Nick, Agreed it is not yet a done deal and the UK does have one or two other Member States on its side. However, unless significantly more Member States (and certain parts of industry I may add) come over to the UK way of looking at things, then it seems highly likely that the output document from the existing Commission working group will have the lower voltage limits. Of course, there are many more procedures to be gone through before the draft that is presently being discussed between the Commission and certain other interested parties sees its way into the Official Journal as a Directive (whether that be an amendment or a replacement for 73/23/EEC - TBD still). The Parliament and various other EU bodies have to have their say and so change is certainly possible. Also, once the Directive has been published there will be a period for Member States to amend their existing national legislation to bring it into line with the new version. So 'soon' is unlikely to be less than 2 1/2 years and could easily be 5 years or even longer. Therefore, many consumer products will have been placed on the market, retired and their successors also withdrawn from the market before those companies have to start worrying about complying with the amended LVD. Of course, if you make products with a very long lifetime (then about now may be time to start planning for what may happen in the future). But don't take my word for it, speak to the DTI or the Commission yourself! Richard Hughes Safety Answers Ltd.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 6:43 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: CE without LVD? The removal of the lower voltage limits from the definition of the LVD scope is not yet a 'done deal'. In particular, the official UK position is that the costs to industry which would result from this change would outweigh the benefits and so our current position (as of 30 May 2003) is that we oppose the change. Rgds Nick. "Opinions of the author do not necessarily reflect those of the UK Government, and vice versa." :-) At 10:26 -0700 27/6/03, Cereceres, David wrote: >Mr. Nute, >In regards to your suggestions below, would it not be wise to take into >consideration the future plans of the LVD? My understanding is that the LVD >will soon be called the EPSD. Part of this change will encompass what is >referred as "No Risk" / "Low Risk" equipment. Would it be safe to say that >the current definition of equipment designed for use with a voltage rating >of 50-1000 V ac will change to equipment for use with a voltage rating of >0-1000V ac? > >the opinions of this group are always appreciated, > >David Cereceres >Safety Engineer >Pelco > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc <http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc> This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
