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Europe – Machinery

 

Standards updates

 

Please see the below table summarising the most recent standards updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

 

(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

CENELEC / CEN

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 1837:2020

Safety of machinery - Integral lighting of machines

2021-06-30

EN 1837:1999+A1:2009

EN ISO 11553-1:2020/A11:2020

Safety of machinery - Laser processing machines - Part 1: Laser safety requirements (ISO 11553-1:2020)

2021-05-31

 

EN 15571:2020

Machines and plants for mining and tooling of natural stone - Safety - Requirements for surface-finishing machines

2021-05-31

EN 15571:2014

EN ISO 16092-2:2020

Machine tools safety - Presses - Part 2: Safety requirement for mechanical presses (ISO 16092-2:2019)

2021-03-31

EN 692:2005+A1:2009

EN ISO 16092-4:2020

Machine tools safety - Presses - Part 4: Safety requirements for pneumatic presses (ISO 16092-4:2019)

2021-03-31


EN 13736:2003+A1:2009

EN 16564:2020

Machines and plants for mining and tooling of natural stone - Safety - Requirements for bridge type sawing/milling machines, included numerical control (NC/CNC) versions

2021-05-31

EN 16564:2014

EN ISO 19085-10:2019/A11:2020

Woodworking machines - Safety - Part 10: Building site saws (contractor saws) (ISO 19085-10:2018, including Corrected version 2019-12)

2021-03-31

 

EN 60034-18-42:2017/A1:2020

Rotating electrical machines - Part 18-42: Partial discharge resistant electrical insulation systems (Type II) used in rotating electrical machines fed from voltage converters - Qualification tests

2023-09-22

 

EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020

Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-6: Particular requirements for hand-held hammers

2024-08-10

EN 60745-2-6:2010

EN IEC 62841-2-6:2020/A11:2020

Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-6: Particular requirements for hand-held hammers

2024-08-10

 

 

Europe – Lifts

 

On 18th December 2020, The European commission published the following Notice:

 

The annual Union work programme for European standardisation for 2021.

 

This Commission Notice identifies the European standards and European standardisation deliverables that the Commission intends to request for the year 2021, as well as the specific objectives and policies for these standards and deliverables. Lifts are included in this annual work programme.

 

Standards updates

 

Please see the below table summarising the most recent standards updates and upcoming dates of withdrawal (non-exhaustive):

 

(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

CENELEC / CEN

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 81-40:2020

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Special lifts for the transport of persons and goods - Part 40: Stairlifts and inclined lifting platforms intended for persons with impaired mobility

2022-09-30

EN 81-40:2008

 

UK

 

Planning for the end of the Brexit transition period

 

UK authorities have published the following articles in relation to the construction sector following the end of the Brexit transition period: