Implementation of standards EN 50678 and EN 50699

Since March 2020 and November 2020, the new standards EN 50678 and EN 50699 have been published. These standards are to be regarded as support for compliance with the European Directive for Occupational Safety 2009/104/EU on minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by employees at work. Due to different areas of application at national level, both standards have now been adapted to the European directives.

There is an obligation to adopt European standards as national standards, which is accompanied by the withdrawal of conflicting national standards. The adoption of European standards as national standards must take place in all 34 European member countries of CENELEC, although the actual application of the standards remains voluntary. The aim is to increase uniformity with regard to standards in Europe in order to strengthen the European single market and reduce non-tariff barriers to trade.

Due to the different areas of application of the national standards, the committees formed two standards within CENELEC during the drafting process:

EN 50678 – Tests after repair
EN 50699 – Tests within the scope of periodic testing

Different transition periods apply in each case for the implementation of the new national standards now being created in the respective countries. Testing

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CENELEC

The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization,
French: Comité Européen de Normalisation Électrotechnique (CENELEC),
English: European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization,
is one of the three major standardization organizations in Europe. CENELEC is a private association under Belgian law and is responsible for European standardization in the field of electrical engineering. Together with CEN and ETSI, the three organizations are responsible for standardization in Europe.

As already pursued by CENELEC since 1972, the objective of CENELEC has been the harmonization of national standards in the individual member countries through the uniform introduction of European standards.

CENELEC creates market access at both European and international level by adopting international standards wherever possible through close cooperation with the International Electrotechnical Commission (under the Frankfurt Agreement. In an increasingly global economy, CENELEC promotes innovation and competitiveness and makes technology available industry-wide through the creation of voluntary standards.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Northern Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

The new test instrument generation SECUTEST ST already provides the new standards. The customer can download additional test sequences for special application via myGMC. For new standards, posters with test sequences have been created for training and further education.

For older tester (M7050 series) we support you with updates and upgrades for the implementation the new european standards EN 50678 AND EN 50699 as well as test sequences for repair of Audio Video and information technology based on the requirements according EN 62368 and EN62911.

GMC-I Service GmbH will be pleased to perform the following updates or upgrades for you at a reasonable price if you do not wish to do this on your own »