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European Commission updates list of European Harmonized Standards for the Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Directive (1999/5/EC)

On April 11, the European Commission published an updated list of the European harmonized standards that pertain to the Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Directive (1999/5/EC). The standards on this list may be used by RTTE manufacturers to prove that their equipment complies with the essential requirements of this directive. This updated list is important to [...]

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European Commission updates list of European Harmonized Standards for the EMC Directive (2004/108/EC)

Earlier today, the European Commission published an updated list of the European harmonized standards that pertain to the EMC Directive (2004/108/EC). The standards on this list may be used by electronics and electrical equipment manufacturers to prove that their equipment complies with the essential requirements of this directive.

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Surprise, surprise: yet another update of the list of European harmonized standards for the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)

On Friday, the European Commission published yet another list of European harmonized standards for the Machinery Directive. This came as a big surprise, because it was just 3 weeks ago when we reported the publication of the previous list. Apparently, that list was not complete. This weekend, I sat in the spring sun and spend [...]

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European Commission updates list of European Harmonized Standards for the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)

On 29 February, the European Commission published an updated list of the European harmonized standards that pertain to the Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC). The standards on this list may be used by machinery manufacturers to prove that their machinery complies with the essential requirements of this directive.

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Yorkshire trailer firm prosecuted over forklift driver’s death

A worker died when a six-meter steel machine landed on top of him after it was dislodged from overhead brackets at a factory in East Yorkshire. Ronald Wood, 59, from Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, was struck on the head by the steel vacuum lifter, which weighed two-thirds of a tonne, when it was knocked from its mountings by [...]

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