COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/405

of 3 March 2022

amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1956 as regards harmonised standards for cover plates and cover tapes, luminaires, electrical accessories, powertrack systems, circuit breakers, electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use, and resistance welding equipment

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and in particular Article 10(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), electrical equipment which is in conformity with harmonised standards or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, is to be presumed to be in conformity with the safety objectives referred to in Article 3 of that Directive and set out in Annex I to that Directive, covered by those harmonised standards or parts thereof.

(2) By letter M/511 of 8 November 2012, the Commission made a request to the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for providing the first full list of the titles of harmonised standards and for the drafting, revision and the completion of harmonised standards, for electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits in support of Directive 2014/35/EU. The safety objectives referred to in Article 3 of Directive 2014/35/EU and set out in Annex I to that Directive have not changed since the request was made to CEN, Cenelec and ETSI.

(3) On the basis of the request M/511, CEN and Cenelec drafted the harmonised standard, EN IEC 61010-2-034:2021 and its amendment EN IEC 61010-2-034:2021/A11:2021 for safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use.

(4) On the basis of the request M/511, CEN and Cenelec revised and amended the following harmonised standards, the references of which are published by Commission Communication (2016/C 249/03) (3): EN 50520:2009 for cover plates and cover tapes, EN 60898-2:2006 for circuit-breakers for a.c. and d.c. operation, EN 61010-2-051:2015 for laboratory equipment for mixing and stirring and EN 61010-2-030:2010 for equipment having testing or measuring circuits. This resulted in the adoption of the following harmonised standards and amendments: EN 50520:2020 and EN 50520:2020/A1:2021; EN 60898-2:2021; EN IEC 61010-2-051:2021 and EN IEC 61010-2-051:2021/A11:2021; and EN IEC 61010-2-030:2021 and EN IEC 61010-2-030:2021/A11:2021. On the basis of that request CEN and Cenelec also revised harmonised standard EN 61010-2-061:2015 for laboratory atomic spectrometers with thermal atomization and ionization, reference of which is published by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1956 (4). This resulted in the adoption of the standard EN IEC 61010-2-061:2021 and its amendment EN IEC 61010-2-061:2021/A11:2021.

(5) On the basis of the request M/511, CEN and Cenelec also amended and corrected the following harmonised standards, the references of which are published by Commission Communication (2016/C 249/03): EN 60598-2-13:2006 as amended by EN 60598-2-13:2006/A1:2012 and as corrected by EN 60598-2-13:2006/AC:2006 for ground recessed luminaires; EN 61534-1:2011 as amended by EN 61534-1:2011/A1:2014 for powertrack systems; EN 61534-21:2014 for powertrack systems; EN 61534-22:2014 for powertrack systems; and EN 62135-1:2015 for resistance welding equipment. This resulted in the adoption of the following amending harmonised standards and a correction: EN 60598-2-13:2006/A11:2021; EN 61534-1:2011/A11:2021; EN 61534-1:2011/A2:2021; EN 61534-21:2014/A11:2021; EN 61534-21:2014/A1:2021; EN 61534-22:2014/A11:2021; EN 61534-22:2014/A1:2021; and EN 62135-1:2015/AC:2016.

(6) The Commission, together with CEN and Cenelec, has assessed whether those harmonised standards and amendments and corrections thereto comply with the request M/511.

(7) Harmonised standards EN IEC 61010-2-034:2021 as amended by EN IEC 61010-2-034:2021/A11:2021; EN 50520:2020 as amended by EN 50520:2020/A1:2021; EN 60898-2:2021; EN IEC 61010-2-051:2021 as amended by EN IEC 61010-2-051:2021/A11:2021; EN IEC 61010-2-061:2021 as amended by EN IEC 61010-2-061:2021/A11:2021; EN IEC 61010-2-030:2021 as amended by EN IEC 61010-2-030:2021/A11:2021; EN 60598-2-13:2006 as amended by EN 60598-2-13:2006/A1:2012 and EN 60598-2-13:2006/A11:2021 and as corrected by EN 60598-2-13:2006/AC:2006; EN 61534-1:2011 as amended by EN 61534-1:2011/A1:2014, EN 61534-1:2011/A11:2021 and EN 61534-1:2011/A2:2021; EN 61534-21:2014 as amended by EN 61534-21:2014/A11:2021 and EN 61534-21:2014/A1:2021; EN 61534-22:2014 as amended by EN 61534-22:2014/A11:2021 and EN 61534-22:2014/A1:2021; and EN 62135-1:2015 as corrected by EN 62135-1:2015/AC:2016 satisfy the safety objectives which they aim to cover and which are set out in Directive 2014/35/EU. It is therefore appropriate to publish the references of those standards, and of the amendments and corrections thereto in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(8) Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1956 provides in its Annex I the references of harmonised standards conferring a presumption of conformity with Directive 2014/35/EU. In order to ensure that the references of harmonised standards drafted in support of Directive 2014/35/EU are listed in one act, the references of those standards should be included in that Annex.

(9) It is therefore necessary to withdraw the references of the following harmonised standards together with the references of any amending or correcting standards thereto published in the Official Journal of the European Union: EN 50520:2009; EN 60898-2:2006; EN 61010-2-051:2015; EN 61010-2-061:2015; EN 61010-2-030:2010; EN 60598-2-13:2006; EN 61534-1:2011; EN 61534-21:2014; EN 61534-22:2014 and EN 62135-1:2015.

(10) Annex II to Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1956 lists the references of harmonised standards drafted in support of Directive 2014/35/EU that are withdrawn from the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union. It is therefore appropriate to include those references in that Annex. However, given that reference of harmonised standard EN 61010-2-061:2015 is published in Annex IB to Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1956, it is necessary to delete that reference from that Annex.

(11) In order to give manufacturers sufficient time to prepare for application of harmonised standards EN 50520:2020 as amended by EN 50520:2020/A1:2021; EN 60898-2:2021; EN IEC 61010-2-051:2021 as amended by EN IEC 61010-2-051:2021/A11:2021; EN IEC 61010-2-061:2021 as amended by EN IEC 61010-2-061:2021/A11:2021; EN IEC 61010-2-030:2021 as amended by EN IEC 61010-2-030:2021/A11:2021; EN 60598-2-13:2006 as amended by EN 60598-2-13:2006/A1:2012 and EN 60598-2-13:2006/A11:2021 and as corrected by EN 60598-2-13:2006/AC:2006; EN 61534-1:2011 as amended by EN 61534-1:2011/A1:2014, EN 61534-1:2011/A11:2021 and EN 61534-1:2011/A2:2021; EN 61534-21:2014 as amended by EN 61534-21:2014/A11:2021 and EN 61534-21:2014/A1:2021; EN 61534-22:2014 as amended by EN 61534-22:2014/A11:2021 and EN 61534-22:2014/A1:2021 and EN 62135-1:2015 as corrected by EN 62135-1:2015/AC:2016, it is necessary to defer the withdrawal of the references of the following harmonised standards together with the references of any amending or correcting standards: EN 50520:2009; EN 60898-2:2006; EN 61010-2-051:2015; EN 61010-2-061:2015; EN 61010-2-030:2010; EN 60598-2-13:2006; EN 61534-1:2011; EN 61534-21:2014; EN 61534-22:2014 and EN 62135-1:2015.

(12) Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1956 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(13) Compliance with a harmonised standard confers a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements, including the safety objectives, set out in Union harmonisation legislation from the date of publication of the reference of such standard in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision should therefore enter into force on the day of its publication,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1956 is amended as follows: (a) Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision; (b) Annex IB is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision; (c) Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Decision.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Article 1, point (b), shall apply from 10 September 2023.

Done at Brussels, 3 March 2022. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12.

(2) Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 357).

(3) Commission Communication (2016/C 249/03) in the framework of the implementation of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (OJ C 249, 8.7.2016, p. 62).

(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1956 of 26 November 2019 on the harmonised standards for electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits and drafted in support of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 306, 27.11.2019, p. 26).