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EC Directives form the basis for a common European domestic market without any trade restrictions. Any products that are destined for the European market have to meet the requirements of all directives that apply to the product in question. Compliance with the directives is documented by the CE mark.
This CE mark is therefore not a mark of compliance with standards (test certificate) of a testing institute, like the ENEC mark is, and can therefore not be issued by a testing institute. The CE mark must be printed on the product, the packaging or both and is not directed at the consumer, but at supervisory authorities.
The following table contains a list of key EC Directives governing lighting:
2006/95/EG Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (Low Voltage Directive)
2006/32/EG Energy end-use efficiency and energy services – ES Directive (Energy Service);national laws must take effect by 17.05.2008.
2006/25/EG Directive on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure ofworkers arising from physical agents (artificial optical radiation)
2005/32/EG Eco-design requirements for energy-using products – EuP directive (Energy using Products)national laws effective as of 11.08.2007.
2005/20/EG Directive regarding packaging
2004/108/EG Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagneticcompatibility; national laws had to take effect by 20.01.2007. Applicable to new products since 20.07.2007.
2004/40/EG Directive on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure to the risksarising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields)
2004/12/EG Directive on packaging
2003/66/EG Directive on energy labelling of household electrical refrigerators, freezers and lamps
2002/96/EG Old electrical and electronic devices; effective since 13.08.2005;does not fall under the CE mark directive
2002/91/EG Total energy efficiency of buildings; effective since 04.01.2006;does not fall under the CE mark directive
2001/95/EG Directive on general product safety
2000/55/EG Energy efficiency requirements for ballasts for fluorescent lamps; effective since 21.11.2000
1998/11/EG Energy rating of household lamps; effective since 14.06.1999
1994/62/EG Directive on packaging
93/68/EWG CE marking directive
89/336/EWG Directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagneticcompatibility; effective since 30.06.1991; still applicable to old products (i.e. manufactured priorto the date of the directive) up to 20.07.2009.
73/23/EWG Electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits(Low-voltage Directive; effective since 21.08.1974)
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Manufacturers are obliged to keep conformity declarations as well as test and production documentation ready for presentation. The documents must be retained for a period of 10 years after the product was last marketed.
Vossloh-Schwabe operating devices all bear the CE mark; the respective conformity declaration and production documentation are available for inspection. As a consequence, all luminaires that are equipped with properly installed VS components and for which the assembly instructions were observed meet the legal requirements.
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