List of New Approach Directives
Let us help you to select the applicable directives and standards for your product.
The following list of directives exist per date of december 2012 :
- Directive 2006/95/EC Low Voltage / LVD / Electrical safety
- Directive 2009/105/EC Simple Pressure Vessels
- Directive 2009/48/EC Safety of toys
- Directive 89/106/EC Construction products
- Directive 2004/108/EC Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC)
- Directive 2006/42 EC Machinery
- Directive 89/686/EC Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Directive 2009/23/EC Non-automatic weighing
- Directive 90/385/EC Active implantable medical devices
- Directive 2009/142/EC Appliances burning gaseous fuels
- Directive 99/5/EC Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
- Directive 92/42/EC New hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels
- Directive 93/15/EC Explosives for civil uses
- Directive 93/42/EC Medical devices
- Directive 94/9/EC Equipment explosive atmosphere (ATEX)
- Directive 94/25/EC Recreational craft Directive 95/16/EC Lifts
- Directive 2000/9/EC Cableway installations
- (EC) 1907/2006 Reach (Chemical Substances)
- (EC) 1223/2009 Cosmetics
- Directive 92/42/EC Ecodesign of Hot-water boilers
- Directive 2010/30/EU Ecodesign and energy labelling
- Directive 95/16/EC Lifts
- Directive 2004/22/EC Measuring Instruments (MID)
- Directive 94/62/EC Packaging and Packaging waste
- Directive 2007/23/EC Pyrotechnic articles
- Directive 2008/57/EC Rail system: interoperability
- Directive 2011/65/EC Restriction of the use of hazardous substances (RoHS)
- Directive 2009/48/EC Toys safety
The system of ce marking is governed by the ce marking directive
Directives especially for larger categories of electric and electronic equipment and within the scope of ce-test are:
Electrical Safety (Low Voltage Directive) (2006/95/EC)
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) (2004/108/EC)
Medical Devices Directory (MDD) (93/42/EC)
Radio & Telecommunications terminal Equipment (R&TTE) (99/5/EC)
All of these directives are of the so-called new approach type which means that their requirements are not expressed in terms of limits and tests to be performed, but in terms of:
Essential requirements
Essential requirements are no specific directions. They describe the desired result of the directives application in global terms.
In the case of the EMC-directive this is done by stating that all equipment should be able to perform satisfactorily in their EM-environment. This means that requirements must be met for both emission and susceptibility as equipment creates EM interference, and must reside in EM interference (or wanted field) from other equipment.
The details of limits and test methods are left over to the market, by means of European Standards to be applied. Most European standards are based on publications from the IEC (International Electronic Committee), adapted and/or modified by the CENELEC, and translated by the member states to be used in the respective countries. Standardization Institutes in the member state take care of their translation and distribution.
Committees in the member states contribute and finally vote for (or against) the resulting standards.ce-test is an active voting member of the Dutch National Voting committee for EMC, therefore we can provide our customers with the newest information about upcoming EMC standards.
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