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Standards
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IEC and EN Standards | |
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These standards are common to all EEA countries and are produced by the European Standardization Organizations CEN and CENELEC. Their use is voluntary but designing and manufacturing equipment to them is the most direct way of demonstrating compliance with the EHSRs of the Machinery Directive.
They are divided into 3 types: A, B and C standards.
Type A. STANDARDS: Cover aspects applicable to all types of machines.
Type B. STANDARDS: Subdivided into 2 groups.
Type B1 STANDARDS: Cover particular safety and ergonomic aspects of machinery.
Type B2 STANDARDS: Cover safety components and protective devices.
Type C. STANDARDS: Cover specific types or groups of machines.
It is important to note that complying with a C Standard gives automatic presumption of conformity with the EHSRs. In the absence of a suitable C Standard, A and B Standards can be used as part or full proof of EHSR conformity by pointing to compliance with relevant sections.
Agreements have been reached for cooperation between CEN/CENELEC and bodies such as ISO and IEC. This should ultimately result in common worldwide standards. In most cases an EN Standard has a counterpart in IEC or ISO. In general the two texts will be the same and any regional differences will be given in the forward of the standard.
This section lists some of the EN, ISO, IEC and other national and regional Standards relevant to machinery safety. Where an EN standard is shown in brackets it is identical or very closely aligned with the ISO or IEC standard. For a complete list of EN Machinery Safety standards go to: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/mechanical/machinery/index_en.htm