CE Directive Checklist

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General Questions:
To start off, we have some general questions for you. This will help us to present you only the most relevant directives.
A) Does the product have a medical or cosmetic function?
- Yes
- No
B) Does the product have a measuring function?
- Yes
- No
C) Does the product have a lifting purpose?
- Yes
- No
D) Is the product to be used by children or is it attractive for children?
- Yes
- No
E) Does the product have pressurized parts?
- Yes
- No
F) Is the product a boat or is a product to be used on a boat?
- Yes
- No

Machinery Directive: Scope
Questions related to the scope of the Machinery Directive. Whenever you answer a yes, the product is within the scope of the directive.
1) Is your product 'machinery' as defined by the Machinery Directive?*
The product is 'machinery' if it is:
(a) an assembly, fitted with or intended to be fitted with a drive system other than directly applied human or animal effort, consisting of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, and which are joined together for a specific application; OR

(b) an assembly missing only the components to connect it on site or to sources of energy and motion; OR

(c) an assembly referred to above, ready to be installed and able to function as it stands only if mounted on a means of transport, or installed in a building or a structure; OR

(d) assemblies of machinery referred to above or partly completed machinery which, in order to achieve the same end, are arranged and controlled so that they function as an integral whole; OR

(e) an assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves and which are joined together, intended for lifting loads and whose only power source is directly applied human effort?
- Yes
- No
2) Is the product 'interchangeable equipment'?*
The product is 'interchangeable equipment' if it is a device which, after the putting into service of machinery or of a tractor, is assembled with that machinery or tractor by the operator himself in order to change its function or attribute a new function, in so far as this equipment is not a tool?
- Yes
- No
3) Is the product a 'safety component'?*
The product is a 'safety component' if:
- it is a component which serves to fulfil a safety function,
- it is independently placed on the market,
- the failure and/or malfunction of which endangers the safety of persons, and
- it is not necessary in order for the machinery to function, or for which normal components may be substituted in order for the machinery to function?
- Yes
- No
- Guards for removable mechanical transmission devices
- Protective devices designed to detect the presence of persons
- Power-operated interlocking movable guards designed to be used as safeguards in machinery referred to in items 9, 10 and 11 of Annex IV
- Logic units to ensure safety functions
- Valves with additional means for failure detection intended for the control of dangerous movements on machinery
- Extraction systems for machinery emissions
- Guards and protective devices designed to protect persons against moving parts involved in the process on the machinery
- Monitoring devices for loading and movement control in lifting machinery
- Restraint systems to keep persons on their seats
- Emergency stop devices
- Discharging systems to prevent the build-up of potentially dangerous electrostatic charges
- Energy limiters and relief devices referred to in sections 1.5.7, 3.4.7 and 4.1.2.6 of Annex I
- Systems and devices to reduce the emission of noise and vibrations
- Roll-over protective structures (ROPS)
- Falling-object protective structures (FOPS)
- Two-hand control devices
- Components for machinery designed for lifting and/or lowering persons between different landings and included in the following list:
(a) devices for locking landing doors;
(b) devices to prevent the load-carrying unit from falling or unchecked upwards movement;
(c) overspeed limitation devices;
(d) energy-accumulating non-linear shock absorbers, or shock absorbers with damping of the return movement;
(e) energy-dissipating shock absorbers;
(f) safety devices fitted to jacks of hydraulic power circuits where these are used as devices to prevent falls;
(g) electric safety devices in the form of safety switches containing electronic components
4) Is the product a 'lifting accessory'?*
The product is 'lifting accessory' if it is a component or equipment not attached to the lifting machinery, allowing the load to be held, which is placed between the machinery and the load or on the load itself, or which is intended to constitute an integral part of the load and which is independently placed on the market; slings and their components are also regarded as lifting accessories.
- Yes
- No
5) Is the product a chain, rope and webbing designed and constructed for lifting purposes as part of lifting machinery or lifting accessories?*
- Yes
- No
6) Is the product a 'removable mechanical transmission device'?*
The product is a 'removable mechanical transmission device' if it is a removable component for transmitting power between self-propelled machinery or a tractor and another machine by joining them at the first fixed bearing? (When it is placed on the market with the guard it shall be regarded as one product)
- Yes
- No
7) Is the product 'partly completed machinery'?*
'Partly completed machinery' means an assembly which is almost machinery but which cannot in itself perform a specific application? (A drive system is partly completed machinery. Partly completed machinery is only intended to be incorporated into or assembled with other machinery or other partly completed machinery or equipment, thereby forming machinery to which this Directive applies.)
- Yes
- No
Machinery Directive: Exemptions
If the product is on the list of exemptions below, the Machinery Directive will not apply.
8) Is the product covered by the following list of products/circumstances?
(a) Is the product a safety component intended to be used as spare parts to replace identical components and supplied by the manufacturer of the original machinery?

(b) Is the product specific equipment for use in fairgrounds and/or amusement parks?

(c) Is the product machinery specially designed or put into service for nuclear purposes which, in the event of failure, may result in an emission of radioactivity?

(d) Is the product a weapon (including firearms);

(e) Is the product one of the the following means of transport:
- agricultural and forestry tractors for the risks covered by Directive 2003/37/EC, with the exclusion of machinery mounted on these vehicles,
- motor vehicles and their trailers covered by Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers [13], with the exclusion of machinery mounted on these vehicles,
- vehicles covered by Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 March 2002 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles [14], with the exclusion of machinery mounted on these vehicles,
- motor vehicles exclusively intended for competition, and
- means of transport by air, on water and on rail networks with the exclusion of machinery mounted on these means of transport;

(f) Is the product a seagoing vessel and mobile offshore unit and machinery installed on board such vessels and/or units?

(g) Is the product machinery specially designed and constructed for military or police purposes?

(h) Is the product machinery specially designed and constructed for research purposes for temporary use in laboratories?

(i) Is the product mine winding gear?

(j) Is the product machinery intended to move performers during artistic performances?

(k) Is the product one of the following products:
- electrical and electronic household appliances intended for domestic use,
- audio and video equipment,
- information technology equipment,
- ordinary office machinery,
- low-voltage switchgear and control gear,
- electric motors;

(l) Is the product one of the following types of high-voltage electrical equipment:
- switch gear and control gear,
- transformers.
- Yes
- No
The Machinery Directive may apply. It's worthwhile to study the text of this directive.
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The Machinery Directive may apply. It's worthwhile to study the text of this directive.
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The Machinery Directive may apply. It's worthwhile to study the text of this directive.
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The Machinery Directive may apply. It's worthwhile to study the text of this directive.
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The Machinery Directive may apply. It's worthwhile to study the text of this directive.
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The Machinery Directive may apply. It's worthwhile to study the text of this directive.
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The Machinery Directive is not likely to apply.
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The Machinery Directive is not likely to apply.
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Low Voltage Directive: Scope
9) Is the products any equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between 50 and 1000 V for alternating current and between 75 and 1500 V for direct current?*
- Yes
- No
The Low Voltage Directive is not likely to apply.
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Low Voltage Directive: Exemptions
10) Is the product covered by the following list of exclusions to the Low Voltage Directive?*
- Electrical equipment for use in an explosive atmosphere Electrical equipment for radiology and medical purposes Electrical parts for goods and passenger lifts
- Electricity meters
- Plugs and socket outlets for domestic use Electric fence controllers
- Radio-electrical interference
- Specialised electrical equipment, for use on ships, aircraft or railways, which complies with the safety provisions drawn up by international bodies in which the Member States participate.
- Yes
- No
The Low Voltage Directive is likely to apply.
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The Low Voltage Directive is not likely to apply.
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EMC Directive: Scope
11) Is the product an appliance or fixed installation that contains electronics or active components that are liable to cause electromagnetic disturbance, which can degrade the performance of equipment, or be affected by such disturbance?*
- Yes
- No
The EMC Directive is not likely to apply.
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EMC Directive: Exemptions
12) Can the product be considered to be covered by one of the following descriptions?*
- Electrical equipment for use in an explosive atmosphere Electrical equipment for radiology and medical purposes Electrical parts for goods and passenger lifts
- Electricity meters
- Plugs and socket outlets for domestic use Electric fence controllers
- Radio-electrical interference
- Specialised electrical equipment, for use on ships, aircraft or railways, which complies with the safety provisions drawn up by international bodies in which the Member States participate.
- Yes
- No
The EMC Directive is likely to apply.
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Radio Equipment Directive: Scope
13) Is the product a Radio Frequency sending or receiving device?*
The product is an electrical or electronic product, which intentionally emits and/or receives radio waves below 3000 GHz for the purpose of radio communication and/or radiodetermination, or an electrical or electronic product which must be completed with an accessory, such as antenna, so as to intentionally emit and/or receive radio waves for the purpose of radio communication and/or radiodetermination. (Examples: WiFi, bluetooth)
- Yes
- No
The RED Directive is not likely to apply.
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Radio Equipment Directive: Exemptions
14) Can the product be considered to be one of the following?*
1. Radio equipment used by radio amateurs within the meaning of Article 1, definition 56, of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Radio Regulations, unless the equipment is made available on the market. The following shall be regarded as not being made available on the market: (a) radio kits for assembly and use by radio amateurs; (b) radio equipment modified by and for the use of radio amateurs; (c) equipment constructed by individual radio amateurs for experimental and scientific purposes related to amateur radio. 2. Marine equipment falling within the scope of Council Directive 96/98/EC (1). 3. Airborne products, parts and appliances falling within the scope of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2). 4. Custom-built evaluation kits destined for professionals to be used solely at research and development facilities for such purposes.
- Yes
- No
The Radio Equipment Directive is likely to apply.
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ATEX Directive: Scope
15) Is the product equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres?*
(a) ‘Equipment’ means machines, apparatus, fixed or mobile devices, control components and instrumentation thereof and detection or prevention systems which, separately or jointly, are intended for the generation, transfer, storage, measurement, control and conversion of energy and/or the processing of material and which are capable of causing an explosion through their own potential sources of ignition.
(b) ‘Protective systems’ means devices other than components of the equipment defined above which are intended to halt incipient explosions immediately and/or to limit the effective range of an explosion and which are separately placed on the market for use as autonomous systems.
(c) ‘Components’ means any item essential to the safe functioning of equipment and protective systems but with no autonomous function.
(d) 'Explosive atmosphere' means mixture with air, under atmospheric conditions, of flammable substances in the form of gases, vapours, mists or dusts in which, after ignition has occurred, combustion spreads to the entire unburned mixture.
- Yes
- No
The ATEX Directive is not likely to apply.
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ATEX Directive: Exemptions
16) Can the product be considered to be one of the following products?*
(a) medical devices intended for use in a medical environment,
(b) equipment and protective systems where the explosion hazard results exclusively from the presence of explosive substances or unstable chemical substances,
(c) equipment intended for use in domestic and non-commercial environments where potentially explosive atmospheres may only rarely be created, solely as a result of the accidental leakage of fuel gas,
(d) personal protective equipment covered by Directive 89/686/EEC,
(e) seagoing vessels and mobile offshore units together with equipment on board such vessels or units,
(f) means of transport, i.e. vehicles and their trailers intended solely for transporting passengers by air or by road, rail or water networks, as well as means of transport in so far as such means are designed for transporting goods by air, by public road or rail networks or by water. Vehicles intended for use in a potentially explosive atmosphere shall not be excluded,
(g) the equipment covered by Article 223 (1) (b) of the Treaty (arms, weapons produced for the protection of national security.
- Yes
- No
The ATEX Directive is likely to apply.
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The ATEX Directive is not likely to apply.
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Non Automatic Weighing Instruments Directive
17) Is the product a weighing instrument requiring the intervention of an operator during weighing?
- Yes
- No
The NAWI Directive is likely to apply.
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The NAWI Directive is not likely to apply.
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Measuring Instruments Directive
18) Can the product be considered to be one of the following measuring instruments?
(a) water meters intended for the measurement of volumes of clean, cold or heated water in residential, commercial and light industrial use
(b) gas meters and volume conversion devices intended for residential, commercial and light industrial use
(c) active electrical energy meters intended for residential, commercial and light industrial use,
(d) heat meters intended for residential, commercial and light industrial use
(e) measuring systems for continuous and dynamic measurement of quantities of liquids other then water s intended for the continuous and dynamic measurement of quantities (volumes or masses) of liquids other than water
(f) automatic weighing instruments intended to determine the mass of a body by using the action of gravity on that body
(g) taximeters
(h) material measures of length
(i) dimensional measuring instruments:
- Length measuring instrument: A length measuring instrument serves for the determination of the length of ropetype materials (e.g. textiles, bands, cables) during feed motion of the product to be measured
- Area Measuring Instruments: An area measuring instrument serves for the determination of the area of irregular shaped objects, e.g. for leather.
- Multi-dimensional Measuring Instruments: A multi-dimensional measuring instrument serves for the determination of the edge length (length, height, width) of the smallest enclosing rectangular parallelepiped of a product.
(j) exhaust gas analysers intended for inspection and professional maintenance of motor vehicles in use.
- Yes
- No
The Measuring Instruments Directive is likely to apply.
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The Measuring Instruments Directive is not likely to apply.
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Construction Products Directive
19) Is the product a 'construction product'?
A 'construction product' covered by the 'Construction Products Directive' is a product produced and placed on the market for incorporation in a permanent manner in construction works or parts thereof and the performance of which has an effect on the performance of the construction works with respect to the basic requirements for construction works?
- Yes
- No
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The Construction Products Directive is not likely to apply.
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Toys Directive: Scope
20) Is the product designed or intended, whether or not exclusively, for use in play by children under 14 years of age?
- Yes
- No
The Toys Directive is not likely to apply.
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Toys Directive: Exemptions
21) Can the product be considered to be one of the following products?
(a) playground equipment intended for public use;
(b) automatic playing machines, whether coin operated or not, intended for public use;
(c) toy vehicles equipped with combustion engines;
(d) toy steam engines; and
(e) slings and catapults.
- Yes
- No
The Toys Directive is likely to apply.
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In Vitro Diagnostics Directive Scope
22) Is the product an 'in vitro diagnostic medical device’ or accessory to an in vitro diagnostic medical device?
According to the directive 'in vitro diagnostic medical device’ means any medical device which is a reagent, reagent product, calibrator, control material, kit, instrument, apparatus, equipment, or system, whether used alone or in combination, intended by the manufacturer to be used in vitro for the examination of specimens, including blood and tissue donations, derived from the human body, solely or principally for the purpose of providing information:

— concerning a physiological or pathological state, or
— concerning a congenital abnormality, or
— to determine the safety and compatibility with potential recipients, or— to monitor therapeutic measures.

Specimen receptacles are considered to be in vitro diagnostic medical devices. ‘Specimen receptacles’ are those devices, whether vacuum-type or not, specifically intended by their manufacturers for the primary containment and preservation of specimens derived from the human body for the purpose of in vitro diagnostic examination.
Products for general laboratory use are not in vitro diagnostic medical devices unless such products, in view of their characteristics, are specifically intended by their manufacturer to be used for in vitro diagnostic examination;
- Yes
- No
The In Vitro Diagnostics Directive is not likely to apply.
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In Vitro Diagnostics Directive: Exemptions
23) Is the product a devices manufactured and used only within the same health institution and on the premises of their manufacture or used on premises in the immediate vicinity without having been transferred to another legal entity
- Yes
- No
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Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive: Scope
24) Is the product an 'active implantable medical device' as defined by the Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive?
According to the Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive, a 'active implantable medical device' is an instrument, apparatus, appliance, software, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, together with any accessories, including the software necessary for its proper application intended by the manufacturer to be used for medical purposes for human beings for one or more of the following purposes?

— diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease,
— diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury or handicap,
— investigation, replacement or modification of the anatomy or of a physiological process,
— control of conception, and which does not achieve its principal intended action in or on the human body by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, but which may be assisted in its function by such means
- Yes
- No
The Active Implantable Medical Device Directive is not likely to apply.
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Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive: Exemptions
25) Can the product be considered to be one of the following?
(a) medicinal products covered by Directive 2001/83/EC. In deciding whether a product falls under that Directive or this Directive, particular account shall be taken of the principal mode of action of the product;
(b) human blood, blood products, plasma or blood cells of human origin or to devices which incorporate at the time of placing on the market such blood products, plasma or cells with the exception of devices referred to in paragraph 4a;
(c) transplants or tissues or cells of human origin or to products incor- porating or derived from tissues or cells of human origin, with the exception of devices referred to in paragraph 4a;
(d) transplants or tissues or cells of animal origin, unless a device is manufactured utilising animal tissue which is rendered non-viable or non-viable products derived from animal tissue.
- Yes
- No
The Active Implantable Medical Device Directive is likely to apply.
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Medical Devices Directive: Scope
26) Is the product a 'medical device' as defined by the Medical Devices Directive?
According to the Medical Devices Directive, a 'medical device' is an instrument, apparatus, appliance, software, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software necessary for its proper application intended by the manufacturer to be used for medical purposes for human beings for one of the following purposes:

- diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease?
- diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment, alleviation or compensation for an injury or handicap
- diagnosis, investigation, replacement or modification of the anatomy or a physiological process?
- designed for the control of conception?
- Yes
- No
The Medical Device Directive is not likely to apply.
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Medical Devices Directive: Exemption
27) Can the product be considered to be one of the following?
(a) in vitro diagnostic devices;
(b) active implantable devices covered by Directive 90/385/EEC;
(c) medicinal products covered by Directive 2001/83/EC. In decidingwhether a product falls under that Directive or this Directive, particular account shall be taken of the principal mode of action of the product;
(d) cosmetic products covered by Directive 76/768/EEC;
(e) human blood, blood products, plasma or blood cells of humanorigin or to devices which incorporate at the time of placing on the market such blood products, plasma or cells, with the exception of devices referred to in paragraph 4a;
(f) transplants or tissues or cells of human origin nor to productsincorporating or derived from tissues or cells of human origin, with the exception of devices referred to in paragraph 4a;
(g) transplants or tissues or cells of animal origin, unless a device ismanufactured utilizing animal tissue which is rendered non-viable or non-viable products derived from animal tissue.
- Yes
- No
The Medical Device Directive is likely to apply.
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The Medical Device Directive is not likely to apply.
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Personal Protective Equipment Directive: Scope
28) Is the product a device or appliance designed to be worn or held by an individual for protection against one or more health and safety hazards?
The PPE Directive also covers:
(a) a unit constituted by several devices or appliances which have been integrally combined by the manufacturer for the protection of an individual against one or more potentially simultaneous risks;
(b) a protective device or appliance combined, separably or inseparably, with personal non-protective equipment worn or held by an individual for the execution of a specific activity;
(c) interchangeable PPE components which are essential to its satisfactory functioning and used exclusively for such equipment.
- Yes
- No
The PPE Directive is not likely to apply.
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Personal Protective Equipment Directive: Exemptions
29) Can the product be considered to be covered by one of the following exclusions to the PPE Directive?
(a) PPE designed and manufactured specifically for use by the armed forces or in the maintenance of law and order (helmets, shields, etc.).
(b) PPE for self-defence (aerosol canisters, personal deterrent weapons, etc.).
(c) PPE designed and manufactured for private use against:
— adverse atmospheric conditions (headgear, seasonal clothing, footwear, umbrellas, etc.),
— damp and water (dish-washing gloves, etc.),
— heat (gloves etc.).
(d) PPE intended for the protection or rescue of persons on vessels or aircraft, not worn all the time.
(e) Helmets and visors intended for users of two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles.
- Yes
- No
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Gas Appliances Directive: Scope
30) Is the product an appliance or fitting burning fuel which is in a gaseous state at a temperature of 15 °C under a pressure of 1 bar?
- 'appliance' = appliance burning gaseous fuels used for cooking, heating, hot water production, refrigeration, lighting or washing and having, where applicable, a normal water temperature not exceeding 105 °C. Forced draught burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners shall also be considered as appliances;
- ‘fitting’ = safety devices, controlling devices or regulating devices and sub-assemblies, other than forced draught burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners, separately marketed for trade use and designed to be incorporated into an appliance burning gaseous fuel or assembled to constitute such an appliance;
- Yes
- No
The Gas Appliances Directive is not likely to apply.
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Gas Appliances Directive: Exemptions
31) Is the appliance not specifically designed for use in industrial processes carried out on industrial premises shall be excluded from its scope?
- Yes
- No
The Gas Appliances Directive is likely to apply.
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Simple Pressure Vessels Directive: Scope
32) Is the product a welded vessel subjected to an internal gauge pressure greater than 0,5 bar which is intended to contain air or nitrogen and which is not intended to be fired?
- Yes
- No
The SPV Directive is likely not to apply.
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Simple Pressure Vessels Directive: Exemptions
33) Can the product be considered to be one of the following products?
(a) vessels specifically designed for nuclear use, failure of which may cause an emission of radioactivity;
(b) vessels specifically intended for installation in or the propulsion of ships and aircraft;
(c) fire extinguishers.
- Yes
- No
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Pressure Equipment Directive: Scope
34) Is the product a 'vessel', 'piping', 'safety accessory', 'pressure accessory' or assembly of those with a maximum allowable pressure PS greater than 0,5 bar?
'Vessel’ = a housing designed and built to contain fluids under pressure including its direct attachments up to the coupling point connecting it to other equipment. A vessel may be composed of more than one chamber.
‘Piping’ = piping components intended for the transport of fluids, when connected together for integration into a pressure system. Piping includes in particular a pipe or system of pipes, tubing, fittings, expansion joints, hoses, or other pressure-bearing components as appropriate. Heat exchangers consisting of pipes for the purpose of cooling or heating air shall be considered as piping.
‘Safety accessory’ = a device designed to protect pressure equipment against the allowable limits being exceeded. Such devices include:
— devices for direct pressure limitation, such as safety valves, bursting disc safety devices, buckling rods, controlled safety pressure relief systems (CSPRS), and
— limiting devices, which either activate the means for correc- tion or provide for shutdown or shutdown and lockout, such as pressure switches or temperature switches or fluid level switches and ‘safety related measurement control and regulation (SRMCR)’ devices.
'Pressure accessories’ = device with an operational function and having pressure-bearing housings.
‘Assembly’ = several pieces of pressure equipment assembled by a manufacturer to constitute an integrated and functional whole.
- Yes
- No
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Pressure Equipment Directive: Exemptions
35) Is the product listed on the list of exclusions to the Pressure Equipment Directive (97/23/EC)?
3.1. pipelines comprising piping or a system of piping designed for the conveyance of any fluid or substance to or from an installation (onshore or offshore) starting from and including the last isolation device located within the confines of the installation, including all the annexed equipment designed specifically for pipelines. This exclusion does not apply to standard pressure equipment such as may be found in pressure reduction stations or compression stations;
3.2. networks for the supply, distribution and discharge of water and associated equipment and headraces such as penstocks, pressure tunnels, pressure shafts for hydroelectric installations and their related specific accessories;
3.3. equipment covered by Directive 87/404/EEC on simple pressure vessels;
3.4. equipment covered by Council Directive 75/324/EEC of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers;
3.5. equipment intended for the functioning of vehicles defined by the following Directives and their Annexes:
— Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers,
— Council Directive 74/150/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors,
— Council Directive 92/61/EEC of 30 June 1992 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles;
3.6. equipment classified as no higher than category I under Article 9 of this Directive and covered by one of the following Directives:
— Council Directive 89/392/EEC of 14 June 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery,
— European Parliament and Council Directive 95/16/EC of 29 June 1995 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts,
— Council Directive 73/23/EEC of 19 February 1973 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits,
— Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices,
— Council Directive 90/396/EEC of 29 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels,
— Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 March 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres;
3.7. equipment covered by Article 223 (1) (b) of the Treaty;
3.8. items specifically designed for nuclear use, failure of which may cause an emission of radioactivity;
3.9. well-control equipment used in the petroleum, gas or geothermal exploration and extraction industry and in underground storage which is intended to contain and/or control well pressure. This comprises the wellhead (Christmas tree), the blow out preventers (BOP), the piping manifolds and all their equipment upstream;
3.10. equipment comprising casings or machinery where the dimensioning, choice of material and manufacturing rules are based primarily on requirements for sufficient strength, rigidity and stability to meet the static and dynamic operational effects or other operational characteristics and for which pressure is not a significant design factor.
Such equipment may include:
— engines including turbines and internal combustion engines,
— steam engines, gas/steam turbines, turbo-generators, compressors, pumps and actuating devices;
3.11. blast furnaces including the furnace cooling system, hot-blast recuperators, dust extractors and blast-furnace exhaust-gas scrubbers and direct reducing cupolas, including the furnace cooling, gas converters and pans for melting, re-melting, de-gassing and casting of steel and non-ferrous metals;
3.12. enclosures for high-voltage electrical equipment such as switchgear, control gear, transformers, and rotating machines;
3.13. pressurized pipes for the containment of transmission systems, e.g. for electrical power and telephone cables;
3.14. ships, rockets, aircraft and mobile off-shore units, as well as equipment specifically intended for installation on board or the propulsion thereof;
3.15. pressure equipment consisting of a flexible casing, e.g. tyres, air cushions, balls used for play, inflatable craft, and other similar pressure equipment;
3.16. exhaust and inlet silencers;
3.17. bottles or cans for carbonated drinks for final consumption;
3.18. vessels designed for the transport and distribution of drinks having a PS·V of not more than 500 bar·L and a maximum allowable pressure not exceeding 7 bar;
3.19. equipment covered by the ADR (1), the RID (2), the IMDG (3) and the ICAO Convention;
3.20. radiators and pipes in warm water heating systems;
3.21. vessels designed to contain liquids with a gas pressure above the liquid of not more than 0,5 bar.
- Yes
- No
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New Hot Water Boilers Directive
36) Is the product a hot-water boiler fired by liquid or gaseous fuels with a rated output of no less than 4 kW and no more than 400 kW?
- Yes
- No
The New Hot Water Boilers Directive is likely to apply.
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Recreational Craft Directive: Scope
37) Is the product covered by the Recreational Craft Directive?
(a) any boat or partly completed boats of any type intended for sports and leisure purposes of hull length from 2,5 meters to 24 meters, regardless of the means of propulsion;
(b) a vessel less than 4 m in length which uses an internal combustion engine having a water jet pump as its primary source of propulsion and designed to be operated by a person or persons sitting, standing or kneeling on, rather than within the confines of, a hull;
(c) Ignition-protected equipment for inboard and stern drive engines;
(d) Start-in-gear protection devices for outboard engines.
(e) Steering wheels, steering mechanisms and cable assemblies.
(f) Fuel tanks intended for fixed installations and fuel hoses.
(g) Prefabricated hatches and portlights.
(h) propulsion engines which are installed or specifically intended for installation on or in recreational craft and personal watercraft;
(i) propulsion engines installed on or in these craft that are subject to a ‘major engine modification’;
(j) outboard engines and stern drive engines with integral exhausts intended for installation on recreational craft;
- Yes
- No
The Recreational Craft Directive is not likely to apply.
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Recreational Craft Directive: Exemptions
38) Is the product exempted from the Recreational Craft Directive?
(i) craft intended solely for racing, including rowing racing boats and training rowing boats, labelled as such by the manufacturer;
(ii) canoes and kayaks, gondolas and pedalos;
(iii) sailing surfboards;
(iv) surfboards, including powered surfboards;
(v) original historical craft and individual replicas thereof designed before 1950, built predominantly with the original materials and labelled as such by the manufacturer;
(vi) experimental craft, provided that they are not subsequently placed on the Community market;
(vii) craft built for own use, provided that they are not subse- quently placed on the Community market during a period of five years;
(viii) craft specifically intended to be crewed and to carry passen- gers for commercial purposes, without prejudice to paragraph 3(a), in particular those defined in Council Directive 82/714/ EEC of 4 October 1982 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels (1), regardless of the number of passengers;
(ix) submersibles;
(x) air cushion vehicles;
(xi) hydrofoils;
(xii) External combustion steam powered craft, fuelled by coal, coke, wood, oil or gas;
(b) with regard to paragraph 1(b):
(i) propulsion engines installed or specifically intended for instal- lation on the following:
— craft intended solely for racing and labelled as such by the manufacturer,
— experimental craft, provided that they are not subsequently placed on the Community market,
— craft specifically intended to be crewed and to carry passengers for commercial purposes, without prejudice to paragraph 3(a), in particular those defined in Directive 82/ 714/EEC, regardless of the number of passengers,
— submersibles,
— air cushion vehicles,
— hydrofoils;
(ii) original and individual replicas of historical propulsion engines, which are based on a pre-1950 design, not produced in series and fitted on craft referred to in paragraph 2(a)(v) and (vii);
(iii) propulsion engines built for own use provided that they are not subsequently placed on the Community market during a period of five years;
(c) with regard to paragraph 1(c):
— all craft referred to in point (b) of this paragraph,
— craft built for own use, provided that they are not subsequently placed on the Community market during a period of five years.
- Yes
- No
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Lifts Directive: Scope
39) Is the product a 'lift' or 'safety component' in accordance with the Lifts Directive?
'lift' a lifting appliance serving specific levels, having a carrier moving along guides which are rigid and inclined at an angle of more than 15 degrees to the horizontal, intended for the transport of:
— persons,
— persons and goods,
— goods alone if the carrier is accessible, that is to say a person may enter it without difficulty, and fitted with controls situated inside the carrier or within reach of a person inside the carrier.

'safety components':
(a) Devices for locking landing doors.
(b) Devices to prevent falls referred to in Section 3.2 of Annex I to prevent the car from falling or unchecked upward movements.
(c) Overspeed limitation devices.
(d)(i) Energy-accumulating shock absorbers:
— either non-linear,
— or with damping of the return movement.
(ii) Energy-dissipating shock absorbers.
(e) Safety devices fitted to jacks of hydraulic power circuits where these are usedas devices to prevent falls.
(f) Electric safety devices in the form of safety switches containing electroniccomponents.
- Yes
- No
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Lifts Directive: Exemptions
40) Is the product covered by the following list?
(a) lifting appliances whose speed is not greater than 0,15 m/s,
(b) construction site hoists,
(c) cableways, including funicular railways,
(d) lifts specially designed and constructed for military or police purposes,
(e) lifting appliances from which work can be carried out,
(f) mine winding gear,
(g) lifting appliances intended for lifting performers during artistic performances,
(h) lifting appliances fitted in means of transport,
(i) lifting appliances connected to machinery and intended exclusively for access to workstations including maintenance and inspection points on the machinery,
(j) rack and pinion trains,
(k) escalators and mechanical walkways.
- Yes
- No
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CE Directive Checklist

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General Questions:

Machinery Directive: Scope

Machinery Directive: Exemptions

Low Voltage Directive: Scope

Low Voltage Directive: Exemptions

EMC Directive: Scope

EMC Directive: Exemptions

Radio Equipment Directive: Scope

Radio Equipment Directive: Exemptions

ATEX Directive: Scope

ATEX Directive: Exemptions

Non Automatic Weighing Instruments Directive

Measuring Instruments Directive

Construction Products Directive

Toys Directive: Scope

Toys Directive: Exemptions

In Vitro Diagnostics Directive Scope

In Vitro Diagnostics Directive: Exemptions

Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive: Scope

Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive: Exemptions

Medical Devices Directive: Scope

Medical Devices Directive: Exemption

Personal Protective Equipment Directive: Scope

Personal Protective Equipment Directive: Exemptions

Gas Appliances Directive: Scope

Gas Appliances Directive: Exemptions

Simple Pressure Vessels Directive: Scope

Simple Pressure Vessels Directive: Exemptions

Pressure Equipment Directive: Scope

Pressure Equipment Directive: Exemptions

New Hot Water Boilers Directive

Recreational Craft Directive: Scope

Recreational Craft Directive: Exemptions

Lifts Directive: Scope

Lifts Directive: Exemptions