The following was published yesterday by CENELEC:
PRESS RELEASE 12 October 2000
CENELEC HAS JUST RATIFIED ESSENTIAL CHANGES TO ITS STANDARDS COVERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY
Industry has been lobbying for a long time for publication of essential
changes to EN 61000-3-2 which gives a presumption of conformity to the EMC
Directive. At its Technical Board meeting on the 4th October, the necessary
amendment was ratified for publication by the end of the year.
During its meeting in Lucerne (October 3-5), the 105th CENELEC Technical
Board ratified the amendment A14 to the standard EN 61000-3-2:1995
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) Part 3-2: Limits Limits for
harmonic current emissions (equipment input current up to and including 16A
per phase).
The following implementation dates were fixed:
Date of ratification: 2000-10-03
Date of announcement: 2000-12-01
Date of publication: 2001-01-01
Date of withdrawal: 2004-01-01
The rapid availability of EN 61000-3-2:1995/A14 to the National Committees
will be ensured as well as the urgent transmission of the EN reference to
the European Commission for immediate publication in the Official Journal
under the heading of the EMC Directive.
With the present decision, it is ensured that from the first of January 2001
the relevant products will have the possibility of choice to benefit from
the presumption of conformity to the essential requirements of the EMC
Directive by complying either with the specifications laid down in the EN,
or those of the EN as modified by its amendment 14 and this up to the first
of January 2004. After this date only the latter configuration will apply.
This will be welcomed by many industrial circles and manufacturers
associations.
CENELEC, (the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization), has
the institutional responsibility and authority in application of the
European Commission Directive 98/34/EC for proposing, adopting and editing
the European electrotechnical standards for products and services brought on
the European Market. CENELEC adopts the required standards, in co-operation
with the IEC, ETSI and CEN. CENELEC also seeks to co-ordinate voluntary
certification and testing schemes for electrotechnology. CENELEC
deliverables are European Standards (EN), Harmonization Documents (HD), or
European Pre-Standards (ENV), Reports and European Specification (ES). When
European standards deviate from International standards, they do so via
common modifications. These achievements create a unified and open market
for the whole world.
Ends
Regards,
Gert Gremmen, (Ing)
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