EU: Harmonized standard changes under the CE Machinery Directive,
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▍What is CB Certification？

IECEE CB is the first genuine international system for mutual recognition of electrical equipment safety test reports. NCB (National Certification Body) reaches a multilateral agreement, which enables manufacturers to obtain national certification from other member countries under CB scheme on the basis of transferring one of the NCB certificates.

CB certificate is a formal CB scheme document issued by authorized NCB, which is to inform other NCB that the tested product samples conform to present standard requirement.

As a kind of standardized report, CB report lists relevant requirements from IEC standard item by item. CB report not only provides results of all required testing, measurement, verification, inspection and assessment with clearness and non-ambiguity, but also including photos, circuit diagram, pictures and product description. According to the rule of CB scheme, CB report will not take effect until it presents with CB certificate together.

▍Why we need CB Certification?

1. Directly recognized or approved by member countries

With CB certificate and CB test report, your products can be exported to some countries directly.

1. Convert to other countries certificates

The CB certificate can be directly converted to the certificate of its member countries, by providing the CB certificate, test report and difference test report (when applicable) without repeating the test, which can shorten the lead time of certification.

1. Ensure the Safety of Product

The CB certification test considers the product’s reasonable use and foreseeable safety when misused. The certified product proves the satisfactory of the safety requirements.

▍Why MCM? 

● Qualification: MCM is the first authorized CBTL of IEC 62133 standard qualification by TUV RH in mainland China.

● Certification and testing capability: MCM is among the first patch of testing and certification third party for IEC62133 standard, and has finished more than 7000 battery IEC62133 testing and CB reports for global clients.

● Technical support: MCM possesses more than 15 technical engineers specialized in testing as per IEC 62133 standard. MCM provides clients with comprehensive, accurate, closed-loop type of technical support and leading-edge information services.

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.
Also, the following standards need the attention:
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,
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.
The new standard EN 16307 – 5:2023 (Industrial trucks – Safety requirements and certification – Part 5: Supplementary requirements for pedestrian driven trucks) has been added.
The new standard EN IEC 60335-2-119:2024 (Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2-119: Particular requirements for vacuum packaging appliances for commercial use) has been added.