John,
Others have provided the URL to download the latest draft of the LVD, as
discussed during a Commission meeting in late October. The next iteration of
draft text is not yet available.
Still under discussion is the process of how to cover low risk products (e.g.
battery powered watches, musical greeting cards, etc.).
I understand that the Commission are planning a 'workshop' to explain to
interested parties the status of the LVD revision some time during March 2004.
This will almost certainly be held in Brussels.
The next stage is for the Commission to input their document to the
'co-decision' process, which is where both the European Parliament and the
Council of Ministers get to have their say and agree any modifications to the
Commission's text. Once the Directive has been agreed and published there
will be a transition period to enable the individual Member States to amend
their national laws to implement this directive.
The upshot of this is that it will not be necessary to comply with the revised
LVD for at least two years and probably more - depending on the {yet to be
determined} transition date and the length of time taken to get through the
co-decision process.
Regards,
Richard Hughes
Safety Answers Limited
In a message dated 05/11/2003 22:53:19 GMT Standard Time, [email protected]
writes:
Hello Everyone,
I have read on this list and have been told by TUV that the lower limits for
the voltages of products which fall under the Low Voltage Directive may be
eliminated so that low voltage products would now fall under that directive.
On the Europa website I read an LVD Working Document, dated 7/13/01, that
there were two proposals:
1. Delete the lower limit and introduce risk assessment similar to the
Machinery Directive........
2. Leave the limits as is but add an annex to include certain low voltage
products, lighting system, household appliances, TV/Radio etc....
I found a Working Guide for the LVD dated 3/7/02 which showed that there are
countries which favor one or the other proposal while the UK favored no
change..
Does anyone have any new information or can point me in the direction which
would give me a more recent an update of this proposal? I am very interested
in where this proposal is heading..............
Thanks in advance for your help..........
Regards,
John Tyra
Product Safety and Regulatory Compliance Manager
