Harmonized Standards

(for use with the LV directive 2006/95/EC)

Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonization of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits

Directive 73/23/EC has been superseded by 2006/95/EC. References to 73/23/EC are legally equal to those to 2006/95/EC

While this list contains a large number of standards for many different products and product families, in many cases a suitable (electrical safety)  standard cannot be found in this list.

In these cases one may decide to choose an alternative National - or International standard instead. The selected standard should however, be meant to be used in electrical safety assessment procedures for equipment, and not be used as a replacement for an more suitable harmonized standard.

In practice, the list of Harmonized standards will be best suited for your product.

List of publications of harmonized standards with the EMC -directive

The standards in this list have priority in their application above national standards and other international standards.

• List of harmonized standards for application with 73/23/EC (C57 / 03-2002)
• List of harmonized standards for application with 73/23/EC (C317 / 12-2002)
• List of harmonized standards for application with 2006/95/EC (C221/ 08-2008)
• List of harmonized standards for application with 2006/95/EC (C126/ 06-2009) NEWEST

Some popular harmonized standards for Electrical Safety

Standards are published by the International Standardization Bodies such as CENELEC, CEB ISO, ETSI and/or IEC . All Harmonized standards are designated as so by CENELEC, CEN or ETSI and then published in the OJ.

• EN 60950  Information Processing Equipment

• EN 610601  Medical Safety Standard

• EN 61010  Laboratory and Test Equipment

• EN 60335  House Hold equipment and Tools

What is Electrical Safety testing about ?

Electrical safety testing is about creating  proof of safety of the construction of an electrical apparatus, build using proven safe or safely applied components, where at least two barriers of safety between any available hazard and operator can be shown to be present. Hazards taken into consideration are electrical shock, heat, fire, radiation and other hazards. The directive is applicable for products having defined voltage limits at an in- or output.

Some tests to be carried out

• Insulation properties matching with voltages applied,
• Grounding quality (where applicable),
• Generated heat related to accessible parts,
• Propagation of fire properties,
• Leakage current to operator,
• Enumeration of safety certificates of safety critical components,
• Single fault testing.

Testing services

ce-test provides testing services to most safety standards for electrical/electronic equipment, both household , radio, medical and laboratory equipment.

ce-test, qualified testing bv | rotterdam | the netherlands | +31 10 4152426 | cetest@cetest.nl

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