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Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Directive 2014/35/EU

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

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Directives repealed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
European Commission contact point

Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
GROW-DIR-LVatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (Email )
Webpage for electrical and electronic engineering industries

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Publications

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Publications in the Official Journal

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2723 of 6 December 2023 on harmonised standards for electrical equipment drafted in support of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council - OJ L, 2023/2723, 13.12.2023

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which, when the summary was generated, still provided a presumption of conformity together with references already withdrawn from the OJ.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.