A seasonal present from the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission, published in Official Journal of the EU on Dec 18th.
MD 2006/42/EC: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:309:0029:0065:EN:PDF PED 97/23/EC: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:309:0066:0079:EN:PDF Regarding the MD list, as Doug reported yesterday, it still does not include EN 954-1. (Another OJ publication is expected on December 29th. And I thought I was leaving my Xmas shopping late.) EN ISO 13849-1 (2008/AC:2009) is listed, as is EN 61800-5-2 (2007) [for drives]. There are very few CENELEC (EN 6xxxx) standards listed. Presumably Cenelec is still working on the process of reviewing and updating for compatibility with the new MD. Notable omisions include EN 60204-1 and EN 62061. (Does anyone have any information about schedule for listing the "missing" standards in the OJ - those that were listed for 98/37/EC but not for 2006/42/EC?) So, if EN 60204-1 does not give "presumption of conformity" to the new MD, should we be using hydraulic power or steam until CENELEC has a standard for this new-fangled electrical machinery?! Back to the future. Well no, in fact, per Cenelec website, there is EN 60204-1:2006+A1:2009 which is related to 2006/42/EC. It just isn't yet listed in the OJ. Last week's list is only 37 pages, the old list was 57 pages; albeit there was some dead wood in the old list that may account for some of the differences. EN 1010-1 and EN 1010-2 are not listed. I have not had time to go through the list to see what else is missing. Still, at last we actually have many of the machinery standards (esp. Type C) that were valid for 98/37/EC officially listed for 2006/42/EC. Until last week we just had the few that were listed in September. HOWEVER, a huge number - most - are either new 2009 editions, or at least have a 2009 amendment. I presume that in most cases, the amendment is just to reference the new MD but maybe some will have technical changes required to address the new MD. Does anyone have any information about this? It would be nice if CEN & Cenelec were to publish list of any standards that actually have had "real" changes. It would be very expensive for manufacturers to buy a set of new standards just to see a few lines have changed in Annex ZZ. Effective last Friday, anyone are signing a DoC or DoI to the new directive, the versions to use are those in the new list. (And if you are still using 98/37/EC, better hurry up!) Regards, Glyn Garside - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.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 <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]>
