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Europe

 

Ecolabel criteria for printed paper, stationery paper, and paper carrier bag products

 

On 1st December 2020, the European Commission published the following amendments related to Ecolabel criteria for printed paper, stationery paper, and paper carrier bag products.

 

Commission Decision (EU) 2020/1803 of 27 November 2020 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for printed paper, stationery paper, and paper carrier bag products”.

 

The main points of this Decision are:

 

  • Article 1 and 2 indicates references, descriptions and definitions about products affected by this decision.
  • The EU Ecolabel criteria for this product group and the related assessment and verification requirements shall be valid until 31 December 2028.
  • For administrative purposes, the code number for this product group is 053.
  • Decisions 2012/481/EU and 2014/256/EU are repealed.

ANNEX: EU Ecolabel criteria for awarding the EU Ecolabel for printed paper, stationery paper and paper carrier bag products.

 

Ecolabel criteria for electronic displays

 

On 1st December 2020, the European Commission published the following amendments related to Ecolabel criteria for electronic displays.

 

Commission Decision (EU) 2020/1804 of 27 November 2020 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for electronic displays”.

 

The main points of this Decision are:

 

  • The product group ‘electronic displays’ is composed of comprise televisions, monitors and digital signage displays. See definitions in Article 2 of this Decision.
  • The EU Ecolabel criteria for the product group ‘electronic displays’ and the related assessment and verification requirements shall be valid until 31 December 2028.
  • For administrative purposes, the code number for electronic displays is 022.
  • Decision 2009/300/EC is repealed.

ANNEX: EU Ecolabel criteria for awarding the EU Ecolabel to electronic displays.

 

UK

 

Planning beyond the Brexit transition period

 

For assisting and having information about the Brexit, Eurofins has produced a guide about UKCA Mark & CE Marking Changes to product compliance, certification, testing and market access which should answer many of your questions. Click here to get it.

 

France

 

Criteria, sub-criteria and scoring system for calculating the repairability index

 

In December 2020, the French authorities published the following Decrees and orders related to the reparability index of electrical and electronic equipment:

 

 

Recent publications

 

The below table summarises the most recent publications by the Official Journal of the European Union relating to E&E:

 

Date

Reference

Title

18/12/2020

C/2020/8860

Commission Notice The annual Union work programme for European standardisation for 2021 2020/C 437/02.

 

It concerns the following fields between others:

 

  • Ecodesign and energy labelling
  • Batteries
  • Waste electrical and electronic equipment
  • Artificial Intelligence systems
  • Online Platforms
  • Digital Identity

27/10/2020

C/2020/7379

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1562 of 26 October 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/167 as regards harmonised standards for certain radio equipment concerning advanced surface movement guidance and control systems, primary surveillance radars, broadcast sound receivers, international mobile telecommunications equipment and fixed radio systems.

04/11/2020

C/2020/7574

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1630 of 3 November 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1326 as regards the electromagnetic compatibility of industrial, scientific and medical equipment, household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus, electrical lighting and similar equipment, multimedia equipment, switchgear and controlgear.

 

Technical publications

 

Table summarising the most recent technical publications (non-exhaustive):

 

Date

Country

Update

01/09/2020

UK

Using the UKCA mark from 1 January 2021

03/11/2020

UK

Electronics and machinery sector: end of transition period guidance

 

Standards updates

 

Please see the below table summarising the most recent standard 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.

 

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

 

CENELEC / CEN

Reference

Title

Date of Withdrawal (*)

Supersedes

EN 50193-1:2016/A1:2020

Electric instantaneous water heaters - Methods for measuring the Performance - Part 1: General requirements.

2023-06-17

 

EN 50193-2-1:2016/A1:2020

Electric instantaneous water heaters - Part 2-1: Methods for measuring the performance - Multifunctional electric instantaneous water heaters.

2023-06-17

 

EN 50193-2-2:2016/A1:2020

Electric instantaneous water heaters - Part 2-2: Performance requirements - Single point of use electric instantaneous showers - Efficiency.

2023-06-17

 

EN 50440:2015/A1:2020

Efficiency of domestic electrical storage water heaters and testing methods.

2023-06-17

 

EN 50520:2020

Cover plates and cover tapes for the protection and location warning of buried cables or buried conduits in underground installations.

2023-09-14

EN 50520:2009

EN 50643:2018/A1:2020

Electrical and electronic household and office equipment - Measurement of networked standby power consumption of edge equipment.

2023-02-19

 

EN 55032:2015/A1:2020

Electromagnetic compatibility of multimedia equipment - Emission requirements.

2023-12-04

 

EN IEC 60076-24:2020

Power transformers - Part 24: Specification of voltage regulating distribution transformers (VRDT).

2023-08-13

 

EN IEC 60112:2020

Method for the determination of the proof and the comparative tracking indices of solid insulating materials.

2023-12-02 

EN 60112:2003
EN 60112:2003/A1:2020

EN IEC 60120:2020

Ball and socket couplings of string insulator units - Dimensions.

2023-08-26

HD 474 S1:1986

EN 60268-7:2011/A1:2020

Sound system equipment - Part 7: Headphones and earphones.

2023-10-20

 

EN IEC 60268-16:2020

Sound system equipment - Part 16: Objective rating of speech intelligibility by speech transmission index.

2023-10-30

EN 60268-16:2011

EN IEC 60268-22:2020

Sound system equipment - Part 22: Electrical and mechanical measurements on transducers.

2023-10-29

 

EN IEC 60296:2020

Fluids for electrotechnical applications - Mineral insulating oils for electrical equipment.

2023-07-31

 

EN 60332-1-2:2004/A12:2020

Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions - Part 1-2: Test for vertical flame propagation for a single insulated wire or cable - Procedure for 1 kW pre-mixed flame.

2023-11-05

 

EN IEC 60332-3-10:2018/A11:2020

Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions - Part 3-10: Test for vertical flame spread of vertically-mounted bunched wires or cables - Apparatus.

2023-09-16

 

EN 60335-2-5:2015/A1:2020

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-5: Particular requirements for dishwashers.

2022-03-11

 

EN 60335-2-6:2015/A1:2020

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-6: Particular requirements for stationary cooking ranges, hobs, ovens and similar appliances.

2023-04-17

 

EN 60335-2-24:2010/A11:2020

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-24: Particular requirements for refrigerating appliances, ice-cream appliances and ice makers.

2023-06-03

 

EN 60335-2-30:2009/A12:2020

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-30: Particular requirements for room heaters.

2023-02-12 

 

EN IEC 60335-2-43:2020

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-43: Particular requirements for clothes dryers and towel rails.

2023-10-11

EN 60335-2-43:2003
EN 60335-2-43:2003/A1:2006
EN 60335-2-43:2003/A2:2008

EN IEC 60335-2-43:2020/A11:2020

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-43: Particular requirements for clothes dryers and towel rails.

2023-10-11

 

EN IEC 60384-13:2020

Fixed capacitors for use in electronic equipment - Part 13: Sectional specification - Fixed polypropylene film dielectric metal foil DC capacitors.

2023-12-16

EN 60384-13:2012

EN 60436:2020/A11:2020

Electric dishwashers for household use - Methods for measuring the performance.

2023-10-28

 

EN 60456:2016/A11:2020

Clothes washing machines for household use - Methods for measuring the performance.

2023-10-21

 

EN 60601-1-9:2008/A2:2020

Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-9: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Requirements for environmentally conscious design.

2023-08-26

 

EN 60601-1-12:2015/A1:2020

Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-12: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Requirements for medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems intended for use in the emergency medical services environment.

2023-08-26

EN 60601-2-20:2009
EN 60601-2-20:2009/A11:2011
EN 60601-2-20:2009/A1:2016

EN IEC 60601-2-20:2020

Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-20: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of infant transport incubators.

2023-10-07

 

EN IEC 60601-2-22:2020

Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-22: Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance of surgical, cosmetic, therapeutic and diagnostic laser equipment.

2023-10-30

EN 60601-2-22:2013

EN IEC 60603-7:2020

Connectors for electronic equipment - Part 7: Detail specification for 8-way, unshielded, free and fixed connectors.

2023-11-13

EN 60603-7:2009
EN 60603-7:2009/A1:2011
EN 60603-7:2009/A2:2019

EN IEC 60645-3:2020

Electroacoustics - Audiometric equipment - Part 3: Test signals of short duration.

2023-11-03

EN 60645-3:2007

EN IEC 60704-2-1:2020

Household and similar electrical appliances - Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise - Part 2-1: Particular requirements for dry vacuum cleaners.

2023-12-04

EN 60704-2-1:2015

EN IEC 60704-2-17:2020

Household and similar electrical appliances - Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise - Part 2-17: Particular requirements for dry-cleaning robots.

2023-12-02

 

EN 60747-16-5:2013/A1:2020

Semiconductor devices - Part 16-5: Microwave integrated circuits - Oscillators.

2023-08-18

 

EN IEC 60747-17:2020

Semiconductor devices - Part 17: Magnetic and capacitive coupler for basic and reinforced insulation.

2023-10-26

 

 EN IEC 60749-20:2020

Semiconductor devices - Mechanical and climatic test methods - Part 20: Resistance of plastic encapsulated SMDs to the combined effect of moisture and soldering heat.

2023-10-05

EN 60749-20:2009

EN IEC 60749-41:2020

Semiconductor devices - Mechanical and climatic test methods - Part 41: Standard reliability testing methods of non-volatile memory devices.

2023-08-26

 

EN IEC 61000-4-3:2020

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-3 : Testing and measurement techniques - Radiated, radio-frequency, electromagnetic field immunity test.

2023-10-13

EN 61000-4-3:2006
EN 61000-4-3:2006/A1:2008
EN 61000-4-3:2006/A2:2010
EN 61000-4-3:2006/IS1:2009

EN IEC 61000-6-8:2020

Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 6-8: Generic standards - Emission standard for professional equipment in commercial and light-industrial locations.

2023-09-03

 

EN IEC 61007:2020

Transformers and inductors for use in electronic and telecommunication equipment - Measuring methods and test procedures.

2023-08-24

EN 61007:1997

EN IEC 61076-2-012:2020

Connectors for electrical and electronic equipment - Product Requirements - Part 2-012: Circular connectors - Detail specification for connectors with inner push-pull locking based on M12 connector interfaces according to IEC 61076-2-101, IEC 61076-2-109, IEC 61076-2-111 and IEC 61076-2-113.

2023-08-31

 

EN IEC 61076-2-114:2020

Connectors for electrical and electronic equipment - Product requirements - Part 2-114: Circular connectors - Detail specification for connectors with M8 screw-locking with power contacts and signal contacts for data transmission up to 100 MHz.

2023-10-29

 

EN IEC 61169-1-4:2020

Radio-frequency connectors - Part 1-4: Electrical test methods - Voltage standing wave ratio, return loss and reflection coefficient.

2023-08-12

 

EN IEC 61591:2020

Cooking fume extractors - Methods for measuring performance.

2023-07-10

EN 61591:1997
EN 61591:1997/A11:2014
EN 61591:1997/A12:2015
EN 61591:1997/A1:2006
EN 61591:1997/A2:2011

EN IEC 61803:2020

Determination of power losses in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations with line-commutated converters.

2023-11-23

EN 61803:1999
EN 61803:1999/A1:2010
EN 61803:1999/A2:2016

EN IEC 61968-5:2020

Application integration at electric utilities - System interfaces for distribution management - Part 5: Distributed energy optimization.

2023-09-22

 

EN IEC 61969-3:2020

Mechanical structures for electrical and electronic equipment - Outdoor enclosures - Part 3: Environmental requirements, tests and safety aspects.

2023-07-13

EN 61969-3:2012

EN IEC 62384:2020

DC or AC supplied electronic controlgear for LED modules - Performance requirements.

2023-06-17

EN 62384:2006
EN 62384:2006/A1:2009

EN IEC 62271-104:2020

High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 104: Alternating current switches for rated voltages higher than 52 kV.

2023-09-25

EN 62271-104:2015

EN IEC 62271-108:2020

High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 108: High-voltage alternating current disconnecting circuit-breakers for rated voltages above 52 kV.

2023-08-13

EN 62271-108:2006

EN IEC 62433-6:2020

EMC IC modelling - Part 6: Models of integrated circuits for pulse immunity behavioural simulation - Conducted pulse immunity modelling (ICIM-CPI).

2023-10-27

 

EN IEC 62435-3:2020

Electronic components - Long-term storage of electronic semiconductor devices - Part 3: Data.

2023-03-24

 

 EN IEC 62435-8:2020

Electronic components - Long-term storage of electronic semiconductor devices - Part 8: Passive electronic devices.

2023-08-12 

 

EN IEC 62512:2020

Electric clothes washer-dryers for household use - Methods for measuring the performance.

2023-12-04

EN 50229:2015
EN 50229:2015/AC:2016

EN IEC 62512:2020/A11:2020

Electric clothes washer-dryers for household use - Methods for measuring the performance.

2023-10-21

 

EN IEC 62885-4:2020

Surface cleaning appliances - Part 4: Cordless dry vacuum cleaners for household or similar use - Methods for measuring the performance.

2023-08-17

 

EN IEC 62966-2:2020

Mechanical structures for electrical and electronic equipment - Aisle containment for IT cabinets - Part 2: Details of air flow, air separation and air cooling requirements.

2023-08-19

 

EN IEC 63103:2020

Lighting equipment - Non-active mode power measurement.

2023-08-26

 

EN IEC 63169:2020

Electrical household and similar cooling and freezing appliances - Food preservation.

2023-07-27

 

EN IEC 63182-2:2020

Magnetic powder cores - Guidelines on dimensions and the limits of surface irregularities - Part 2: Ring-cores.

2023-11-03

 

EN IEC 63252:2020

Energy consumption of vending machines.

2023-08-17

EN 50597:2018

EN ISO 22043:2020

Ice-cream freezers - Classification, requirements and test conditions (ISO 22043:2020).

2021-06-30

EN 16901:2016

Reference

Title

Date of Availability (**)

Supersedes

EN 50708-1-1:2020/AC:2020-12

Power transformers - Additional European requirements: Part 1-1: Common part - General requirements.

2020-12-04

 

EN 50708-2-1:2020/AC:2020-12


Power transformers - Additional European requirements: Part 2-1 Medium power transformer - General requirements.

2020-12-04

 

EN IEC 60664-1:2020/AC:2020-12

Insulation coordination for equipment within low-voltage supply systems - Part 1: Principles, requirements and tests.

2020-12-04

 

 

ETSI Standards

Reference

Title

ETSI EN 301 489-17 V3.2.4

EMC standard for radio equipment services; Part 17: Specific conditions for Broadband Data Transmission Systems; Harmonised Standard for EMC

ETSI EN 300 019-2-3 V2.5.1

Environmental Engineering (EE); Environmental conditions and environmental tests for telecommunications equipment; Part 2-3: Specification of environmental tests; Stationary use at weatherprotected locations

ETSI EN 301 489-17 V3.2.4

EMC standard for radio equipment services; Part 17: Specific conditions for Broadband Data Transmission Systems; Harmonised Standard for EMC

ETSI EN 301 489-22 V2.1.1

ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 22: Specific conditions for ground based aeronautical mobile and fixed radio equipment; Harmonised Standard for ElectroMagnetic Compatibility

ETSI EN 302 609 V2.2.1

Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment for Euroloop communication systems; Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum

ETSI EN 303 213-4-2 V2.1.1

Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS); Part 4: Community Specification for a deployed non-cooperative sensor including its interfaces; Sub-part 2: Specific requirements for a deployed Surface Movement Radar sensor

ETSI EN 303 340 V1.2.1

Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcast Receivers; Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum

ETSI GR NFV-EVE 016 V1.1.1

Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV); Evolution and Ecosystem; Report on Connection-based Virtual Services

ETSI TR 103 579 V1.1.1

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); Pre-Standardization Study on payment applications in Cooperative ITS using V2I communication

ETSI TS 103 246-5 V1.3.1

Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES); GNSS based location systems; Part 5: Performance Test Specification

ETSI TS 103 569 V1.1.1

ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Study into extending the upper limit of the range of radiated emissions requirements up to 40 GHz

ETSI TS 103 601 V1.1.1

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); Security; Security management messages communication requirements and distribution protocols

ETSI TS 126 445 V12.14.0

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); Detailed algorithmic description (3GPP TS 26.445 version 12.14.0 Release 12)

ETSI TS 138 113 V15.11.0

5G; NR; Base Station (BS) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) (3GPP TS 38.113 version 15.11.0 Release 15)

ETSI TS 138 113 V16.1.0

5G; NR; Base Station (BS) ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) (3GPP TS 38.113 version 16.1.0 Release 16)

ETSI TS 138 124 V15.4.0

5G; NR; Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements for mobile terminals and ancillary equipment (3GPP TS 38.124 version 15.4.0 Release 15)

ETSI TS 138 124 V16.1.0

5G; NR; Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements for mobile terminals and ancillary equipment (3GPP TS 38.124 version 16.1.0 Release 16)

ETSI TS 138 523-1 V16.4.0

5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol (3GPP TS 38.523-1 version 16.4.0 Release 16)

ETSI TS 186 001-5 V2.4.0

 Core Network and Interoperability Testing (INT); Network Integration Testing between SIP and ISDN/PSTN network signalling protocols; Part 5: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) for Network Integration Tests between ISDN-ISDN and ISDN-PSTN over SIP II NNI/SIP-I NNI

 

IEC Standards

Reference

Title

Publication date

IEC 60034-18-42:2017+AMD1:2020 CSV

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.

08/18/2020

CISPR TR 16-3:2020, Ed. 4.0

Specification for radio disturbance and immunity measuring apparatus and methods - Part 3: CISPR technical reports.

10/21/2020

IEC 60034:2020 SER

Rotating electrical machines - ALL PARTS.

08/18/2020

IEC 60034-11:2020 

Rotating electrical machines - Part 11: Thermal protection.

05/10/2020

IEC 60034-7:2020 

Rotating electrical machines - Part 7: Classification of types of construction, mounting arrangements and terminal box position (IM Code).

07/10/2020

IEC 60079:2020 SER, Ed. 1.0

Explosive atmospheres - ALL PARTS.

10/20/2020

IEC 60079-25:2020/COR1:2020, Ed. 3.0

Corrigendum 1 - Explosive atmospheres - Part 25: Intrinsically safe electrical systems.

10/20/2020

IEC 60268-16:2020 

Sound system equipment - Part 16: Objective rating of speech intelligibility by speech transmission index.

25/09/2020

IEC 60268-22:2020 

Sound system equipment - Part 22: Electrical and mechanical measurements on transducers.

24/09/2020

IEC 60305:2020 PRV 

Insulators for overhead lins with a nominal voltage above 1000 V - Ceramic or glass insulator units for a.c. systems - Characteristics of insulator units of the cap and pin type.

16/10/2020

IEC 60335-1:2020

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements.

09/02/2020

IEC 60335-2-115:2020 PRV, Ed. 1.0

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-115: Particular requirements for skin beauty care appliances.

10/23/2020

IEC 60335-2-24:2020 

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-24: Particular requirements for refrigerating appliances, ice-cream appliances and ice makers.

09/16/2020

IEC 60335-2-4:2020 PRV, Ed. 7.0

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-4: Particular requirements for spin extractors.

10/23/2020

IEC 60433:2020 PRV 

Insulators for overhead lines with a nominal voltage above 1 000 V - Ceramic insulators for ac systems - Characteristics of insulator units of the long rod type.

16/10/2020

IEC 60601-1:2005/AMD2:2020 

Amendment 2 - Medical electrical equipment - Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance.

08/20/2020

IEC 60601-1:2005+AMD1:2012+AMD2:2020 CSV

Medical electrical equipment - Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance.

08/20/2020

IEC 60601-1-2:2014+AMD1:2020 CSV 

Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances - Requirements and tests.

09/01/2020

IEC 60825-2:2020 PRV, Ed. 4.0

Safety of laser products - Part 2: Safety of optical fibre communication systems (OFCSs).

10/30/2020

IEC 61228:2020, Ed. 3.0

Fluorescent ultraviolet lamps used for tanning - Measurement and specification method.

11/04/2020

IEC 61326-1:2020, Ed. 3.0

Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - EMC requirements - Part 1: General requirements.

10/26/2020

IEC 61326-2-1:2020, Ed. 3.0

Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - EMC requirements - Part 2-1: Particular requirements - Test configurations, operational conditions and performance criteria for sensitive test and measurement equipment for EMC unprotected applications.

10/23/2020

IEC 61326-2-2:2020, Ed. 3.0

Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - EMC requirements - Part 2-2: Particular requirements - Test configurations, operational conditions and performance criteria for portable testing, measuring and monitoring equipment used in low-voltage distribution systems.

10/23/2020

IEC 61326-2-3:2020, Ed. 3.0

Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - EMC requirements - Part 2-3: Particular requirements - Test configuration, operational conditions and performance criteria for transducers with integrated or remote signal conditioning.

10/26/2020

IEC 61326-2-4:2020, Ed. 3.0

Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - EMC requirements - Part 2-4: Particular requirements - Test configurations, operational conditions and performance criteria for insulation monitoring devices according to IEC 61557-8 and for equipment for insulation fault location according to IEC 61557-9.

10/27/2020

IEC 61326-2-5:2020, Ed. 3.0

Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - EMC requirements - Part 2-5: Particular requirements - Test configurations, operational conditions and performance criteria for field devices with field bus interfaces according to IEC 61784-1.

10/29/2020

IEC 61924-2:2020 PRV, Ed. 2.0

Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems - Integrated navigation systems (INS) - Part 2: Modular structure for INS - Operational and performance requirements, methods of testing and required test results.

10/30/2020

IEC 62281/AMD1:2020 PRV, Ed. 4.0

Amendment 1 - Safety of primary and secondary lithium cells and batteries during transport.

11/06/2020

IEC TS 61169-1-51:2020, Ed. 1.0

Radio frequency connectors - Part 1-51: Technical specification of electrical tests - Uncertainty specification of frequency domain test for return loss.

10/20/2020

IEC TS 62836:2020, Ed. 1.0

Measurement of internal electric field in insulating materials - Pressure wave propagation method.

11/05/2020

IEC/IEEE 62209-1528:2020, Ed. 1.0

Measurement procedure for the assessment of specific absorption rate of human exposure to radio frequency fields from hand-held and body-worn wireless communication devices - Part 1528: Human models, instrumentation and procedures (Frequency range of 4 MHz to 10 GHz).

10/19/2020

IEC/IEEE 62704-4:2020, Ed. 1.0

Determining the peak spatial-average specific absorption rate (SAR) in the human body from wireless communication devices, 30 MHz to 6 GHz - Part 4: General requirements for using the finite element method for SAR calculations.

10/20/2020

ISO 80601-2-67:2020, Ed. 2.0

Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-67: Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance of oxygen-conserving equipment.

10/30/2020

 

US

 

Standards updates

 

Please see below table summarising several recent ASTM standards updates:

 

Reference

Title

ASTM F1920 - 20

Standard Test Method for Performance of Rack Conveyor Commercial Dishwashing Machines.

 

Regulatory updates

 

Please see below a table summarising some recent updates to legislation and proposals (non-exhaustive):

 

Date

Country

Update

18/11/2020

US

Certain Electric Shavers and Components and Accessories Thereof; Institution of Investigation