Where is this '1 year' written down? When the new Directive was first published the (then) DTI sent round an e-mail which said:
"Dear Stakeholders As some of you may already be aware, the LVD (Directive) has been codified and was published in the Official Journal L 374 of 27 December 2006, at p.10 : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/sit /en/oj/2006/l_374/l_37420061227en00100019.pdf It will enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication, i.e. on 16 January 2006. Directive 73/23/EEC will be repealed on the same date and replaced by the new number 2006/95/EC. Codification consolidates and corrects errors in the original text of the Directive, in particular those that are translated from the original text (French version) - it cannot introduce changes. For example, some language versions (not English) had introduced a choice as to where the CE Marking should be applied whereas the original requirement was that it should be on the product and if not possible then on the accompanying documentation or packaging. The English text version is correct. It will now be clear in all languages that the CE marking must be placed onto the product if possible whilst respecting the legibility/ size requirement. Codification is not a "new" LVD as such and there will not be a change to the implementing UK Regulations, ie the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994. The Codified version of the Directive (2006/95/EC) does state that all official references to the old Directive (73/23/EC) shall be construed as reference to the new. All official documentation from the 16th January 2007 will now reference the new Directive. The Directive makes no requirement for the Directive Number to be quoted within the text of the Technical File (TF) or the Declaration of Conformity (DOC). It may be that persons affected in the supply chain may want to use the new number, however best practice would be for the technical file to make reference to the Directive." Certainly, so far as the UK is concerned, there has been no change in the 1994 Regulations, so any attempt to enforce a requirement to put 2006/95/EC (or, indeed, 73/23/EC) on a declaration would be laughed out of court. Nick. At 17:04 +0000 4/1/10, John Woodgate wrote: >In message ><ofc2172f8e.f4414dda-on862576a1.005a514e-862576a1.005ae...@amat.com>, >dated Mon, 4 Jan 2010, lauren_cr...@amat.com writes: > >>Any ideas on when (if) DoC references to 73/23/EEC were officially incorrect? > >Informally, it is expected that retailers will have cleared stock >having the old DoCs by 1 year after the old DoC formally became >invalid. But this is not policed unless there is a serious problem. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@socal.rr.com> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
