There was a CENELEC document "Information on the links between Products, Directives and Standards in the Electrotechnical Field" issue 1 May 1996 (cost about 125ukp/190usd). This has 3 sections which cross-reference "Directive-Product-Standard" and "Standard-Product-Directive" and "Product-Standard-Directive".
According to this document EN60255 exists but is not "harmonised" (published in OJ) and hence is not directly related to a specific Directive, e.g. EMC or LVD (yet). This document has just been superceded by "The New Approach - Legislation and Standards on the Free Movement of Goods in Europe, 1997" - ISBN 92-9097-564-4, CENELEC order ref. NEWAP-97. I've ordered this, but not seen it yet. The list of EMC standards at http://www2.echo.lu/nasd/ was out-of-date last I looked at it (last week). There's up-to-date EMC standards lists at http://www.rfi.co.uk/wwwrestricted/StdBull_OJ.htm and http://www.cix.co.uk/~approval/emcstan.htm These sites might also have the LVD standards listed (in case the http://www2.echo.lu/nasd/ LVD list is also out-of-date). Hope this is of some help. Alan -------- > On 28th April 97 Chris Wells wrote: > > I have been struggling with the requirements for CE mark > of a "Protective Relay" product line for both the EMC and > LV directives. [snip] > There is a product family standard EN 60255 (supposedly) > published 1993. Until recently I thought that a > document with EN (not pr EN) and with a publish date was > "harmonized". After some discovery effort I have found > the concept of a standard being "Harmonized relative to > a directive". For the EMC directive I understand this to > mean approved by CENELEC and published in the OJ. I > assume there is something similar for the LV directive. [snip] > a competent body related to UL, tells me that > this family standard is not harmonized relative to the > EMC directive and that I should use the Generic EMC > standards instead. Sounds good but I need something to > stand on. What can I use to substantiate this? > How can I verify this on my own without subscribing to > the OJ? What about the LV directive? [snip] > I have found some supporting evidence to this whole > idea of a standard being harmonized to a directive and > have found several lists stating published dates for > EMC and LVD. > > None of the lists have EN60255 "harmonized" for EMC. > However I have found some conflicts relative to the LVD. > A NEMA publication (1995) shows EN60255 listed under LVD > while I*M has a list for harmonized directives that does > not include it. (http://www2.echo.lu/nasd/). > > My boss and I are hoping to resolve these issues down > to a fundamental reference. Does the OJ publish a list > for the different directives? [snip] -- Alan Hudson Marconi Simulation (Scotland, UK) mailto:[email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------------
