Document ID: OSHA-2008-0032-0010
Agency: osha
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2008-10-20T04:00Z

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Overview  

  

Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/index.htm"  LVD
overview 

Legislation 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/direct/text.htm" 
Directive 2006/95/EC  

Guidelines on application and Recommendations 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/opinions.htm" 
Commission opinions  

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 Electromagnetic Fields  

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/direct/review.htm" 
Revision of the LVD  

Standardisation 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/stand.htm"  LVD
standardisation  

Contact points 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/contactpoint.htm" 
LVD contact points  

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Notified Bodies  

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/struct.htm"  Working
structure  

  

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/emc/index.htm" 
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)  

  

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/legislat.htm" 
Additional EU legislation affecting electrical products  

  

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/engin/study.htm" 
Competitiveness  

  

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/internat.htm" 
International  

  

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/archive.htm"  Archive  

 	Guidelines on application and Recommendations

 

These Guidelines on the application of Directive 2006/95/EC (Electrical
Equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits) - August 2007
- have been put together by the European Commission services and other
stakeholders (industry, national authorities, standardisation and other
bodies) to assist in the smooth and level application of the provisions
of the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 2006/95/EC. They are not law and do
not take away the relevant responsibilities provided for, but explain in
an understandable way various elements of the Directive.

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/guides/chap0.htm" 
Foreword 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/guides/chap1.htm" 
I. Introduction 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/guides/chap2.htm" 
II. The "Low Voltage" Directive 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/guides/chap3.htm" 
III. Scope of the "Low Voltage" Directive 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/guides/chap4.htm" 
IV. Safety requirements for placing on the EU market electrical
equipment covered by the "Low Voltage" Directive 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/guides/chap5.htm" 
V. Conformity Assessment Procedures under the "Low Voltage" Directive 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/guides/chap6.htm" 
VI. Relationship between the "Low Voltage" Directive and certain other
Community Directives 

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"http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/guides/chapx.htm" 
Annexes 

 

 

 has been confirmed during the LVD-Working party meeting on 17 April
2007.

 

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"http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/615&forma
t=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en" \t "_blank"  press release
21/04/2008 ).

 

Declaration of the LVD ADCO Group

At the18th meeting of the LVD Administrative Co-operation working group
(ADCO) in Brussels on the 14th November 2006 the following was
unanimously agreed by the Member States present:

 represents the basis for good engineering practice in Europe in
relation to the safety matters for such products.

- The recommendations shall be applied with effect six months from the
publication of this Declaration.

- The maximum erythemal-weighted irradiance should not exceed 11 SED/h
(0.3 W/m2).

Published on 22 January 2007

The LVD ADCO is an independent Working Group run and chaired by the
Member States. The Group is a forum for co-operation and exchange of
information between national market surveillance authorities. The above
Declaration has been placed onto the Europa website at the request of
the LVD ADCO Chair. The European Commission has agreed to this request
in order to ensure that all interested parties are aware of this
development.

Source:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/lv/guides/index.htm