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EU Declarations of Conformity
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The Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC
The LVD is an electrical safety directive and applies to
products and equipment for which the hazards are primarily of an electrical
nature and that operate between 50 and 1000Vac or 75 and 1500Vdc.
The LVD's ‘essential requirements’ have been in effect since 1973
and mandate conformity for all safety aspects of electrical products
including those of mechanical origin.
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The EMC Directive
89/336/EEC
The EMC Directive controls the emissions and immunity
characteristics of electrical products and machines. Electromagnetic
compatibility is the ability of an apparatus to reject electromagnetic
disturbances produced by electrical and electronic apparatus in its
environment, whilst not affecting the
correct functioning of other apparatus within that environment.
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The Machinery Directive 891/392/EEC
In brief, a machine is defined as an assembly of linked
parts of at least one that moves and is joined together for a specific
application, for the processing, treatment, moving, or packaging of material.
The directives' ‘essential requirements’ cover all safety aspects of
machinery, including mechanical, electrical, and others. The low voltage
directive is not needed for machinery, since compliance with electrical
safety is also required by the machinery directive.
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