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Construction Products and Machinery | Monthly bulletin | May 2020

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Regulatory news

 


 

Europe – Construction Products

 

Standards updates

 

Please see below a table summarising some 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(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 197-2:2020

Cement - Part 2: Assessment and verification of constancy of performance

2020-09-30

EN 197-2:2014

 

Europe – Machinery

 

Amending harmonised standards for machinery

 

On 2nd April 2020, the European Commission published the following decision:

 

“Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/480 of 1 April 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/436 on harmonised standards for machinery drafted in support of Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council”.

 

The main amendments as a result of this decision are:

 

  • Annex I of this Decision amends the Annex I of Decision (EU) 2019/436
  • Annex II of this Decision amends the Annex III of Decision (EU) 2019/436

Please click here to view the full Commission Decision (EU) 2020/480 publication.

 

Standard updates

 

Please see below a table summarising some 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(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 62841-3-4:2016/A1:2020

Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 3-4: Particular requirements for transportable bench grinders

2023-03-13

 

EN 62841-4-1:2020

Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools and Lawn and Garden Machinery - Safety - Part 4-1: Particular requirements for chain saws

2024-03-13

EN 60745-2-13:2009

EN 60745-2-13:2009/A1:2010

 

Europe – ATEX

 

Standards updates

 

Please see below a table summarising some 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(*) Date of withdrawal: latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn.

 

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN ISO/IEC 80079-34:2020

Explosive atmospheres - Part 34: Application of quality systems for ex product manufacture (ISO/IEC 80079-34:2018)

2023-03-31

EN ISO/IEC 80079-34:2011

 

Europe – Transport of dangerous goods

 

Standards updates

 

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

 

(*) Date of availability date when definitive text in the official language versions of an approved CEN/CENELEC publication is distributed by Central Secretariat.

 

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 14025:2018 /AC:2020

Tanks for the transport of dangerous goods - Metallic pressure tanks - Design and construction

2020-03-18

 

 

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