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Harmonised Standards for Market Surveillance of Machinery in Europe

Harmonised Standards for Market Surveillance of Machinery in Europe. Harald Riekeles, VDMA Frankfurt/Main CEN Rapporteur Machinery Geneva, October 2002. Basis of European Standardization on Machinery: 1985 - European New Approach ---------------------------------------------.

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Harmonised Standards for Market Surveillance of Machinery in Europe

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  1. Harmonised Standardsfor Market Surveillance of Machinery in Europe Harald Riekeles, VDMA Frankfurt/Main CEN Rapporteur Machinery Geneva, October 2002

  2. Basis of European Standardizationon Machinery:1985 - European New Approach--------------------------------------------- Technical Rules defined in - compulsory Directives with general Essential (Safety) Requirements - voluntary Harmonised Standards specifying the Essential Requirement(s) Mandated Harmonised Standards referenced in the Official Journal of European Communities grant Presumption of Conformity

  3. Presumption of Conformity in Machinery Directive 98/37/EC • Article 5 • (2) Where a national standard transposing a harmonised standard, the reference for which has been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, covers one ore more of the essential safety requirements, machinery ... constructed in accordance with this standard shall be presumed to comply with the relevant essential requirements.

  4. Type A- / B-Standards CEN/TC 114 - Safety (general) CEN/TC 122 - Ergonomics CEN/TC 169 - Lighting CEN/TC 211 - Acoustics CEN/TC 231 - Vibrations CLC/TC 44x - Electrot. Aspects --------------------------------------- total 120 Standards-Projects >> www.newapproach.org/directivelist.asp Type C-Standards CEN/TC 10 - Lifts to CEN/TC 322 - Rolling Mills CLC/TC 61, 61F Electric Tools . Electr. Household Equ. ---------------------------------------- total > 40 TCs with 650 Standards-Projects Technical Committees Machinery Safety

  5. Mandated Standards Programme Directive 98/37/EC - Safety of Machinerystate 09/2002

  6. Issued: 430 Harmonised EN thereof from CEN 400 EN plus 230 Draft prEN 30 EN by CENELEC Referenced in OJEC 14th June 2002: ------------------------------------ 375 Harmonised EN: 79 type A + B 206 type C machinery, . incl. 27 for Annex IV 90 type C equipment or . aspects Mandated Standards Programme Directive 98/37/EC - Safety of Machinerystate mid of 2002

  7. European Standards EN- CEN / CENELEC - • voluntary application, but • compulsory to be implemented by CEN / CENELEC members: national standard bodies of - European Economic Area - EEA - Switzerland - Czech Republic - Malta - from 2003 Hungary and Slovakia - next by all candidates for EU enlargement

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