73/23/EEC
ANNEX I

"Principal elements of the safety objectives for electrical equipment
designed for use within certain voltage limits"

1. General conditions

a) The essential characteristics, the recognition and observance of which
will ensure that electrical equipment will be used safely and in applications
for which it was made, shall be marked on the equipment, or, if this is not
possible, on an accompanying notice.

b) The manufacturers or brand name or trade mark should be clearly printed on
the electrical equipment or, where that is not possible, on the packaging.

c) The electrical equipment, together with its component parts should be made
in such a way as to ensure that it can be safely and properly assembled and
connected.

d) The electrical equipment should be so designed and manufactured as to ensure
that protection against the hazards set out in points 2 and 3 of this Annex is
assured providing that the equipment is used in applications for which it was
made and is adequately maintained.

2. Protection against hazards arising from electrical equipment

Measures of a technical nature should be prescribed in accordance with point
1, in order to ensure:

a) that persons and domestic animals are adequately protected against danger
of physical injury or other harm which might be caused by electrical contact
direct or indirect;

b) that temperatures, arcs or radiation which would cause a danger, are not
produced;

c) that persons, domestic animals and property are adequately protected against
non-electrical dangers caused by the electrical equipment which are revealed by
experience;

d) that the insulation must be suitable for foreseeable conditions.

3. Protection against hazards which may be caused by external influences
on the electrical equipment

Technical measures are to be laid down in accordance with point 1, in order
to ensure:

a) that the electrical equipment meets the expected
mechanical requirements in such a way that persons, domestic animals and
property are not endangered;

b) that the electrical equipment shall be resistant
to non-mechanical influences in expected environmental conditions, in such a
way that persons, domestic animals and property are not endangered;

c) that the electrical equipment shall not endanger
persons, domestic animals and property in foreseeable conditions of overload.

3 Nov 98