How to find EU guidelines and harmonized standards

How to find EU guidelines and harmonized standards

Why only Internet sources? Internet has developed to the point that it is the best research media for looking up information. That is why only Internet sites are listed here.

Finding EU directives EU directives can be found in original text on the Internet on the European Commission site. The site is available in all official European languages.

Finding harmonized standards The current list of European harmonized standards for each EU directive can be found on the CENELEC site, the European standards organization for electro-technical products:

Step Procedure

1 Go to the EU Commission site http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex

2 Go to the following path on the site: Legislation in force → Industrial policy and internal market.

3 Select Electrical material. Result: You get a list of EU directives for electrical material as well as a direct link to the full-text version of the directive.

Step Procedure

1 Go to the CENELEC site http://www.cenelec.org. 2 On the site, select Search → Standardization activities. Result: A form appears with fields where you can enter your search criteria. 3 Select a topic from the list of Keywords, for example, EMC.

4 Select an EU directive from the list of Directive(s), for example 73/23/EEC.

5 Confirm your definitions with OK. Result: You now receive a list of standards according to your search criterion.