CE Marking Electric Equipment (LVD)
CE Marking for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment (LVD)
European Directive LVD 2014/35/EU
European Directive LVD 2014/35/EU of Low Voltage Electrical Equipment (LVD) harmonizes the requirements of safety and health for the design and manufacture of this kind of equipment to an European scale and the entire European Economic Area (EEA). These products must meet all the requirements established by law before being placed on the market, commercialized or used.
The purpose of this Directive is to ensure the safety of people, pets and property, in addition to the same time guarantee, the proper growth of European Market.
By fixing the CE Mark to these products, the manufacturar or importer guarantees that these products meet all requirements established by the European Law for safety, health and environment.
Brief
The purpose of this Directive is to ensure that electrical equipment on the market fulfills the requirements providing for a high level of protection of health and safety of persons, and of domestic animals and property, while guaranteeing the functioning of the internal market.
This Directive shall apply to electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between 50 and 1 000 V for alternating current and between 75 and 1 500 V for direct current, other than the equipment and phenomena listed in Annex II.
Electrical equipment may be made available on the Union market only if, having been constructed in accordance with good engineering practice in safety matters in force in the Union, it does not endanger the health and safety of persons and domestic animals, or property, when properly installed and maintained and used in applications for which it was made.
The principal elements of the safety objectives are listed in Annex I.
PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF THE SAFETY OBJECTIVES FOR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR USE WITHIN CERTAIN VOLTAGE LIMITS
1. General conditions
(a) the essential characteristics, the recognition and observance of which will ensure that electrical equipment will be used safely and in applications for which it was made, shall be marked on the electrical equipment, or, if this is not possible, on an accompanying document;
(b) the electrical equipment, together with its component parts, shall be made in such a way as to ensure that it can be safely and properly assembled and connected;
(c) the electrical equipment shall be so designed and manufactured as to ensure that protection against the hazards set out in points 2 and 3 is assured, providing that the equipment is used in applications for which it was made and is adequately maintained.
2. Protection against hazards arising from the electrical equipment Measures of a technical nature shall be laid down in accordance with point 1, in order to ensure that:
(a) persons and domestic animals are adequately protected against the danger of physical injury or other harm which might be caused by direct or indirect contact;
(b) temperatures, arcs or radiation which would cause a danger, are not produced;
(c) persons, domestic animals and property are adequately protected against non-electrical dangers caused by the electrical equipment which are revealed by experience; (d) the insulation is suitable for foreseeable conditions.
3. Protection against hazards which may be caused by external influences on the electrical equipment Technical measures shall be laid down in accordance with point 1, in order to ensure that the electrical equipment:
(a) meets the expected mechanical requirements in such a way that persons, domestic animals and property are not endangered;
(b) is resistant to non-mechanical influences in expected environmental conditions, in such a way that persons, domestic animals and property are not endangered;
(c) does not endanger persons, domestic animals and property in foreseeable conditions of overload.
EQUIPMENT AND PHENOMENA OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS DIRECTIVE
Electrical equipment for use in an explosive atmosphere
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 Radio-electrical interference Specialised electrical equipment, for use on ships, aircraft or railways, which complies with the safety provisions drawn up by international bodies in which the Member States participate. Custom built evaluation kits destined for professionals to be used solely at research and development facilities for such purposes.
- No Modifications -
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Sherpa Product Certification proporciona completa certificación o asistencia concreta en cualquier etapa y durante todo el proceso de certificación o Marcado CE de Equipos Eléctricos de Bajo Voltaje y productos cubiertos por la Directiva Europea LVD 2014/35/UE. Nuestra intervención resumirá y delimitará el marco legal que aplica a sus productos, facilitando la identificación y comprensión de requerimientos y el desarrollo de procesos para cumplirlos.
Sherpa Product Certification provides complete certification or concrete assistance at any stage and throughout the process of certification or CE Marking for Low Voltage Electrical Equipment and products covered by the European Directive LVD 2014/35/UE. Our intervention will summarize and delimit the legal framework that applies to your products, facilitating the identification and understanding of requirements and the development of processes to fulfill them.
How Sherpa Product Certification can help?
- Classify the product and determine the legal framework applicable in each case.
- Identify essential requirements in specific Directives by product.
- Identify, acquire, adapt to the design and carry out tests on products according to Harmonized European and Regulatory Standards.
- Check and manage the intervention of an Accredited Body (Notified Body).
- Evaluate the Product’s Conformity Evaluation according to the mandate established in the Directive.
- Prepare and maintain the technical documentation.
- Write the Declaration of Conformity and carry out the CE Marking.
How can we Help you?
- Complete European Certification and CE Marking for your products
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- Customs Tariff analysis for products and materials.
- Perform product conformity test according EN, ISO, IEC among others
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- Determine corrections and authenticity about specific Product Certifications.
- Determine manufacturer's, importer's and distributores responsabilities regarding product legislation.
- European Authorised Representative Services
- Write and validate product's Tecnical Documentation and Declaration of Conformity
- Perform Risk Analysis
- Packaging and labeling verification according to its applicable normative
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