Evert Van Wilgenburg
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Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety AuthorityMinistry of Economic Affairs
Evert Van Wilgenburg Senior Inspector Market Surveillance DevelopmentAdvisor and Product Safety Expert, Division Consumer and SafetyNetherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety AuthorityMinistry of Economic Affairs
Approval Schemes for High Voltage Electrical Equipment in the EU
EU-Taiwan high voltage equipment management forum25/26 March 2014
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety AuthorityMinistry of Economic Affairs
Evert van WilgenburgSenior Inspector Market Surveillance Development
Advisor and Product Safety Expert
Division Consumer and Safety
T 0031 (0)88 2233333 M 0031 (0)88 [email protected]
http://www.nvwa.nl
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety AuthorityMinistry of Economic Affairs
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• The NVWA• Low Voltage Directive• High Voltage Equipment• Economic operators• ISO/IEC 17025• Recommendation
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority NVWA
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The NVWA safeguards the health of animals and plants, animal welfare and the safety of food and products and enforces legislation in the field of nature.
– NVWA is part of the central government (Ministry of Economic Affairs) and has 2000 employees.– Main assignments from two ministries:
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Ministry of Health
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KNOWLEDGE & EXPERTISE
RISK ASSESMENT
RISK
COMMUNICATION
ENFORCEMENT
Core business
Risk assesmentRisk communicationEnforcement
Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority NVWA
Low Voltage Directive
• Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC
• Method to show complianceCompile Technical FileDeclaration of ConformityCE-marking
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Low Voltage Directive
• Technical file:Technical documentation must enable the conformity of the electrical equipment to the requirements of this Directive to be assessed. (LVD Annex IV).
Declaration of conformity:
The manufacturer (or representative) declares conformity with the Directive and the references that are used (LVD Annex III B format and also part of the technical file).
CE-marking
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Low Voltage Directive
For the purposes of this Directive, ‘electrical equipment’ means any 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,
other than the equipment and phenomena listed in LVD Annex II.
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Electrical Equipment
LVD 50 and 1000 VAC / 75 and 1500 VDC
Within the scope of the LVD
Outside the scope of the LVD
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High Voltage Equipment
LVD 50 and 1000 VAC / 75 and 1500 VDC
Outside the scope of the LVD
A technical file can be used in the same way as for the LVD in order to show evidence of compliance.
•No DOC obligation•CE marking not allowed
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High Voltage Equipment
LVD 50 and 1000 VAC / 75 and 1500 VDC
Outside the scope of the LVD
Every state will have law that enable government to take corrective measures and/or to punish in case of non-compliance
Criminal, administrative or civil law (Commodity act in NL)
Economic operators
There are considerable differences between economic operators that produce: -household appliances or -products operating on high voltages:
• Manufacturer knowledge of the products• Customers knowledge and awareness• Impact at non-compliance
Economic operators
Accreditation based on ISO/IEC 9001 ensure to a certain level that manufacturers are obligated to:
• Comply with law• Be able to show evidence of compliance• Investigate complaints• Take appropriate actions when necessary
ISO/IEC 17025
Introduction:It contains all of the requirements that testing and calibration laboratories have to meet.
Scope:This International Standard specifies the general requirements for the competence to carry out tests and/or calibrations, including sampling. It covers testing and calibration performed using standard methods, non-standard methods, and laboratory-developed methods.
ISO/IEC 17025
• The obligation for accreditation based on ISO/IEC 17025 is only useful for test laboratories that perform testing for third parties.
• Using ISO/IEC 17025 does not prevent that manufacturers can produce non-compliant products.
ISO/IEC 17025
Experiences and evaluation of accidents and incidents show that there is no relation between application of ISO/IEC 17025 and preventing those events.
Explanation based on accident and incidents examples
RECOMMENDATION
Because is does not contribute in preventing incidents and accidents, we would like to support the withdrawal of the use of ISO/IEC 17025 in Directive 401 as part of the obligation to manufacturers.
Thank youfor your attention