European Union Directives - B&R Mobile Panel 40 User Manual

5.2 European Union directives

A fundamental goal of the European Union is the establishment of a single European market and the removal of
trade barriers.
To achieve this goal, the "four freedoms" are guaranteed in European contracts:
• Free movement of goods
• Free movement of people
• Free movement of services
• Free movement of capital
Free movement of goods signifies that quantitative import restrictions of goods between member states is forbidden.
Excluded from this are goods that threaten personal or environmental safety. Such products
entering the territory of member states.
In order to guarantee the free movement of these products, the national
harmonized by way of directives set forth by the European Union.
These directives exist for several product classes, e.g. machinery, medical products and even toys. Appropriate
directives have also been developed for additional product
protection and electromagnetic
These directives are directed at member states, who must then implement them into national law. As a result, these
directives are legally binding.
With the "CE" label, the manufacture certifies that all of the obligations stipulated in the corresponding EU directives
with regard to the product have been fulfilled.
The "CE" label printed on the product by the manufacturer is the product's "passport" within the EU and is checked
by the respective monitoring authorities.
In addition, conformity with EU directives
certified with an EC type examination certificate.
In addition to the EMC directive
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compatibility.
can be verified by independent accredited certification organizations and
(EMC RL 2004/108/EC), the
safety regulations of member states are
safety aspects, such as electrical protection, explosion
machinery directive (MD 2006/42/EC) applies to the
Standards and certifications
can be stopped when
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