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I am seeking to gain insight into requirements under the European LVD directive to component part used within multimedia products during the transition from 60950-1 to 62368-1. Given our understanding that Multimedia products falling under the scope of EN 62368-1:2014 and intended to be placed on the European market after Dec 20, 2020 can make use of a component power supply certified to requirements of EN 60950-1 as permitted under Clause 4.1.1 of EN62368-1 which indicates: "Components and subassemblies that comply with IEC 60950-1 or IEC 60065 are acceptable as part of equipment covered by this standard without further evaluation other than to give consideration to the appropriate use of the component or subassembly in the end-product." the status and declaration requirements of a replacement component part such as a component power supply after the 62368-1 DOW date is not in our view well defined. I have reviewed EU guidance document The 'Blue Guide' on the implementation of EU product rules 2016" in an effort to gain insight into how harmonized standards are apply with respect to service or replacement parts under the LVD. Reading section "WHEN DOES UNION HARMONISATION LEGISLATION ON PRODUCTS APPLY?" would seem to imply that harmonized standards do not apply to replacement parts since servicing and repair activity are not within scope. The Machinery directive is more definitive indicated that spare and replacement parts are excluded from the scope of this Directive under Article 1, clause 2(a): "2. The following are excluded from the scope of this Directive: 1. safety components intended to be used as spare parts to replace identical components and supplied by the manufacturer of the original machinery;" Considering the foreseeable case where a replacement component power supply original CE marked and conforming to EN60950-1 needs to be imported to service 62368-1 conforming equipment after the 2020 DOW date, what supporting materials would be expected? >From the guidance documents it does appear that replacement parts fall outside >the scope of the directive. I am interested in any members insight or >experience managing replacement parts under the CE rules and whether authorities recognize and accepted a statement of exemption for replacement parts. [cid:[email protected]] Donald McElheran Product Compliance Specialist Ross Video | Production Technology Experts [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.rossvideo.com<http://www.rossvideo.com/> T +1 (613) 652-3011 M +1 (613) 867-3943 ---------------------------------------------- This e-mail and any attachments may contain information that is confidential to Ross Video. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify me immediately by replying to this message. Please also delete all copies. Thank you. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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]>
