This directive states : - that employers "must obtain and/or use work equipment which, if provided to workers in the undertaking and/or establishment for the first time after 31 December 1992, complies with the provisions of any relevant Community directive which is applicable".
I read this as requiring employers to ensure that "work equipment" used by their employees, must comply with any applicable Community directives, of which the EMC and LVD are surely applicable. I have just managed to find, in my fantastic filing system : ), the UK implementation of the above Directive, namely SI 1992 No. 2932, "The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992", which states : - "Every employer shall ensure that any item of work equipment provided for use in the premises or undertaking of the employer complies with the enactment which implements in Great Britain any of the relevant Community directives listed in Schedule 1 which is applicable to that item of work equipment". Schedule 1 lists among other Directives, the EMC Directive and the LVD. An interesting point is that if employers "must ...use work equipment which ....complies with the provisions of any relevant Community directive which is applicable", there could be an on-going requirement to show the compliance of such work equipment, and there is therefore a problem if the basis of any claim of compliance is to a harmonized standard which has been, or will be, removed from the OJ list. John Crabb, Development Excellence (Product Safety) , NCR Financial Solutions Group Ltd., Kingsway West, Dundee, Scotland. DD2 3XX E-Mail :[email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1382-592289 (direct ). Fax +44 (0)1382-622243. VoicePlus 6-341-2289. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 December 2000 15:18 To: [email protected] Subject: PUWER Directive? Where can I find (.pdf) OJ list of standards used to demonstrate conformance to Provisions and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 89/655/EEC. I cannot fathom the http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index-list.html site, as many times as I've tried getting info. Please help. WmFlanigan ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
