The new CENELEC Amendment 1 to EN60601:2006 (3rd edition) includes all elements from the IEC Amendment 1 from 2012 and additional extra material has been published. Medical Device Manufactures will... read more →
Effective January 24, 2013, the European Union will require products placed on the market to comply with EN 60950-1:2006/ A11:2009/ A12:2011 and effective March 1, 2013, A1:2010 will also be... read more →
CENELEC/IEC 61010-1 is moving to Third Edition. 61010-1 is the internationally harmonized safety standard for laboratory, process control, and test & measurement equipment. Products sold into the EU must comply... read more →
The Commission of the European Union (EU) recently published an updated list of standards concerning compliance with the essential requirements of its Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety and 2006/95/EC... read more →
On July 22, 2014, the RoHS II legislative Directive becomes mandatory for medical devices, monitoring and control equipment placed on the market in the European Union. Manufacturers, importers and distributors... read more →
Five years after the introduction of RoHS, a new European Union RoHS Directive (known as RoHS2) was adopted by the European Council on 27 May 2011. The new Member State... read more →
EN 61010-1 3rd Edition was published in July 2011, and although it does not take effect until October 1, 2013, every Lab/Measurement Equipment manufacturer should be aware of it by... read more →
This fall, two more countries have joined the IECEE (The IEC System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrotechnical Equipment and Components) and may in due course have operators within... read more →