Article 1
For the purposes of this Directive, "electrical equipment" means 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, other than the equipment and phenomena listed in Annex II.

Article 2
The Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that electrical equipment may be placed on the market only if, having been constructed in accordance with good engineering practice in safety matters in force in the Community, it does not endanger the safety of persons, domestic animals or property when properly installed and maintained and used in applications for which it was made…

Article 4
In relation to electrical equipment, the Member States shall ensure that stricter safety requirements than those laid down in Article 2 are not imposed by electricity supply bodies for connection to the grid, or for the supply of electricity to users of electrical equipment.

Article 12
This Directive shall not apply to electrical equipment intended for export to third countries.

Article 15
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 16
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Strasbourg, 12 December 2006.

1. This Directive applies to simple pressure vessels manufactured in series.
   
   
2. For the purposes of this Directive, ‘simple pressure vessel’ means any 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.
moreover,


• The parts and assemblies contributing to the strength of the vessel under pressure shall be made either of non-alloy quality steel or of non-alloy aluminium or non-age hardening aluminium alloys.
  
  
• The vessel shall be made of Either a cylindrical part of circular cross-section closed by outwardly dished and/or flat ends which revolve around the same axis as the cylindrical part, or two dished ends revolving around the same axis.
  
  
• The maximum working pressure of the vessel shall not exceed 30 bar and the product of that pressure and the capacity of the vessel (PS.V) shall not exceed 10 000 bar/litre.
  
  
• The minimum working temperature must be no lower than ? 50 ؛C and the maximum working temperature shall not be higher than 300 ؛C for steel and 100 ؛C for aluminium or aluminium alloy vessels.


3. The following vessels shall be excluded from the scope of the Directive:
• Vessels specifically designed for nuclear use, failure of which may cause an emission of radioactivity.
  
  
• Vessels specifically intended for installation in or the propulsion of ships and aircraft.
  
  
• fire extinguishers

1. 1. This Directive shall apply to toys. A ‘toy' shall mean any product or material designed or clearly intended for use in play by children of less than 14 years of age.
   
   
2. The products listed in Annex I shall not be regarded as toys for the purposes of this Directive.

1. Christmas decorations.
   
   
2. Detailed scale models for adult collectors.
   
   
3. Equipment intended to be used collectively in playgrounds.
   
   
4. Sports equipment.
   
   
5. Aquatic equipment intended to be used in deep water.
   
   
6. Folk dolls and decorative dolls and other similar articles for adult collectors.
   
   
7. ‘Professional' toys installed in public places (shopping centres, stations, etc.).
   
   
8. Puzzles with more than 500 pieces or without picture, intended for specialists.
   
   
9. Air guns and air pistols.
   
   
10. Fireworks, including percussion caps (1).
    
    
11. Slings and catapults.
    
    
12. Sets of darts with metallic points.
    
    
13. Electric ovens, irons or other functional products operated at a nominal voltage exceeding 24 volts.
    
    
14. Products containing heating elements intended for use under the supervision of an adult in a teaching context.
    
    
15. Vehicles with combustion engines.
    
    
16. Toy steam engines.
    
    
17. Bicycles designed for sport or for travel on the public highway.
    
    
18. Video toys that can be connected to a video screen, operated at a nominal voltage exceeding 24 volts.
    
    
19. Babies’ dummies.
    
    
20. Faithful reproductions of real fire alarms.
    
    
21. Fashion jewellery for children.

1. This Directive shall apply to construction products in so far as the essential requirements in respect of construction works under Article 3 (1) relate to them.
   
   
2. For the purposes of this Directive, ‘construction product’ means : Any product which is produced for incorporation in a permanent manner in construction works, including both buildings and civil engineering works. ‘Construction Products’ are hereinafter referred to as ‘products’; Construction works including both buildings and civil engineering works are hereinafter referred to as ‘works’.

1. Mechanical resistance and stability
   The construction works must be designed and built in such a way that the loadings that are liable to act on it during its constructions and use will not lead to any of the following:



(a) collapse of the whole or part of the work.

(b) major deformations to an inadmissible degree.

(c) damage to other parts of the works or to fittings or installed       equipment as a result of major deformation of the load-       bearing construction.

(d) damage by an event to an extent disproportionate to the       original cause.

2. Safety in case of fire
   The construction works must be designed and built in such a way that in the event of an outbreak of fire:
   
   • The load-bearing capacity of the construction can be assumed for a specific period of time.
     
     
   • The generation and spread of fire and smoke within the works are limited.
     
     
   • The spread of the fire to neighbouring construction works is limited.
     
     
   • Occupants can leave the works or be rescued by other means.
     
     
   • The safety of rescue teams is taken into consideration.
     
     
3. Hygiene, health and the environment
   The construction work must be designed and built in such a way that it will not be a threat to the hygiene or health of the occupants or neighbours, in particular as a result of any of the following:
   
   • The giving-off of toxic gas.
     
     
   • The presence of dangerous particles or gases in the air.
     
     
   • The emission of dangerous radiation.
     
     
   • pollution or poisoning of the water or soil.
     
     
   • faulty elimination of waste water, smoke, solid or liquid wastes.
     
     
   • The presence of damp in parts of the works or on surfaces within the works.
4. Safety in use
   The construction work must be designed and built in such a way that it does not present unacceptable risks of accidents in service or in operation suchas slipping, falling, collision, burns, electrocution, injury from explosion.
   
   
5. Protection against noise
   The construction works must be designed and built in such a way that noise perceived by the occupants or people nearby is kept down to a level that will not threaten their health and will allow them to sleep, rest and work in satisfactory conditions.
   
   
6. Energy economy and heat retention
   The construction works and its heating, cooling and ventilation installations must be designed and built in such a way that the amount of energy required in use shall be low, having regard to the climatic conditions of the location and the occupants.

1. ‘Apparatus' means all electrical and electronic appliances together with equipment and installations containing electrical and/or electronic components.
   
   
2. ‘Electromagnetic disturbance' means any electromagnetic phenomenon which may degrade the performance of a device, unit of equipment or system. An electromagnetic disturbance may be electromagnetic noise, an unwanted signal or a change in the propagation medium itself.
   
   
3. ‘Immunity' means the ability of a device, unit of equipment or system to perform without degradation of quality in the presence of an electromagnetic disturbance.
   
   
4. ‘Electromagnetic compatibility' means the ability of a device, unit of equipment or system to function satisfactorily in its electromagnetic environment without introducing intolerable electromagnetic disturbances to anything in that environment.
   
   
5. ‘competent body' means any body which meets the criteria listed in Annex II and is recognized as such.
   
   
6. ‘EC type-examination certificate' is a document in which a notified body referred to in Article 10 (6) certifies that the type of equipment examined complies with the provisions of this Directive which concern it.

(a) Domestic radio and television receivers

(b) Industrial manufacturing equipment

(c) Mobile radio equipment

(d) Mobile radio and commercial radiotelephone equipment

(e) Medical and scientific apparatus

(f) Information technology equipment

(g) Domestic appliances and household electronic equipment

(h) Aeronautical and marine radio apparatus

(i) Educational electronic equipment

(j) Telecommunications networks and apparatus

(k) Radio and television broadcast transmitters

(l) Lights and fluorescent lamps.

Apparatus, and especially the apparatus referred toin (a) to(l), should be constructed in such a way that it has an adequate level of electromagnetic immunity in the usual electromagnetic compatibility environment where the apparatus is intended to work so as to allow its unhindered operation taking into account the levels of disturbance generated by apparatus complying with the standards laid down in Article 7.

The information required to enable use in accordance with the intended purpose of the apparatus must be contained in the instructions accompanying the apparatus.

1. This Directive applies to the following products:

(a) machinery.

(b) interchangeable equipment.

(c) safety components.

(d) lifting accessories.

(e) chains, ropes and webbing.

(f) removable mechanical transmission devices.

(g) partly completed machinery.


2. The following are excluded from the scope of this Directive:



(a) safety components intended to be used as spare parts to replace identicalcomponents and supplied by the manufacturer of the original machinery.

(b) specific equipment for use in fairgrounds and/or amusement parks.

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

(d) weapons, including firearms.

(e) the following means of transport:


• Agricultural and forestry tractors for the risks covered by Directive 003/37/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 (1), 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 (2), with the exclusion of machinery mounted on these vehicles.
  
  
• Motor vehicles exclusively intended for competition.
  
  
• Means of transport by air, on water and and on rail networks with the exclusion of machinery mounted on these means of transport.
  
  

(f) seagoing vessels and mobile offshore units and machinery installed on board such vessels and/or units.

(g) machinery specially designed and constructed for military or police purposes.

(h) machinery specially designed and constructed for research purposes for temporary use in laboratories.

(i) mine winding gear.

(j) machinery intended to move performers during artistic performances.

Procedure for partly completed machinery

1. The manufacturer of partly completed machinery or his authorised representative shall, before placing it on the market, ensure that:



(a) the relevant technical documentation described in Annex VII, part B is prepared.

(b) assembly instructions described in Annex VI are prepared.

(c) a declaration of incorporation described in Annex II, part 1, Section B has been drawn up.


2. The assembly instructions and the declaration of incorporation shall ccompany the partly completed machinery until it is incorporated into the final machinery and shall then form part of the technical file for that machinery.
   
   

1. This Directive shall apply to:


• Appliances 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 gC, hereinafter referred to as 'appliances'. Forced draught burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners will also be considered as appliances.
  
  
• Safety devices, controlling devices or regulating decives 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, hereinafter referred to as 'fittings'.


2. Appliances specifically designed for use in industrial processes carried out on industrial premises are excluded from the scope defined in paragraph 1.
   
   
3. For the purposes of this Directive, 'gaseous fuel' means any fuel which is in a gaseous state at a temperature of 15 gC under a pressure of 1 bar.
   
   
4. For the purposes of this Directive, an appliance is said to be 'normally used' when it is:


• Correctly installed and regularly serviced in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
  
  
• Used with a normal variation in the gas quality and a normal fluctuation in the supply pressure.
  
  
• Used in accordance with its intended purpose or in a way which can be reasonably foreseen.

(a) ‘measuring instrument’ means any device or system with a measurement function that is covered by Articles 1 and 3

(b) ‘sub-assembly’ means a hardware device, mentioned as such in the specific annexes, that functions independently and makes up a measuring instrument together

• With other sub-assemblies with which it is compatible.
• With a measuring instrument with which it is compatible.

(c) ‘legal metrological control’ means the control of the measurement tasks intended for the field of application of a measuring instrument, for reasons of public interest,public health, public safety, public order, protection of the environment, levying of taxes and duties, protection of the consumers and fair trading.

(d) ‘manufacturer’ means a natural or legal person responsible for the conformity of the measuring instrument with this Directive with a view to either placing it on the market under his own name and/or putting it into use for his own purposes.

(e) ‘placing on the market’ means making available for the first time in the Community an instrument intended for an end user, whether for reward or free of charge.

(f) ‘putting into use’ means the first use of an instrument intended for the end user for the purposes for which it was intended.

(g) ‘authorised representative’ means a natural or legal person who is established within the Community and authorized by a manufacturer, in writing, to act on his behalf for specified tasks within the meaning of this Directive.

(h) ‘harmonised standard’ means a technical specification adopted by CEN, CENELEC or ETSI or jointly by two or all of these organisations, at the request of the Commission pursuant to Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services (1) and prepared in accordance with the General Guidelines agreed between the Commission and the European standards organisations.

(i) ‘normative document’ means a document containing technical specifications adopted by the Organisation Internationale