Low voltage (LVD)

Short name:	Low voltage (LVD)
Base:	Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (recast). Applicable from 20 April 2016. OJ L 96, 29 March 2014
Modification:	[-]
Directives repealed	Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to Electrical Equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits OJ L 374 of 27 December 2006
Guide for application:	Guidance on CE marking for professionals Low voltage directive - Guidelines on application and recommendations
European Commission contact point:	Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Email Webpage for electrical and electronic engineering industries
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Since 1 December 2018 the references of harmonised standards are published in, and withdrawn from the Official Journal of the European Union by means of 'Commission implementing decisions'.

The references published under Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits are found in the Commission Communication published in OJ C 326 of 14/09/2018 and in the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1956 of 26 November 2019 (OJ L 306, 27 November 2019) listed below. They need to be read together, taking into account that the decision modifies some references published in the communication. The summary list below gives a consolidated overview of all publications in the Official Journal.

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Publications

Publications in the Official Journal

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1956 of 26 November 2019 on the harmonised standards for electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits and drafted in support of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council C/2019/8192 - OJ L 306, 27 November 2019, p. 26–34

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (recast) - OJ C 326 of 14 September 2018

Summary list of titles and references of harmonised standards

The summary below consolidates the references of harmonised standards published by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ). It reproduces information already published in the L or C series of the OJ. It contains all references which, when the summary was generated, still provided a presumption of conformity together with references already withdrawn from the OJ.

The Commission services provide this summary for information purposes only. Although they take every possible precaution to ensure that the summary is updated regularly and is correct, errors may occur and the summary may not be complete at a certain point in time. The summary does not as such generate legal effects.