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Document L Help Print this page. Expand all Collapse all. Title and reference. Languages, formats and link to OJ. Official Journal. Multilingual display. Authentic language. Miscellaneous information. Relationship between documents. Article 2 1. Article 3 The Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that if electrical equipment is of such a nature as to comply with the provisions of Article 2, subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 5, 6, 7 or 8, the free movement thereof within the Community shall not be impeded for reasons of safety.
Article 4 In relation to electrical equipment, the Member States shall ensure that stricter safety requirements than those laid down in Article 2 are not imposed by electricity supply bodies for connection to the grid, or for the supply of electricity to users of electrical equipment.
Article 5 The Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that, in particular, electrical equipment which complies with the safety provisions of harmonised standards shall be regarded by their competent administrative authorities as complying with the provisions of Article 2, for the purposes of placing on the market and free movement as referred to in Articles 2 and 3 respectively.
Article 6 1. Article 7 Where harmonised standards within the meaning of Article 5 or safety provisions published in accordance with Article 6 are not yet in existence, the Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that, for the purpose of placing on the market or free movement as referred to in Articles 2 and 3 respectively, their competent administrative authorities shall also regard as complying with the provisions of Article 2 electrical equipment manufactured in accordance with the safety provisions of the standards in force in the Member State of manufacture, if it ensures a safety level equivalent to that required in their own territory.
Article 8 1. Article 9 1. If, for safety reasons, a Member State prohibits the placing on the market of any electrical equipment or impedes its free movement, it shall immediately inform the other Member States concerned and the Commission, indicating the grounds for its decision and stating in particular: a whether its non-conformity with Article 2 is attributable to a shortcoming in the harmonised standards referred to in Article 5, the provisions referred to in Article 6 or the standards referred to in Article 7; b whether its non-conformity with Article 2 is attributable to faulty application of such standards or publications or to failure to comply with good engineering practice as referred to in that Article.
Article 10 1. Without prejudice to Article 9: a where a Member State establishes that the CE marking has been affixed unduly, the manufacturer or his authorised representative established within the Community shall be obliged to make the electrical equipment comply as regards the provisions concerning the CE marking and to end the infringement under conditions imposed by the Member State; b where non-compliance continues, the Member State shall take all appropriate measures to restrict or prohibit the placing on the market of the electrical equipment in question or to ensure that it is withdrawn from the market in accordance with Article 9.
Article 11 Each Member State shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of the following: a the bodies referred to in Article 5, second paragraph; b the bodies which may make a report in accordance with Article 8 2 or give an opinion in accordance with Article 9; c the publication reference referred to in the second paragraph of Article 5.
Article 12 This Directive shall not apply to electrical equipment intended for export to third countries. Article 13 The Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national laws which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive. Article 15 This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 16 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Strasbourg, 12 December For the Council The President M. General conditions a The essential characteristics, the recognition and observance of which will ensure that electrical equipment will be used safely and in applications for which it was made, shall be marked on the equipment, or, if this is not possible, on an accompanying notice.
Protection against hazards arising from the electrical equipment Measures of a technical nature should be prescribed in accordance with point 1, in order to ensure: a that persons and domestic animals are adequately protected against the danger of physical injury or other harm which might be caused by direct or indirect contact; b that temperatures, arcs or radiation which would cause a danger, are not produced; c that persons, domestic animals and property are adequately protected against non-electrical dangers caused by the electrical equipment which are revealed by experience; d that the insulation must be suitable for foreseeable conditions.
Protection against hazards which may be caused by external influences on the electrical equipment Technical measures are to be laid down in accordance with point 1, in order to ensure: a that the electrical equipment meets the expected mechanical requirements in such a way that persons, domestic animals and property are not endangered; b that the electrical equipment shall be resistant to non-mechanical influences in expected environmental conditions, in such a way that persons, domestic animals and property are not endangered; c that the electrical equipment shall not endanger persons, domestic animals and property in foreseeable conditions of overload.
ANNEX II Equipment and Phenomena outside the Scope of this Directive Electrical equipment for use in an explosive atmosphere Electrical equipment for radiology and medical purposes Electrical parts for goods and passenger lifts Electricity meters Plugs and socket outlets for domestic use Electric fence controllers Radio-electrical interference Specialised electrical equipment, for use on ships, aircraft or railways, which complies with the safety provisions drawn up by international bodies in which the Member States participate.
EC declaration of conformity The EC declaration of conformity must contain the following elements: — name and address of the manufacturer or his authorised representative established within the Community, — a description of the electrical equipment, — reference to the harmonised standards, — where appropriate, references to the specifications with which conformity is declared, — identification of the signatory who has been empowered to enter into commitments on behalf of the manufacturer or his authorised representative established within the Community, — the last two digits of the year in which the CE marking was affixed.
It must include: — a general description of the electrical equipment, — conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and schemes of components, sub-assemblies, circuits, etc. General conditions a. Protection against hazards arising from the electrical equipment Measures of a technical nature should be prescribed in accordance with point 1, in order to ensure: a.
Electrical equipment is not subject to a certification procedure. The GS mark can be obtained for electrical equipment. This merely involved editorial amendments and correction of translation errors.
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