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Scope of Electrotechnical Directives Explained

This overview explains the scope of the Low Voltage Directive (LVD), Directive on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), Directive on restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS), Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive (R&TTE), and Directive on eco-design of energy-related products (ErP).

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Scope of Electrotechnical Directives Explained

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  1. The scope of various Directives relevant for electrotechnical products explained04.10.2011

  2. 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)

  3. Overview • Low Voltage Directive (LVD) • DirectiveonElectromagneticCompatibility (EMC) • Directiveonrestriction of hazardoussubstances (RoHS) • Radio and Telecommunications Terminal EquipmentDirective (R&TTE) • Directiveonecoconception of energyrelatedproducts (ErP)

  4. Low Voltage Directive • Title • 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

  5. Low Voltage Directive • Scope • Electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating [50 – 1000] Volt AC or [75 – 1500] Volt DC • Not covered : • Equipment mentioned in Annex II • Electrical equipment for use in explosive atmospheres • Electrical equipment for radiology and medical purposes • Electrical parts for goods and passenger lifts • Electricity meters • Plugs and socket outlets for domestic use • Electric fence controllers • 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)

  6. Low Voltage Directive • Essential requirements • 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. • Principle elements of the safety objectives (Annex I) : • General conditions (indication of the manufacturer, instructions for use) • Protection against hazards arising from the technical equipment (physical injury or other harm, e.g. temperature, arcs, radiation, non-electrical hazards) • Protection against hazards caused by external influences on the electrical equipment (e.g. mechanical or non-mechanical influences, overload, functional safety)

  7. Low Voltage 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

  8. Low Voltage Directive • Standardisation • Large system of European electrotechnical standards based on international standards ( > 600) • Example : EN 60950-1 “Information technology equipment – Safety – Part 1 : General requirements” • Reduction of risk of injury or damage due to • Electric shock • Energy related hazards • Fire • Heat related hazards • Mechanical hazards • Radiation • Chemical hazards

  9. Overview • Low Voltage Directive (LVD) • DirectiveonElectromagneticCompatibility (EMC) • Directiveonrestriction of hazardoussubstances (RoHS) • Radio and Telecommunications Terminal EquipmentDirective (R&TTE) • Directiveonecoconception of energyrelatedproducts (ErP)

  10. 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

  11. EMC Directive • Scope • Equipment • Apparatus • Electrical and electronic appliance • Component (component intended for incorporation by the end user) • Fixed installations • Many appliances or components assembled and installed at a predefined location • Not covered • R&TTE equipment (Directive 1999/5/EC) • Aeronautical equipment • EMC benign equipment

  12. EMC Directive • Essential requirements • Protection requirements : Emission, Immunity • Specific requirements for fixed installations • Installation and intended use of components • Application of good engineering practices &respecting the information on the intended use of its components • Good engineering practices shall be documented &documentation shall be held by the responsible person(s) as long as the installation is in operation

  13. EMC Directive • Conformity assessment procedure EMC Assessment (Application of HS isequivalent to carryingout EMC assessment) D.o.C Name & address of manufacturer importer Technical Documentation Optional report from notified body Informationallowingidentificationapparatus, e.g.Type : xxx-yyy S/N : 123456 Equipment type No conformityassessment procedure

  14. EMC Directive • Standardisation • Large system of European electro technical standards based on international standards ( > 150)

  15. Overview • Low Voltage Directive (LVD) • DirectiveonElectromagneticCompatibility (EMC) • Directiveonrestriction of hazardoussubstances (RoHS) • Radio and Telecommunications Terminal EquipmentDirective (R&TTE) • Directiveonecoconception of energyrelatedproducts (ErP)

  16. 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 • 3 January 2013 : Repeal of Directive 2002/95/EC • 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 • Next slides ONLY address the new Directive 2011/65/EU, aka RoHS II

  17. RoHS Directive • Scope • Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) • Categories as in current RoHS Directive • 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 • 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

  18. RoHS Directive • Requirements • Equipment may not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) • Maximum concentration values by weight in homogeneous materials • 0,1 % for lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, PBB, PBDE • 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

  19. 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

  20. RoHS Directive • Standardisation • Main activities in electro technical environmental standardisation committees (IEC and CLC TC111) • 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 • Specifies the types of technical documentation that can be used by manufacturers to evaluate the compliance of a product against hazardous substance restrictions

  21. Overview • Low Voltage Directive (LVD) • DirectiveonElectromagneticCompatibility (EMC) • Directiveonrestriction of hazardoussubstances (RoHS) • Radio and Telecommunications Terminal EquipmentDirective (R&TTE) • Directiveonecoconception of energyrelatedproducts (ErP)

  22. R&TTE Directive • Title • 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

  23. R&TTE Directive • Scope • Telecommunications terminal equipment • Radio equipment (i.e. equipment capable of communication by emission and/or reception of radio waves)

  24. R&TTE Directive • Essential requirements • Health and safety • Incl. safety objectives of LVD but with no voltage limit • Electromagnetic compatibility • Protection requirements as in 2004/108/EC • Spectrum use • Effective use as to avoid harmful interference • Possibility to define some additional public interest requirements • End-to end interworking, no network harm, privacy protection, avoidance fraud, access emergency services, features for disabled • Note : Does not harmonise spectrum use

  25. R&TTE Directive • Conformity assessment procedures (ordered in increasing complexity) • Internal production control • Terminal equipment (non-radio) • Receivers • Internal production control plus specific apparatus tests • Transmitters complying with harmonised standards • Technical construction file (requires Notified Body involvement) • Transmitter not or partially complying with harmonised standards • Full quality assurance (requires Notified Body involvement) • CE marking • CE , other symbols depending on particular circumstances

  26. R&TTE Directive • Standardisation • Harmonised standards for wide range of applications • 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 • 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

  27. Overview • Low Voltage Directive (LVD) • DirectiveonElectromagneticCompatibility (EMC) • Directiveonrestriction of hazardoussubstances (RoHS) • Radio and Telecommunications Terminal EquipmentDirective (R&TTE) • Directiveonecoconception of energyrelatedproducts (ErP)

  28. ErP Directive • Title • 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)

  29. 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

  30. ErP Directive • Essential requirements • Framework Directive : No binding requirements for specific products • Selection criteria (significant volume of sales, significant environmental impact, significant improvement potential) & procedures • Requirements in implementation measures • Published implementation measures • 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

  31. 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

  32. ErP Directive • Standardisation • Standardisation mandates • M/341 : Programming of standardisation work in the field of eco-design of Energy using Products (EuP) • Identification EuP relevant standardisation documents • Identification of standardisation gaps • Standardisation programmes based on gaps and priorities • M/439 : Standby and off mode power consumption measurement for energy using products (EuPs)

  33. Thank you Marc Cumps AGORIA e-mail: marc.cumps@agoria.be

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