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Standards concerning the Low Voltage Directive

Information about changes in the EU Official Journal

Standards for the Directive 2014/35/EU

Which standards trigger presumption of conformity for the Low Voltage Directive? In this - continuously updated - post you will inform you on the latest changes.  

Hint:

  • The European Commission publishes consolidated lists of standards with presumption of conformity in addition to the official implementing decisions. An overview of these lists can be found here.

Updates in the EU Official Journal

2020-11-30, Official Journal of the EU: 2020/L 399

The list of harmonized standards which give presumption of conformity for the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU was updated on 2020-11-30. Strictly speaking the Commission Implementing Decision 2019/1956 was replaced by the Implementing Decision 2020/1779

Official Journal of the EU: 2020/L 399
Publication Date: 2020-11-30
Legal basis: Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU

SUCCESSOR: For 2 standards direct successors were published
AMENDED: For 7 standards amendments were published
REMOVED (With transition period): 2 standards will be removed with transition period as per 05/30/2022.
 

    Standards to the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU


    Specialties oft he Commission Implementing Decision: 

    • The European Comission included the Draft EN 60669-1:2018/AC:2020-02 in the Official Journal as technical corrections had been introduced. For this amendment no OVE/ÖNORM document is available neither. 
    • The published amendments oft he standards EN 60947-5-2:2007 and EN 60974-1:2012 must be applied right away (without transition period).


    SAFEXPERT-USER: 

    • On the Safexpert LiveServer all adjustments have already been made available
    • Remark: For some of the newly harmonised standards the national editions (ÖNORM) have not been published yet. Once they are available, they will be suplemented as soon as possible.

    2020-08-03, Official Journal of the EU: 2020/L 250

    The list of harmonized standards which give presumption of conformity for the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU was updated on 2020-08-03. Strictly speaking the Commission Implementing Decision 2019/1956 was replaced by the Implementing Decision 2020/1146

    Official Journal of the EU: 2020/L 250
    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Legal basis: Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU


    NEW: 3 Standards were published in the Official Journal for the first time

    • EN 50620:2017 including amendment EN 50620:2017/A1:2019
    • EN IEC 60947-9-1:2019
    • EN 61643-31:2019

    SUCCESSOR: For 8 standards direct successors were published

    AMENDED: For 27 standards amendments were published

    REMOVED:

    • Without transition period: EN 50178:1997
    • With transition period: 9 standards will be removed with transition period as per 02/03/2022.

     

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      SAFEXPERT-USERS: 

      • On the Safexpert LiveServer all adjustments have already been made available
      • Remark: For some of the newly harmonised standards the national editions (ÖNORM) have not been published yet. Once they are available, they will be suplemented as soon as possible.

      Specialties oft the Commission Implementing Decision: 

      • So far, the 3 newly added harmonised standards have never been published in the Official Journal oft he EU. In the scope of the order M/511 of the European Commission they were created by CEN and CENELEC.
      • Error correction: in a former implementing decision the standard EN 62477-1:2012 was listed as successor for the standard EN 50178:1997. As there was no date indicating the termination of conformity, this norm is withdrawn as a harmonised standard within this Implementing Decision with immediate effect.