Preface and general information
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1.4 EC directives/Declaration of conformity
1.4.1 What is the purpose of EC directives?
ECdirectivesareissued by the European Council and areintended forthedetermination ofcommon
technical requirements (harmonization) and certification procedures within the European
Community. At the moment, there are 21 EC directives of product ranges. The directives are or will
be converted to national laws of the member states. A certification issued by one member state is
valid automatically without any further approval in all other member states.
The texts of the directive are restricted to the essential requirements. Technical details are or will
be determined by European harmonized standards.
1.4.2 What does the CE mark imply?
After a verification, the conformity according to the EC directives is certified by affixing a CE mark.
Within the EC there are no commercial barriers for a product with the CE mark.
The attachment of a declaration of conformity is not necessary for most of the directives. Users or
customers are thereforenot aware which of the 21 EC Directives comply with a certain product and
which harmonized standards were considered in the evaluation procedure of conformity.
Controllers with the CE mark exclusively correspond to the Low Voltage Directive. So far, only
recommendations were given for the compliance with the EMC regulation. In this case, the user
himself has to prove the compliance with the CE directives for the installation of a machine. Lenze
has already given proof of the compliance with the CE directives and confirmed this by the
declaration of conformity to the EMC CE directive.
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