THE SCOPE OF VARIOUS DIRECTIVES RELEVANT FOR
ELECTROTECHNICAL PRODUCTS EXPLAINED 04.10.2011
Overview
Low Voltage Directive (LVD)
Directive on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Directive on restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS)
Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (R&TTE)
Directive on ecoconception of energy related products (ErP)
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Overview
Low Voltage Directive (LVD)
Directive on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Directive on restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS)
Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (R&TTE)
Directive on ecoconception of energy related products (ErP)
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Low Voltage Directive
Title
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Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws
of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for
use within certain voltage limits
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Low Voltage Directive
Scope
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Electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating [50 – 1000] Volt AC
or [75 – 1500] Volt DC
Not covered :
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Equipment mentioned in Annex II
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Electrical equipment for use in explosive atmospheres
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Electrical equipment for radiology and medical purposes
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Electrical parts for goods and passenger lifts
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Electricity meters
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Plugs and socket outlets for domestic use
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Electric fence controllers
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Specialised electrical equipment for use on ships, aircraft or railways
LVD does not apply to electrical installations (Installation rules are not subject of EU
harmonised legislation)
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Low Voltage Directive
Essential requirements
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Electrical equipment constructed in accordance with good engineering practice
Electrical equipment does not endanger the safety of persons, domestic
animals or property when properly installed.
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Principle elements of the safety objectives (Annex I) :
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General conditions (indication of the manufacturer, instructions for use)
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Protection against hazards arising from the technical equipment (physical injury or other
harm, e.g. temperature, arcs, radiation, non-electrical hazards)
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Protection against hazards caused by external influences on the electrical equipment
(e.g. mechanical or non-mechanical influences, overload, functional safety)
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Low Voltage Directive
Conformity assessment procedure
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Internal production control
❙ Procedure whereby the manufacturer ensures and declares
that the electrical equipment satisfies the requirements of the
Directive (Module A)
❙ Technical documentation
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General description of equipment, conceptual design and manufacturing drawings,
descriptions and explanations to understand these, list of standards applied in full or in part,
results of design calculations, test reports
EC declaration of conformity
CE marking
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Low Voltage Directive
Standardisation
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Large system of European electrotechnical standards based on international
standards ( > 600)
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Example : EN 60950-1 “Information technology equipment – Safety – Part 1 :
General requirements”
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Reduction of risk of injury or damage due to
❙ Electric shock
❙ Energy related hazards
❙ Fire
❙ Heat related hazards
❙ Mechanical hazards
❙ Radiation
❙ Chemical hazards
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Overview
Low Voltage Directive (LVD)
Directive on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Directive on restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS)
Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (R&TTE)
Directive on ecoconception of energy related products (ErP)
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EMC Directive
Title
❙
Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15
December 2004 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States
relating to electromagnetic compatibility and repealing Directive 89/336/EEC
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EMC Directive
Scope
❙
Equipment
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Apparatus
❙
Electrical and electronic appliance
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Component (component intended for incorporation by the end user)
Fixed installations
❙
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Many appliances or components assembled and installed at a predefined location
Not covered
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R&TTE equipment (Directive 1999/5/EC)
Aeronautical equipment
EMC benign equipment
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EMC Directive
Essential requirements
❙
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Protection requirements : Emission, Immunity
Specific requirements for fixed installations
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Installation and intended use of components
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Application of good engineering practices &
respecting the information on the intended use of its components
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Good engineering practices shall be documented &
documentation shall be held by the responsible person(s) as long as the installation is in
operation
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EMC Directive
Conformity assessment procedure
EMC Assessment
(Application of HS is
equivalent to carrying
out EMC assessment)
Equipment type
No conformity
assessment procedure
Technical
Documentation
Optional report from
notified body
D.o.C
Name & address of
manufacturer
importer
Information
allowing
identification
apparatus, e.g.
Type : xxx-yyy
S/N : 123456
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EMC Directive
Standardisation
❙
Large system of European electro technical standards based on international standards
( > 150)
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Overview
Low Voltage Directive (LVD)
Directive on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Directive on restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS)
Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (R&TTE)
Directive on ecoconception of energy related products (ErP)
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RoHS Directive
Title
❙
Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27
January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in
electrical and electronic equipment
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3 January 2013 : Repeal of Directive 2002/95/EC
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Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June
2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical
and electronic equipment
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Next slides ONLY address the new Directive 2011/65/EU, aka RoHS II
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RoHS Directive
Scope
❙
Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE)
❙
Categories as in current RoHS Directive
❙
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Large household appliances, small household appliances, IT and telecommunications
equipment, consumer equipment, lighting equipment, electrical and electronic tools, toys,
leisure and sports equipment, automatic dispensers
And in addition phased introduction of other categories
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Medical devices
❙ Medical devices by July 2014 and in vitro diagnostic medical devices by July 2016
Monitoring and control equipment, including for industrial purposes
❙ Monitoring & control equipment by July 2014 and industrial monitoring & control
equipment by July 2017
Other EEE not covered by any of the categories above
❙ Open scope by July 2019
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RoHS Directive
Requirements
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Equipment may not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium,
polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)
❙
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Maximum concentration values by weight in homogeneous materials
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0,1 % for lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, PBB, PBDE
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0,01 % for cadmium
Review list of substances by July 2014
Some applications are exempted from the obligations, e.g. lead in glass of
cathode ray tubes
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RoHS Directive
Conformity assessment procedure
❙
Internal production control
❙ Procedure whereby the manufacturer ensures and declares
that the electrical equipment satisfies the requirements of the
Directive (Module A)
❙ Technical documentation
❙
❙
❙
General description of equipment, conceptual design and manufacturing drawings,
descriptions and explanations to understand these, list of standards applied in full or in part,
results of design calculations, test reports
EU declaration of conformity
CE marking
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RoHS Directive
Standardisation
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Main activities in electro technical environmental standardisation committees
(IEC and CLC TC111)
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IEC 62321 : Determination of levels of six regulated substances
IEC 62474 : Material declaration for electrical and electronic equipment (standard in
preparation)
CLC draft : Evaluation of electrical and electronic products with respect of the
restriction of hazardous substances
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Specifies the types of technical documentation that can be used by manufacturers to evaluate the
compliance of a product against hazardous substance restrictions
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Overview
Low Voltage Directive (LVD)
Directive on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Directive on restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS)
Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (R&TTE)
Directive on ecoconception of energy related products (ErP)
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R&TTE Directive
Title
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Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and
telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual
recognition of their conformity
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R&TTE Directive
Scope
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❙
Telecommunications terminal equipment
Radio equipment (i.e. equipment capable of communication by
emission and/or reception of radio waves)
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R&TTE Directive
Essential requirements
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Health and safety
❙
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Electromagnetic compatibility
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Protection requirements as in 2004/108/EC
Spectrum use
❙
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Incl. safety objectives of LVD but with no voltage limit
Effective use as to avoid harmful interference
Possibility to define some additional public interest requirements
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End-to end interworking, no network harm, privacy protection, avoidance fraud,
access emergency services, features for disabled
Note : Does not harmonise spectrum use
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R&TTE Directive
Conformity assessment procedures (ordered in increasing complexity)
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Internal production control
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Internal production control plus specific apparatus tests
❙
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Transmitters complying with harmonised standards
Technical construction file (requires Notified Body involvement)
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Terminal equipment (non-radio)
Receivers
Transmitter not or partially complying with harmonised standards
Full quality assurance (requires Notified Body involvement)
CE marking
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CE , other symbols depending on particular circumstances
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R&TTE Directive
Standardisation
❙
Harmonised standards for wide range of applications
❙
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Standards for IMT-2000, GSM, DECT, 2.4 GHz RLAN, 5 GHz RLAN, Fixed radio
links, Satellite earth stations, Land-mobile radio, RFID, Medical implants, Road
transport & traffic telematics
Generic short range devices
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EN 300 220 : Devices between 25 MHz and 1 GHz
EN 300 330 : Inductive devices & devices operating below 25 MHz
EN 300 440 : Devices between 1 GHz and 40 GHz
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Overview
Low Voltage Directive (LVD)
Directive on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Directive on restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS)
Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (R&TTE)
Directive on ecoconception of energy related products (ErP)
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ErP Directive
Title
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Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21
October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign
requirements for energy-related products
❙
Note : ErP Directive is a recast of the framework directive on Energy-using
Products (EuP 2005/32/EC)
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ErP Directive
Scope
❙
Energy-related products
❙
Any good that has an impact on energy consumption during use which is placed on
the market and/or put into service, and includes parts intended to be incorporated
into energy-related products covered by this Directive which are placed on the
market and/or put into service as individual parts for end-users and of which the
environmental performance can be assessed independently
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ErP Directive
Essential requirements
❙
Framework Directive : No binding requirements for specific products
❙
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Requirements in implementation measures
Published implementation measures
❙
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Selection criteria (significant volume of sales, significant environmental impact,
significant improvement potential) & procedures
Focus on energy efficiency
Examples : lighting (e.g. phase-out of incandescent light bulbs), stand-by power
consumption, external power supplies, electrical motors, simple set top boxes
Implementation measures in preparation or under study for more than 25
product groups
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ErP Directive
Conformity assessment procedure
❙
Internal production control
❙
❙
Procedure whereby the manufacturer ensures and declares that the electrical
equipment satisfies the requirements of the Directive (Module A)
Technical documentation
❙
❙
❙
General description of equipment, conceptual design and manufacturing drawings,
descriptions and explanations to understand these, list of standards applied in full or in part,
results of design calculations, test reports
EC declaration of conformity
CE marking
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ErP Directive
Standardisation
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Standardisation mandates
❙
❙
M/341 : Programming of standardisation work in the field of eco-design of Energy
using Products (EuP)
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Identification EuP relevant standardisation documents
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Identification of standardisation gaps
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Standardisation programmes based on gaps and priorities
M/439 : Standby and off mode power consumption measurement for energy using
products (EuPs)
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Marc Cumps
AGORIA
e-mail: marc.cumps@agoria.be
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