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CE conformity marking: 2006/95/EC Machinery Directive
– Low Voltage Directive The Machinery Directive does not apply
The CE conformity marking consists of the The safety of electrical equipment is to WAGO products.
characters ”CE“, with the following script: guaranteed by the Low Voltage Directive.
This directive covers ‘complete’ electrical 94/9/EC Ex Protection Directive,
equipment designed for use with a vol- ATEX 100a
tage rating of between 50 and 1000V
for alternating current and between 75 General technical information for elec-
and 1500V for direct current. Products trical equipment in hazardous environ-
falling within the scope of the Low Vol- ments.
tage Directive that are designed in such
a way that they can be used in other
electrical devices and whose safety, for
the most part, is dependant on how these
Communauté Européenne (European components were built into the end pro-
Community) duct and what features the end product
has are defined as basic components in
The CE marking shall be affixed to the accordance with the Low Voltage Direc-
electrical equipment, or if that is not pos- tive.* The Low Voltage Directive doesn’t
sible, to the smallest packing unit. With apply to basic components.
the CE marking, manufacturers attest con-
formity of their products to the relevant
directives. 2004/108/EC
– EMC Directive
In addition to the CE marking, the manu- The EMC Directive implies that a pro-
facturer provides an EC "Declaration duct must meet the limits of the radiated
of Conformity" for the product. This EC electromagnetic disturbance and also
"Declaration of Conformity" must be retai- requires that a product must be immune
ned and submitted to a national surveil- to electromagnetic interference. Elec-
lance authority upon request. EC directi- tromagnetic passive components or
ves are binding legal regulations of the components with no direct function, like
European Community. Their goal is the resistors, diodes, capacitors, switching
harmonization of legal and administrative relays or cables (in the form of passive
regulations in the various EC member sta- printed circuit boards) are not considered
tes, in order to prevent trade obstructions as apparatus within the meaning of the
due to different national regulations. EMC Directive.
In order to "market" a product, it must
comply with the relevant directives. The
product may be subject to several direc-
tives, e.g. the EMC and the low voltage
directives.

The EC directives are legally binding
specifications of the European Union.
Their aim is the alignment of legal and
administrative specifications in the various
EC member states, in order to prevent
trading hindrances arising from different
national specifications.
In order to launch a product on the
market it has to comply with the relevant
directives. Several directives may apply
to a product, for example the EMC and
the low voltage directives.