The quote from IEC 60950-1 states "... instructions and equipment marking related to safety..."
Note the restriction to just those related to SAFETY. To avoid the requirement for multi-lingual instructions and markings, design the equipment such that it does not need such instructions and markings. This isn't hard to do. Go through the standard looking for markings that are required for your equipment. There aren't very many. Then, see what you can do with the product design such that the markings are not required. Richard Nute Product Safety Consultant San Diego ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Eckert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 7:59 AM Subject: RE: Language of safety instructions I can't give you a reference from EN 61010 or EN 60825-1 , but I can approach the issue from a different direction. IEC 60950-1 section 1.7.2.1 covers general information for safety instructions and marking for ITE. Note 4 in particular indicates that Germany requires the translation of safety related instructions for both the user and service personnel. NOTE 3 In many countries, instructions and equipment marking related to safety are required to be in a language that is acceptable in the country in which the equipment is to be installed. Servicing instructions are normally made available only to SERVICE PERSONS and are generally acceptable in the English language only. NOTE 4 In Germany, safety-related information, even for SERVICE PERSONS, has to be in the German language. This does indicate that some countries, and Germany in particular, do require translations. These national laws likely apply to all products and not ITE alone. Ted Eckert Compliance Engineer Microsoft Corporation [email protected] The opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kim Boll Jensen Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:31 AM To: EMC PSTC Subject: Language of safety instructions Hi all We have been met with requirements from Germany that all safety information shall be in German, or else the CE marking is invalid. The product is a laser product under the following standards; EN 60825 and EN 61010. None of these standards have any requirements like this. Is there a specific German requirements and what does it include. Are there any other countries with same kind of requirements? Best regards, Mr. Kim Boll Jensen Bolls Rådgivning Ved Gadekæret 11F DK-3660 Stenløse Phone: +45 48 18 35 66 [email protected] www.bolls.dk - 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]>
