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14 CE Marking and EC Directives

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CE Conformity Marking: The CE conformity marking must be 94/9/EC Ex Protection Directive,
applied to all electrical equipment, or, ATEX 100 a
The CE conformity marking consists of the should this not be possible, to the smal-
characters “CE” with the following script: lest packing unit. With the CE marking, General technical information on electri-
manufacturers attest conformity of their cal equipment used in hazardous environ-
products to relevant directives. ments.

In addition to the CE marking, the manu-
facturer provides an EC “Declaration of
Conformity” for the product. The manu-
facturer must retain this declaration of
conformity and present it on request to a
national surveillance authority.

Communauté Européenne
(European Community)
2004/108/EC
– EMC Directive
EC directives are legally binding spe-
cifications for the European Community. This directive applies to any apparatuses,
Their goal is aligning legal and adminis- equipment and systems containing elec-
trative specifications in the various EC tric or electronic components. The BAPT
member countries, in order to prevent (Bundesamt für Post und Telekommunika-
trading hindrances arising from different tion / Federal Office for Post and Tele-
national specifications. communications) is authorized to draw
a distinction between elementary and
In order to launch a product on the complex components. Elementary com-
market, it must comply with the relevant ponents such as resistors, transformers,
directives. Several directives may apply ICs, relays, etc. are not provided with
for one single product, for example EMC marking. For complex components, such
and low voltage directives. as electro-motors, electronic cards, ther-
mostats, etc., the EMC directives apply
For WAGO products the following only if these components are sold directly
EC directives apply: to the end user.

All products subject to the application
range of the EMC directive must display
2006/95/EG the CE marking on their housing. This
– Low Voltage Directive marking proves conformity with the corre-
sponding standards.
This directive covers “complete” electrical
equipment designed for use with a vol-
tage rating between 50 and 1000V for
alternating current and between 75 and 2006/42/EG
1500V for direct current. – Machinery Directive

This directive applies to products such This directive applies to complete machi-
as rail-mounted terminal blocks, terminal nes or equipment.
blocks, modular terminal blocks, terminal
strips, etc. which comply with the specifi- The manufacturers of machines or equip-
cations of the coordinated European stan- ment are, however, obliged to use com-
dards and their specific parts (e.g., EN ponents which meet the corresponding
60947 for rail-mounted terminal blocks EC directives (e.g., low voltage or EMC
and EN 60998 for terminal blocks). directives).
Fulfillment and conformity with the-
se directives is required for the free
exchange of goods within Europe.