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"Welcome to
the Single Market"
Workshop - Brussels,
Home Industry Sectors Electrical Equipment
Belgium,
22 April 2004
ELECTRICAL SAFETY - LOW VOLTAGE
DIRECTIVE
Relevant information and application of the Directive

The Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 73/23/EEC seeks to ensure


that electrical equipment within certain voltage limits both
provides a high level of protection for European citizens and
enjoys a Single Market in the European Union.

The Directive covers electrical equipment designed for use


with a voltage rating of between 50 and 1000 V for
alternating current and between 75 and 1500 V for direct
current. It should be noted that these voltage ratings refer to
the voltage of the electrical input or output, not to voltages
that may appear inside the equipment.

The LVD is one of the oldest Single Market Directives and,


although it was written before the introduction of the "New" The review of the Low
or "Global" Approaches to such legislation. However, in Voltage Directive - LVD
broad terms, it does characterise both by providing a
Update.4
conformity assessment procedure to be applied to
equipment before being placed on the Market and Essential
Requirements (ERs) which such equipment must meet either The review of the Low
directly or by means of harmonised standards. Voltage Directive - LVD
Update.3
For electrical equipment within its scope, the Directive
provides the Requirements with respect to health and safety
covering all risks, thus ensuring that electrical equipment is
safe in its intended use.

In respect of conformity assessment, there is no third party


intervention, as the manufacturer undertakes the conformity
assessment. However, there are so-called "Notified Bodies"
under the Directive, which may be used to provide reports in
response to a challenge by a national authority as to the
conformity of the equipment.

Both national authorities and industry consider it to have


been a success and a role model for other trade blocs,
where mandatory third-party intervention is usually the norm.
European accident levels with respect to this type of
equipment have been shown to be consistently lower than
other comparable trading regions, although a nil level of
accidents is the absolute objective.

After thirty years, it has been decided that the text needs to
be modernised and provided with the flexibility to deal with

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