"The standards organizations CEN and CENELEC were commissioned by the EU Commission in its Mandates M/015 and M/083 to consider the relevant non-electrical hazards in standards supporting the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) which relate to machinery as if the essential health and safety requirements of the Machinery Directive (89/392/EEC) applied directly to the machines in question.
The present study provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of progress of the electrotechnical standards to be revised in accordance with the above Mandates. The results have been obtained by the commissioned party's own analyses and by consultation with experts.
The standards in the series EN 50144: "Safety of hand-held electric motor operated tools", EN 60335: "Safety of household and similar electrical appliances" and EN 61029: "Safety of transportable motor-operated electric tools" listed in the annex of Mandate M/083 were subjected to particular review in this study. In the process, the standards reviewed were found to be in need of revision, in some areas considerable, with regard to certain essential hazards. ..."

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