVD 2014/35/EU
• No changes compared to 2006/95/EC
• Electrical equipment constructed in accordance with good engineering practice in safety matters
• Electrical equipment does not endanger the safety of persons, domestic animals or property when properly installed and maintained and used in applications for which it was made
• Principle elements of the safety objectives (Annex I) :
• General conditions
• Protection against hazards arising from the electrical equipment
• Protection against hazards which may be caused by external influences on the
electrical equipment
Essential requirements EMC 2014/30/EU
• No changes compared to 2004/108/EC
• Essential requirements
• General requirements
• Emission
• Immunity
• Specific requirements for fixed installations
• Application of good engineering practices & respecting the information on the
intended use of its components
Conformity assessment procedure
LVD 2014/35/EU
• No substantial changes compared to 2006/95/EC (for manufacturers)
• Conformity assessment procedure
• Module A “Internal production control”
• LVD Notified Bodies will no longer exist
Conformity assessment procedure
EMC 2014/30/EU
• No substantial changes compared to 2004/108/EC (for manufacturers)
• Conformity assessment procedure
• Two options : choice up to manufacturer
• Module A “Internal production control”
• Module B “EU-type examination” followed by
Module C “Conformity to type based on internal production control”
• EMC Notified Bodies : new obligations, renotification required
Economic operators & obligations
• Economic operators : manufacturer, authorised representative, importer, distributor
• Manufacturer : Any natural or legal person who manufactures apparatus or has apparatus designed or manufactured, and markets that apparatus under his name or trade mark
• Authorised representative : Any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks
• Importer : Any natural or legal person established within the Union who places apparatus from a third country on the Union market
• Distributor : Any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes apparatus available on the market
Economic operators & obligations
• Manufacturer
• Fully responsible for compliance as in earlier EU Directives
• e.g. technical documentation, conformity assessment procedure, declaration of conformity, CE marking, …
• Traceability requirements
• Product (e.g. type, batch, serial number)
• Manufacturer : name & postal address on product
• Information requirements
• Information/instructions, DoC, language requirements as in national transpositions
• Corrective actions and collaboration with authorities
Economic operators & obligations
• Authorised representative
• Written mandate from the manufacturer
• Can not take responsibility for design and establishing technical
documentation
• Minimum tasks within mandate
• Keep DoC and technical documentation
• Work with national authorities to demonstrate compliance or help to ensure
compliance
Economic operators & obligations
• Importer
• Place only compliant products on the market
• Ensure manufacturer has carried out its duties (conformity assessment
procedure, technical documentation, CE marking, documents, traceability)
• Indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and
postal address on the product
• If not possible, then on packaging or in documentation
• Keep DoC for 10 years and ensure technical documentation can be made
available
• Corrective actions and collaboration with authorities
Economic operators & obligations
• Distributor
• Act with due care in relation to requirements
• Verification
• apparatus bears CE marking,
• apparatus is accompanied by required documents
• traceability requirements are respected
• Corrective actions and collaboration with authorities
Economic operators & obligations
• All economic operators
• Must be able to identify
• Any economic operator who has supplied them with a product
• Any economic operator to whom they have supplied a product
Timing
• New LVD 2014/35/EU will replace LVD 2006/95/EC as of 20 April 2016
• New EMC 2014/30/EU will replace EMC 2004/108/EC as of 20 April 2016
No transition period specified
References
• Legislation
• LVD 2014/35/EU
• EMC 2014/30/EU
• Guidance
• Blue Guide
• Sectoral guidance documents in preparation
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