EU: Harmonized standard changes under the CE Machinery Directive,
EU,

▍What is CE Certification?

The CE mark is a “passport” for products to enter the EU market and the EU Free Trade Association countries market. Any stipulated products (involved in the new method directive), whether manufactured outside the EU or in EU member states, in order to circulate freely in the EU market, they must be in compliance with the requirements of the directive and relevant harmonized standards before being placed on the EU market , and affix the CE mark. This is a mandatory requirement of EU law on related products, which provides a unified minimum technical standard for the trade of products of various countries in the European market and simplifies trade procedures.

▍What is CE directive?

The directive is a legislative document established by the European Community Council and the European Commission under authorization of the European Community Treaty. The applicable directives for batteries are:

2006/66 / EC & 2013/56 / EU: Battery Directive. Batteries that comply with this directive must have a trash can mark;

2014/30 / EU: Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (EMC Directive). Batteries that comply with this directive must have the CE mark;

2011/65 / EU: ROHS directive. Batteries that comply with this directive must have the CE mark;

Tips: Only when a product complies with all CE directives (the CE mark needs to be pasted), can the CE mark be pasted when all the requirements of the directive are met.

▍The Necessity of Applying for CE Certification

Any product from different countries that wants to enter the EU and the European Free Trade Zone must apply for CE-certified and CE marked on the product. Therefore, CE certification is a passport for products entering EU and the European Free Trade Zone.

▍Benefits of Applying for CE certification

1. EU laws, regulations, and coordinate standards are not only large in quantity, but also complex in content. Therefore, obtaining the CE certification is a very smart choice to save time and effort as well as to reduce the risk;

2. A CE certificate can help earning the trust of consumers and market supervision institution to a maximum extent;

3. It can effectively prevent the irresponsible allegations situation;

4. In the face of litigation, the CE certification will become legally valid technical evidence;

5. Once punished by EU countries, the certification body will jointly bear the risks with the enterprise, thus reducing the risk of the enterprise.

▍Why MCM?

● MCM has a technical team with up to more than 20 professionals engaged in the field of battery CE certification, which provide clients with faster and more accurate and latest CE certification information;

● MCM provides various CE solutions including LVD, EMC, battery directives, etc. for clients;

● MCM has provided more than 4000 battery CE tests worldwide till today.

EN 15194:2017+A1:2023 is an electrically assisted bicycle – EPAC bicycle standard. Its older version, EN 15194:2017, was granted a restriction for Machinery Directive due to the lack of safety design for extreme temperatures, fire, and explosion-related risks, as well as the design for the risk caused by vibration. In the new revision, EN 15194 strengthens the safety design, including the requirements for bicycle batteries: from the previous choice of either EN 62133 or EN 50604-1 to only EN 50604-1 is permitted. It also means that e-bike batteries imported into the EU in the future need to meet the requirements of EN 50604-1 in the future, and the report of EN 62133 will no longer be recognized.
The old version of EN 15194:2017 will be withdrawn from the harmonized standard on May 15, 2026.
The new standard EN ISO 13849-1:2023 (Safety of machinery – Safety-related components of control systems – Part 1: General principles of design) has been added, while the old version of EN ISO 13849-1:2015 will be withdrawn from the harmonized standard on May 15, 2027.
The new standard EN ISO 3691-4:2023 (Industrial trucks – Safety requirements and certification – Part 4: Driverless industrial trucks and their systems) is newly added.