CE CERTIFICATE

Lift Directive – (95/16/EC)

Regulation 2014/33/EU on Lifts has been issued to ensure lifts are put into market in a way not to impose a health and safety risk for end-users. This regulation covers lifts and lift safety components used in all buildings. How to get CE certificate? How is the CE mark affixed? What are the requirements of the basis standards EN 81-20 and EN 81-50?

The Lifts Directive has a dual objective: to permit the free movement of lifts and safety components for lifts whilst ensuring that such products provide a high level of protection of the health and safety of people. This Directive gives lift installers and manufacturers of safety components a wide choice of conformity assessment procedures based on the so-called “modules”. The Lifts Directive is thus a good example of the “Global and new approach to conformity assessment”.

“Lift” means an appliance serving specific levels, having a carrier moving along rails which are rigid and inclined at an angle of more than 15 degrees horizontally.

The Directive does not actually give a definition for “safety component”. Most of the components of a lift contribute in one way or another to its safe operation. However, safety components for lifts are components that are fitted with the specific purpose of ensuring safety rather than simply for the normal operation of the lift. Safety components for lifts are listed in Annex III of the Directive. The list consists of 6 main safety components.

A visible CE marking symbol indicates that the lift and the safety components satisfy the essential health and safety requirements of Annex I of the Directive and have been subject to the appropriate conformity assessment procedure. The best way for a presumption of conformity with the essential health and safety requirements is to apply the harmonized standards published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Machinery Directive – (2006/42/EC)

If the product is from one of the 23 risky categories as defined in the Directive and is not in conformity with the harmonised standard which covers all essential health and safety requirements, then a notified body must carry out the conformity assessment activity. If the Notified Body is persuaded of the conformity of the product, it issues a certificate, what we call a EU-Type Examination Certificate or a Full Quality Assurance Certificate, thus confirms conformity.

Whatever the role of the notified body is, the manufacturer must draw up a EU Declaration of Conformity and a technical file, and these requirements are legally binding.

Pressure Equipment Directive – (97/23/EC)

The Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU (PED) was adopted into all European national pressure equipment codes and ordinances, and represents one uniform law for pressure equipment being sold in the European Community.

Construction Equipment Directive – (305/2011/AB)

In this regulation, construction product means any product or kit which is produced and placed on the market for incorporation in a permanent manner in construction works or parts thereof and the performance of which has an effect on the performance of the construction works with respect to the basic requirements for construction works.

In the CPR (305/2011/EU Construction Products Regulation), construction product means any product or kit which is produced and placed on the market for incorporation in a permanent manner in construction works or parts thereof and the performance of which has an effect on the performance of the construction works with respect to the basic requirements for construction works. It is also possible to consider construction products as all components forming an immovable part of a construction work.

Low Voltage Directive – (2006/95/AT)

Manufacturers must conform to the requirements of the “Directive 2014/35/EU Relating to Electrical Equipment Designed for Use within Certain Voltage Limits” to ensure a high level of protection for people, animals and environment, and for placing their products on the market.

In times when there was no information of electricity, people were only aware of its’ shock effect through the electric fish. Egyptian papyrus writings dating from 2750 BC, name this fish as “Thunders of the Nile” and describe them as the “protectors” of other fish.

And now manufacturers must conform to the requirements of the “Directive 2014/35/EU Relating to Electrical Equipment Designed for Use within Certain Voltage Limits” to ensure a high level of protection for people, animals and environment, and for placing their products on the market.

This Directive applies to to 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. Like in other EU directives, products within the scope of this directive must conform with the essential safety requirements in the Annex and manufacturers must establish the Technical Documentation. The documentation must make it possible to assess the electrical equipment’s conformity to the relevant requirements.

With regard to such assessments, the technical documentation must contain the following elements on the design, manufacture and operation of the electrical equipment:

A general description of the electrical equipment,

Conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and schemes of components, sub-assemblies, circuits, etc.,

Descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of those drawings and schemes and the operation of the electrical equipment,

A list of the standards applied in full or in part. Where standards have not been applied, descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the safety objectives of this Directive,

Results of design calculations made, examinations carried out, etc.,

Test reports.

The manufacturer or the authorized representative must keep the technical documentation and a copy of the EU declaration of conformity.

The manufacturer takes all required actions to ensure the conformity of the electrical equipment with the technical documentation mentioned in Paragraph 2 of the Annex and the requirements of the Directive.

Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive – (2004/108/AT)

The electromagnetic force is the one responsible for practically all the phenomena one encounters in daily life above the nuclear scale, with the exception of gravity. That is why, the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive 2014/30/EU regulates the electromagnetic compatibility of equipment and ensures the free movement of apparatus and creates an acceptable electromagnetic environment in the domestic market requesting a harmonised and acceptable level of protection.

The electromagnetic force is one of the four known fundamental forces. The other fundamental forces are: the strong nuclear force, which binds quarks to form nucleons, and binds nucleons to form nuclei the weak nuclear force, which causes certain forms of radioactive decay and the gravitational force. All other forces (i.e. frictional force) can, in the end, be explained by the electromagnetic force on particles and the momentum created by their movement.

The electromagnetic disturbance generated must not exceed the level above which radio and telecommunications equipment or other equipment cannot operate as intended.

The equipment must have a level of immunity to the electromagnetic disturbance to be expected in its intended use which allows it to operate without unacceptable degradation of its intended use.

A fixed installation must be installed applying good engineering practices and respecting the information on the intended use of its components, with a view to meeting the protection requirements. Those good engineering practices must be documented and the documentation must be held by the person(s) responsible at the disposal of the relevant national authorities for inspection purposes for as long as the fixed installation is in operation.

The technical documentation must enable the conformity assessment of the apparatus with the essential requirements. The technical documentation must cover the design and manufacture of the apparatus, and particularly contain the following:

A general description of the apparatus,

Evidence of compliance with the harmonized standards, if any, applied in full or in part,

Where the manufacturer has not applied harmonized standards, or has applied them only in part, a description and explanation of the steps taken to meet the essential requirements of the Directive, including a description of the electromagnetic compatibility assessment, results of design calculations made, examinations carried out, test reports, etc.

A statement from the notified body delivered upon the manufacturer’s request.

NOISE EMISSION (2000/14/EC)

The aim of Directive relating to the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors and CE Marking, is to contribute to human health and proper functioning of the internal market by making the noise measurements of the equipment mostly designed for outdoor use, based on noise standards and keeping them within limits. Welding and power generators, lawnmowers, compressors, and forestry and construction equipment fall within the scope of this Directive.

The essential requirement of the Directive is that the sound power level of the product is to be measured and affixed to the product in the form of a label as described in the Directive. The indicated sound power value must be the “Guaranteed Sound Power Level”. None of the products, though produced in big numbers, should be over this value.

In addition to the labeling requirement for the products covered by the 2000/14/EC Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 8, 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors, a technical file showing that the measurements are made in accordance with the methods specified in the standards, an EC declaration of conformity specifying the procedures followed and the indicated sound levels, and a CE logo are also required.