Hi Folks
I am sure that Richard Woods will respond to the requests for
clarification, but my reading of it is this:
a) The Commission wants a clear definition from CENELEC of the existing LVD
standards that can be also be considered to ensure compliance with the
safety requirements of the R&TTE Directive, especially for equipment which
operates at below 50Vac/75Vdc.
That list is given in the email (and the BT attachment) and it will be
submitted unless any of the national or CENELEC TC's object by 31 March
2000.
b) No separate list of separate safety standards will be included in the
(presumably soon to be issued) OJ list of R&TTE Directive standards. There
will simply be some form of cross-reference in the latter to the acceptable
standards listed for the LVD.
c) Other issues may come up in future (e.g. alarm systems connected to
telecomms circuits and thus subject to the R&TTE Directive, and for which
separate EN's already exist) but these will be dealt separately as
required.
d) EMC standards issues will also be dealt with separately.
Anyone else like to have a shot at it?
John Allen
Racal Defence Electronics Ltd
Bracknell
UK
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Subject: Re[2]: CENELEC Central Secretariat enquiry on LVD standards
AND PREFERABLY IN ENGLISH!!
Tony Reynolds
Pitney Bowes Ltd
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Date: 14/03/00 11:13
Richard,
Can you or someone else please put this in layperson's terms?
Scott
s_doug...@ecrm.com
ECRM Incorporated
Tewksbury, MA USA
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Subject: Central Secretariat enquiry on LVD standards and their link to
the R&TTE Directive
This message is addressed to all National Committees
with cc to all Permanent Delegates, the Chairmen and Secretaries of CLC/TC
74,
TC 76, TC 79, TC 92, TC 209 and the Reporting Secretariat of IEC/TC 103.
Dear Madam, dear Sir,
On 2000-03-02 an informal EC/CENELEC/ETSI meeting was held concerning the
R&TTE
Directive (R&TTED) and its relation to the LVD and the EMC Directive
(EMCD).
The outcome of this meeting was considered as document BT(Bxl/SG)1087
(attached)
by 103 BT which led to the following decisions:
D103/181 BT noted the outcome of the EC/CENELEC/ETSI information meeting
of
2000-03-02, concerning the R&TTE Directive and its relation to the
LVD
and the EMC Directive.
D103/182 BT invited CS to arrange a procedure in writing (with deadline
2000-03-31) on the suitability of the identified standards from TC
74,
TC 76, TC 92, TC 209 and SR 103 as harmonised standards under the
R&TTE
Directive (for products falling outside the LVD scope) in view of
subsequent information towards the Commission.
You will read that, as there are no specific requirements for the R&TTED,
additional to the LVD, this means that the LVD standards will be "taken
over" by
the R&TTED (by means of a reference in the OJEC). There are however two
issues
linked to the R&TTED and this in the voltage range 0 V to 50 V AC/75 V DC
(outside the LVD scope) i.e.:
the use of the existing LVD standards in this range as harmonised
standard
under the R&TTED
the possible preparation (following a future mandate) of some specific
harmonised standards (e.g. for alarm systems) for the R&TTE Directive
This Central Secretariat enquiry, in accordance with D103/182, deals with
the
first type of standards.
>From the report on the EC/CENELEC/ETSI meeting and the subsequent 103 BT
decisions, you will understand that it is of utmost importance for CENELEC
to
send a confirmation to the EC that identified standards, listed under the
LVD
can also be used under the R&TTED, including for the lower voltage range.
Together with ETSI and after consultation with the Chairmen/Secretaries of
the
relevant CENELEC technical bodies, we have identified following standards
which
would fall into this context:
EN 60950 "Safety of information technology equipment, including
electrical
business equipment"
EN 60065 "Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus:
Safety
requirements"
EN 60825 "Safety of laser products"
"Part 1: Equipment classification, requirements and user's
guide"
"Part 2: Safety of optical fibre communications systems"
EN 41003 "Particular safety requirements for equipment to be
connected to
telecommunications networks"
EN 60215 "Safety requirements for radio transmitting equipment"
EN 50083-1 "Cabled distribution systems for television and sound
signals.
Part 1: Safety requirements"
Unless advice to the contrary from your side by 2000-03-31 at the latest,
we
shall inform the Commission that these standards can also be used for the
R&TTED
in the lower voltage range.
Yours faithfully,
J.-P. Vetsuypens
Division Manager
Programming and technical co-ordination
(See attached file: 553bxl1087.doc)
<<Lotus Manuscript 1.0>>
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