Listed below are expiry dates for a number of commonly used standards. Please note, once the last date for production has past, a product may not meet all the current requirements of the Low Voltage Directive.
EN60065 is the standard covering "Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus - Safety requirements".
The old standard was EN60065:1993+A11, and its last date for both evaluation and production was 1st August 2002. The standard was replaced by EN60065:1998. The last date for evaluation and production to EN60065:1998 is 1st March 2007, when it too will be superseded by EN60065:2002 (which will apply until further notice.
EN60950 is the standard entitled "Information technology equipment - Safety - Part 1: General requirements". EN60950:1992+A1+A2+A3+A4 has expired. The last date for evaluation was 1st August 1998, and the last date for production was 1st August 2003. The standard was replaced by EN60950:1992+A1+A2+A3+A4+A11, which is valid for evaluation and production until 1st January 2005.
After this date it will be superseded by EN60950:2000, which will apply to all evaluation and production until 1st July 2006, at which point it will be replaced by EN 60950-1:2001 until further notice.
EN61010-1 is entitled "Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - Part 1: General requirements". EN61010-1:1993 was valid for evaluation until 1st July 1995 and for production until 1st April 2001. It was replaced by EN61010-1:1993+A2, which was valid for evaluation and production until 1st January 2004. The standard has now been superseded by EN61010-1:2001, which will remain valid until further notice. |