When will EN60825-1:2014 become exclusive harmonized standard for safety of laser products in Europe?
In the EU published the harmonized standards listing for the Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC on 8 April 2016, the EN60825-1:2014 appeared in the listing alone with a date of withdrawal of 19 June 2017. But then a new harmonized standards listing was published on 8 September 2017 for the recast Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, and it lists two revisions of the EN60825-1 (one revision dated 2007 and the other 2014). This time, there is no date of withdrawal for conflicting superseded standard published for EN60825-1:2014. As a result, it appears that a manufacturer can continue to use either revision of the standard forever. Am I correct that a manufacturer can choose either EN60825-1:2007 or EN60825-1:2014 to support compliance with the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU . seemingly forever? Has EU expressed any intent to eventually mandate transitioning to EN60825-1:2014? Thanks. Monrad Monsen NOTE: All opinions expressed in this email are wholly my own and are not necessarily those of any company I work for. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <emc-p...@ieee.org> 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 <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
