EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Industrial Transformation and Advanced Value Chains Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Systems
DRAFT G UIDANCE D OCUMENT
ON THE L OW V OLTAGE D IRECTIVE TRANSITION
FROM 2006/95/EC TO 2014/35/EU
The new Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU 1 is the result of the alignment of the previous Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC to the "New Legislative Framework" (NLF)2, in particular to Decision No 768/2008/EC 3, as well as to the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) after the Treaty of Lisbon.
Being the result of an alignment and a recast, the main changes in the new Directive
2014/35/EU with respect to the previous Directive 2006/95/EC are quite limited, and do not concern the
most substantial characteristics of the act that remain the same: scope, safety objectives, conformity asssment procedure. The main changes are the following:
▪ Reference number : according to the model YYYY / No / UE
▪ Definitions : horizontal additions from the NLF
▪ Economic operators (manufacturers, authorid reprentatives, importers, distributors) and their obligations : more detailed descriptions from the NLF
▪ Harmonid standards and presumption of conformity : reference to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 on European Standardisation 4
▪ CE marking : reference to Regulation (EC) No 765/20085
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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 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Me
mber States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for u within certain voltage limits (OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 357–374)
2 See ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/goods/new-legislative-framework/index_en.htm
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Decision No 768/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on a common
framework for the marketing of products, and repealing Council Decision 93/465/EEC (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 82)
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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 (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12)
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Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 tting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30)
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▪Market surveillance and safeguard procedure: reinforced activities and new simplified procedures (also related to the "Product safety and market surveillance package"6)
▪Electrical Equipment Committee and implementing acts: reference to Regulation (EU) No 182/20117 ("Comitology") concerning Commission Implementing Decisions on
formal objections against harmonid standards and safeguard claus against products ▪EU declaration of conformity: more detailed contents, and a model, from the NLF
The new Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU is applicable from 20 April 2016.
This document includes a list of "Frequently Asked Questions and Answers" on the transition to the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, which covers both "horizontal" and "ctorial" questions, this is to say, tho common to all the EU legislation aligned to the "New Legislative Framework"8 and tho specifically related to Directive 2014/35/EU. It reflects the result of ongoing discussions, notably at the workshop on the transition to the new LVD 2014/35/EU held on 27October 2014.
It should be noted that this document is preliminary, pending the revision of the Blue Guide and the LVD Guidelines. Upon finalisation of the revid Blue Guide (planned for end of 2015) and the LVD Guidelines (planned for mid-2016) the latter documents have to be considered as the main references for the interpretation of horizontal issues related to the New Legislative Framework and the LVD respectively.
6 See ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/goods/building-blocks/market-
surveillance/organisation/index_en.htm
7 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 l
aying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exerci of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13)
8Pyrotechnic Articles Directive 2013/29/EU (applicable 1 July 2015); Civil Explosives Directive 2014/28/EU, Simple Pressure Vesls Directive 2014/29/EU, Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2014/30/EU, Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Directive 2014/31/EU, Measuring Instruments Directive 2014/32/EU, Lifts Directive 2014/33/EU, ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU, Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU (applicable 20 April 2016); Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU (applicable 13 June 2016); Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU (applicable 19 July 2016) and Marine Equipment Directive 2014/90/EU (applicable 18 September 2016). See ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/goods/new-legislative-framework/index_en.htm
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON LVD 2014/35/EU
TOPIC QUESTION REPLY
解释词语红焖肉Place on the
marketCheyTac
Articles 4, 6, 7, 8Difference between “placing on the market” and
“making available on the market” in the frame of
2014/35/EU (e.g. in Art. 4 making available is mentioned,
but for the same activity when the responsibilities of
economic operators are covered – e.g. Art. 6, 7, 8 –
placing on the market is mentioned)?
'Making available' is the overall concept. Any transfer between economic
operators of a product is considered as making available. 'Placing on the
market' is a specific ca of making available, namely it is the first time that
the product is introduced on the market. It is important becau at that
moment the EU legislation applies. Any subquent transfer is making
终结的英文available.
The operation is rerved either for a manufacturer or an importer, i.e. the
manufacturer and the importer are the only economic operators who place
products on the market. When a manufacturer or an importer supplies a
product to a distributor or an end-ur for the first time, that operation is
labelled in legal terms as placing on the market. Any subquent operation,
for instance, form a distributor to another or to an end-ur is defined as
making available.
See also § 2.2. "Making available" and § 2.3. "Placing on the market" of
the "Blue Guide"
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南瓜糯米糍In many cas products can be marketed through internet or other means but the product is not physically in the EU. Placing on the market requires the products to be physically in the EU territory? Union harmonisation legislation applies to all forms of lling. A product offered in a catalogue or by means of electronic commerce has to comply with Union harmonisation legislation when the catalogue or website directs its offer to the Union market and includes an ordering and shipping system. Products offered for sale online by llers bad outside the EU are considered to be placed on the Union market if sales are specifically targeted at EU consumers or business.
See also § 2.1. "Product coverage" of the "Blue Guide"
Manufacturer
Article 6.5 Type, batch or rial number:
Does this Article mean that a product specification is
required, but not necessarily a rial number? Would
小米草there be a way to specify the quential rial number
using a barcode?
The important point is that the numbering must allow making a clear link to
the relevant documentation that demonstrates the conformity of the specific
type of product, in particular the declaration of conformity.
A barcode can also be ud if this can reasonably be considered by a
manufacturer as an appropriate way to identify and trace his products and to
make the link to the relevant documentation. Depending on the product, it
is up to the manufacturer to decide whether the identification element
should allow the identification of each single product or just the relevant
batch or type. But manufacturers should be aware that when public
authorities recall products and it is not possible to distinguish between
batches or rial numbers, all products of that brand must be removed from
the market.
The Directive allows placing the information on the packaging or in a
document accompanying the electrical equipment if the size or nature of
the electrical equipment does not allow it. Of cour if the information is
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not visible at a first sight, it must be easily and safely accessible. See also § 4.2.2.3. "Identification element" of the "Blue Guide"
Article 6.6Name and address on the product
If lack of space, would be possible to indicate the name
and address within the product?
The manufacturer must indicate his (1) name, (2) registered trademark and
(3) a single contact postal address on the product or, when not possible
becau of the size or physical characteristics of the product, on its
packaging and/or on the accompanying documentation.
If the information is put inside the product, it must be easily accessible by
智慧的故事the Market Surveillance Authorities, without damaging the product or the
need for disasmbling it with specific tools.
See also §3.1. "Manufacturer" and §4.2.2.1. "The requirement to indicate
name and address of the manufacturer" of the "Blue Guide"
Must the information refer to the local distributor or the
economic operator placing the product on the EU market?
The information is related to the economic operator that places the product
on the the manufacturer or importer, not the distributor.
In the ca that a company is bad in a third country and
in an EU country, is necessary to put the information of
both places as manufacturer and importer?
If both, manufacturer and importer belong to the same group or company
and if the company bad in the EU takes the full manufacturer's
responsibility, the indication of the branch bad in the EU will suffice to
comply with the requirements.
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