Harmonised standards
- Harmonised legislation for products (directives or regulations which provide for CE marking)
- Other legislation for products (directives or regulations which do not provide for CE marking)
- Framework legislation for products, conformity assessment and management systems
- Legislation for services
- European Standardisation Organisations: more info on the content of European standards
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Standards are shaped by consensus among enterprises, public authorities, consumers, and trade unions, through a consultation process organised by independent, recognised standardisation bodies at national, European and international level.
A harmonised standard is elaborated on the basis of a request from the European Commission to a recognised European Standards Organisation to develop a European standard that provides solutions for compliance with a legal provision. Such a request provides guidelines which standards must respect to meet the essential requirements or other provisions of harmonisation legislation.
Compliance with harmonised standards provides a presumption of conformity with the corresponding requirements of harmonisation legislation. Manufacturers, other economic operators or conformity assessment bodies can use harmonised standards to demonstrate that products, services or processes comply with relevant EU legislation.
To create the capacity to confer this presumption of conformity, the references of harmonised standards must be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The use of these standards remains voluntary. Manufacturers, other economic operators or conformity assessment bodies are free to choose any other technical solution that provides compliance with the mandatory legal requirements.
Within the context of some directives or regulations voluntary European standards supporting implementation of relevant legal requirements are not called "harmonised standards". Such legislation and related European standards are also included in this information service, if relevant legislation foresees a need for a Commission standardisation request to European Standards Organisations and if publication of references in the Official Journal of the European Union is foreseen as a precondition for presumption of conformity or for other legal effect.
Harmonised legislation for products (directives or regulations which provide for CE marking)
Lists of references of harmonised standards and general information
Chemical engineering
Construction
Consumers and workers' protectionEnergy efficiency
Electric and electronic engineering
- Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
- Equipment for explosive atmospheres (ATEX)
- Low Voltage (LVD)
- Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (RTTE)
- Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances (RoHS)
Healthcare engineering
Measuring technology
Mechanical engineering and means of transport
- Cableway installations designed to carry persons
- Equipment for explosive atmospheres (ATEX)
- Gas appliances (GAD)
- Lifts
- Machinery (MD)
- Pressure equipment (PED)
- Recreational craft
- Simple Pressure Vessels (SPVD)
Other legislation for products (directives or regulations which do not provide for CE marking)
Lists of references of harmonised standards or other European standards and general information
- Cosmetics products
- General product safety
- Interoperability of the rail system
- Packaging and packaging waste
Framework legislation for products, conformity assessment and management systems
Lists of references of European standards and general information
Legislation for services
Lists of references of European standards and general information
European Standardisation Organisations: more info on the content of European standards
For information about the content and availability of European standards, please contact the European Standardisation Organisations or their national member organisations:
- CEN: the European European Committee for Standardization
- CENELEC: the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
- ETSI: the European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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