| In 1985 the European Community established a uniform marking system known as the CE marking system to ensure free trade of products between member states and that products comply with applicable European legislation related to health, safety, environment and consumer protection. Current members include Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Other countries are under consideration. CE marking is not a third-party certification, but placed on the product by the manufacturer or representative residing in Europe. The definition of machinery as defined for this directive is an assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, with the appropriate actuators, control and power circuits, etc joined together for a specific application. The individual components of the machinery do not have to carry the CE Mark. However, some separately sold safety components sold in the market separately will need to bear the CE Mark. Some products offered by CAT PUMPS have European origins and will have the CE marking on the product. Typically, CAT PUMPS and custom pumping systems meet these prescriptions of the directive: PR EN 563 temperature of touchable surfaces; PR EN 809 pumps for liquids-safety requirements; EN 292-1-2-3 safety of machinery and EN 294 safety distances to prevent danger zones being reached by the upper limbs. Contact us for specifics on your pump or custom pumping system. Additional information can be found at the UL web site http://www.ul.com/international/index.htm, then select CE Marking.
If a product is desired to meet ATEX certification, it must usually meet the following directives:
1. EC-Directive 89/392/EC (Machinery), Standard: EN 809.
2. EC-Directive 97/23/EC (Pressure Equipment), Standard: EN ISO 16330
3. EC-Directive 99/92/EC Specifically Article 137. Information to be supplied as specifically requested by the customer.
4. EC-Directive 89/392/EC (Machinery – Noise)
5. EC-Directive 94/9/EC (ATEX)
6. Customer supplied data: EC-Directive 1999/92/EC, Standard: EN 1127-1
Other directives potentially applicable to power units:
1. 1973/23/EC – Low Voltage: Electrical equipment operating between 50 and 1000 VAC or 75 and 1500 VDC. EN 60204-1, IEC 61010-1.
2. 1989/336/EC – EMC: Electrical equipment that may produce or be affected by electromagnetic energy.
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