MAIN HEADLINES

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

The WEEE (Amendment) Regulations 2007 have been laid before the UK Parliament

Low Voltage Directive changes lead to increased EMC testing.

The EU Commission has mandated Cenelec to take account of EMC-style phenomena during safety assessments

E.U. Commission reports Dangerous Products

Over the past few weeks five Member States have sent the E.U. Commission reports of at least nine different dangerous electrical products

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This regular section of SCAN brings advance notice of future relevant publications, courses and events around the world.

This issues highlights include:

A selection of training courses including both Electrical Safety Requirements and Climatic Testing

EMV 2008, Europe's biggest EMC conference and trade show in Dusseldorf.

HazardEx International 08 - This year's event has an extended exhibition and a two day conference programme supporting the hazardous area marketplace

STANDARDS UPDATE

The standards update section of SCAN is brought to you by the "STANDARD BEARER" Service

Here at the "STANDARD BEARER" we keep a check on ALL Product Compliance related European & international standards activities. The report for this months issue includes activities in:

• EMC
• EMF
• Electrical Safety
• Explosive Atmospheres
• Machinery
• and RoHS.