When on a recent trip to the US I hired a car that had a 115V dashboard-mounted outlet. Not sure if any cars on the EU market offer a similar 230V outlet, but if they do you may also want to look at the Automotive EMC Directive, if you do not want to limit target market.
This Directive has some additional tests and a requirement to use the services of a 'Technical Service' for a decision on whether or not the adapter performs an 'immunity related function'. For an ESA (electronic sub-assembly) such as a power adapter the answer should be no. In this case the LVD/EMCD conformity assessment procedures apply but a reference to Automotive EMC Directive and the standards applied should be referenced on the DoC. Brian McAuliffe From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Mark Schmidt Sent: 15 March 2007 13:31 To: Nick Williams; Mark Gandler Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Legal requirements for selling ac/dc power adapter in EU In addition to Nick's input you will soon need to consider Directive 2005/32/EC on the Eco-design Requirements for Energy-using Products (EuPs. Regards, Mark Schmidt From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Nick Williams Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 4:34 AM To: Mark Gandler Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Legal requirements for selling ac/dc power adapter in EU Neil Barker's reply is spot-on, but overlooks one specific aspect which is now also a legal requirement for any such product in the EU - it will also need to comply with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and WEEE requirements. The WEEE requirements include a specific label. I would also observe that for a voltage adapter sold on its own, parts of EN 61558 may well be the most appropriate standard. As Neil has already said, the choice of standards is dependent on what the unit is used for. You should not automatically assume that EN 60950 is the correct standard just because that's what lots of other people do. Nick. At 22:05 -0600 14/3/07, Mark Gandler wrote: >Dear Group, > Legally speaking ONLY, is there any other LEGAL requirement, besides >CE Mark, to sell power adapter (240AC/12VDC) in EU? >Follow-up question: is where any part in LVD, which will require to >obtain any type of certification for power adapter, such as TUV/GS >Mark? >Is where any other directive/standard, besides LVD/EN60950, required >for power adapters, in order to get CE? > >Thanks, >Mark Gandler > - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
