Steve Baldwin wrote: > In reviewing the list of harmonized standards for the new Machinery > Directive, there are no CENELEC > standards listed, e.g. 60204-1, 62061. Does anyone know if/when a CENELEC > list will be published? Steve raises a good question. Further, there are several CENstandards that are no longer listed either. For example, EN 1010-1 /2/3/4/5, "Safety of machinery — Safety requirements for the design and construction of printing and paper converting machines". (NOT to be confused with EN 61010-1.) I am wondering if this is because they reference EN 954-1:1996 and have not yet been updated? Meanwhile, I wrote on Sept 11th that it had been widely reported, but not confirmed, that the EU commission had accepted the CEN proposal to extend the date of cessation of presumption of conformity of EN 954-1:1996 until the end of 2012. THESE REPORTS HAVE NOW BEEN AUTHORITATIVELY CONTRADICTED. (By the way, this discussion of dates of cessation of presumption of conformity only affects the European standards, EN954-1 and ENISO 13849-1. Internationalstandard ISO13849-1 is obviously controlled by ISO and not by CEN or the EU. The current edition of ISO 13849-1 is 2006, essentially identical to EN ISO 13849-1 : 2008.) At this point the possibility of an extension of the transition from EN 954-1 to EN ISO 13849-1 remains controversial, confused and IMHO somewhat unlikely. (There's been approx 3 years transition period already.) If I were still a manufacturer, I would not want to wait until Dec 29th to find out if I could still ship my product using EN 954-1! Could we imagine some compromise to clarify the situation of standards such as EN 1010-1, and perhaps allow those to live on for a while? In other words, if your product has a Type C standard that has not been revised yet, you still should have your "3 years" to transition. But if you have been basing compliance only on generic standards such as EN 954-1, you have had 3 years to "get with it", so "enough already, and quit with the whining". [The EU Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry may well use different wording to express this sentiment.] The reports of an extension were based on an email sent earlier this month (3rd Sept) by a CEN employee. However, the EU Commission never confirmed the report, and in the last few days, the same CEN employee, Marie Poidevin, has written,
> "We have been informed today by the European Commission [...] that contrary > to what was expressed in > my previous message sent on the 3rd of September, EN 954-1 will not give > presumption of conformity > to the new MD 2006/42/EC until further notice. > "Indeed, due to discussions following the announcement made below, the EC > wishes to gather experts’ > views and, therefore, this issue will be discussed at the next Machinery > Working group to be held on > the 7-8th December." 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]>
