Technical Update: Europe Lighting Product Standards Update Summary
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04 Apr 2018 REGULATORY NEWS

Technical Update: Europe Lighting Product Standards Update Summary

Date of Withdrawal for harmonized standards November 2017 - April 2018 for lighting products.

By Bureau Veritas Technical Services 1 minute read


Standard

Title

Version of Standard

Part in Red will Become Compulsory from:

EN 60598-2-20

Lighting Chains

EN 60598-2-20:2015

2017-12-30

EN 60598-2-21

Rope Lights

EN 60598-2-21: 2015

2017-12-30

EN 60968

Self-ballasted lamps for general lighting services – Safety requirements

EN 60968:2015

2018-03-30

EN 61347-1

Lamp controlgear – General and safety requirements

EN 61347-1:2015

2018-03-26

EN 62776

Double-capped LED Lamps designed to retrofit linear fluorescent lamps – Safety specifications

EN 62776:2015

2018-01-15


Impact on Supply Chain

Products need to comply with the new standards version when entering the European market. Product construction, marking, instruction manual and packaging needs updating and a change in design to comply with new standards version.

Technical Support: shanchao.sun@cn.bureauveritas.com & marco-kw.luk@cn.bureauveritas.com





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