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  "code": "LVD",
  "locale": "en",
  "url": "https://www.conphora.com/regulations/lvd/",
  "json": "https://www.conphora.com/regulations/lvd.json",
  "summaryPdf": "https://www.conphora.com/regulations/lvd/summary.pdf",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-13",
  "regulation": {
    "code": "LVD",
    "name": "Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (recast)",
    "shortName": "Low Voltage Directive",
    "reference": "Directive 2014/35/EU",
    "celex": "32014L0035",
    "eurlex": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035",
    "actType": "Directive",
    "category": "CE / Product Safety",
    "inForce": "2014-04-18",
    "appliesFrom": "2016-04-20",
    "changing": false,
    "video": "regulation-lvd"
  },
  "answer": "The Low Voltage Directive requires electrical equipment for 50 to 1 000 V AC or 75 to 1 500 V DC not to endanger persons, animals or property, with duties for manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers and distributors. It has applied since 20 April 2016, replacing Directive 2006/95/EC; the emergency procedures added by Directive (EU) 2024/2749 apply from 30 May 2026.",
  "description": "LVD guide: the Low Voltage Directive, which electrical equipment it covers between 50 and 1 000 V AC, the safety objectives, the conformity route to CE marking, key dates and how to comply.",
  "enforcedBy": "National market surveillance authorities enforce the national laws transposing the directive with the powers of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which since 16 July 2021 replaces the market-surveillance chapter of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 that the directive cites; in Denmark, Sikkerhedsstyrelsen (since January 2026 the Markedsovervågning department of Erhvervsstyrelsen) controls electrical equipment under executive order nr. 2516 of 14 December 2021 on the safety of electrical equipment, which implements the directive. The toolkit is corrective action within a set period, prohibition or restriction of the making available, withdrawal or recall, orders to end formal non-compliance such as missing CE marking or declaration, and national penalties that must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and may include criminal penalties for serious infringements.",
  "keyDates": [
    {
      "date": "2014-02-26",
      "label": "Directive 2014/35/EU adopted by the European Parliament and the Council as a recast of Directive 2006/95/EC",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · title and signature block after Art. 29"
    },
    {
      "date": "2014-04-18",
      "label": "Entry into force, the twentieth day after publication in OJ L 96 of 29 March 2014",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 28"
    },
    {
      "date": "2016-04-19",
      "label": "Deadline for Member States to adopt and publish the laws transposing the operative articles and Annexes II to IV",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 26(1)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2016-04-20",
      "label": "National measures apply and Article 1, the safety-objectives paragraph of Article 3, Article 5, Article 13(2) and (3) and Annexes I, V and VI apply directly; Directive 2006/95/EC repealed; equipment conforming to the old directive and placed on the market before this date may still be made available",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 25, Art. 26(1), Art. 27 and Art. 28"
    },
    {
      "date": "2024-11-28",
      "label": "Directive (EU) 2024/2749 in force: internal market emergency procedures inserted as Chapter 4a (Articles 22a to 22c); transposition by 29 May 2026",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024L2749 · Art. 8, Art. 11 and Art. 12"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-30",
      "label": "National measures transposing the emergency procedures of Directive (EU) 2024/2749 apply",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024L2749 · Art. 11(2)"
    }
  ],
  "amendedBy": [
    {
      "reference": "Directive (EU) 2024/2749",
      "celex": "32024L2749",
      "date": "2024-11-28",
      "summary": "The internal market emergency directive of 9 October 2024, published on 8 November 2024, added the definitions of crisis-relevant goods and internal market emergency mode to Article 2 and inserted Chapter 4a (Articles 22a to 22c) on the presumption of conformity based on standards and common specifications and on prioritised market surveillance for electrical equipment designated as crisis-relevant goods while an emergency mode under Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 is active; Member States had to transpose by 29 May 2026 and apply the measures from 30 May 2026.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024L2749 · Art. 8, Art. 11 and Art. 12; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014L0035-20260530 · Art. 2, points (15) and (16), and Art. 22a"
    }
  ],
  "scope": {
    "appliesTo": [
      "Electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating between 50 and 1 000 V for alternating current and between 75 and 1 500 V for direct current",
      "Household appliances, luminaires, power supplies, cables, switchgear, tools, IT and office equipment, consumer electronics without radio functions and other mains-powered equipment within those ratings",
      "Equipment made available on the EU market, whether new or supplied free of charge, including equipment sold online to EU end users",
      "The economic operators in the chain: manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers and distributors",
      "Both the electrical hazards of the equipment itself and the non-electrical hazards revealed by experience, plus resistance to mechanical, environmental and overload influences"
    ],
    "derived": [
      "Radio equipment within the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU is not subject to the Low Voltage Directive, but must meet its safety objectives with no voltage limit under that directive (Directive 2014/53/EU, Art. 1(4) and Art. 3(1)(a))",
      "Equipment that meets harmonised standards published in the Official Journal is presumed to meet the safety objectives; where none exist, IEC safety provisions notified by the Commission or national standards of the Member State of manufacture may give the same presumption (Art. 12, Art. 13 and Art. 14)",
      "An importer or distributor that sells under its own name or trade mark, or modifies equipment in a way that may affect compliance, is treated as the manufacturer (Art. 10)",
      "Electricity supply bodies may not impose stricter safety requirements than the Annex I safety objectives for grid connection or supply (Art. 5)",
      "Where the equipment is also subject to other Union acts requiring an EU declaration of conformity, such as the EMC Directive 2014/30/EU, a single declaration covering all of them is drawn up (Art. 15(3))"
    ],
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": "mains-electrical-equipment",
        "label": "Electrical equipment rated between 50 and 1 000 V AC or 75 and 1 500 V DC (appliances, luminaires, tools, power supplies, cables, switchgear)"
      },
      {
        "id": "low-voltage-equipment",
        "label": "Equipment rated below 50 V AC or 75 V DC (battery-powered or extra-low-voltage products)"
      },
      {
        "id": "radio-equipment",
        "label": "Equipment with an intentional radio function (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular)"
      },
      {
        "id": "explosive-atmosphere-equipment",
        "label": "Electrical equipment for use in an explosive atmosphere"
      },
      {
        "id": "medical-radiology-equipment",
        "label": "Electrical equipment for radiology and medical purposes"
      },
      {
        "id": "lift-parts",
        "label": "Electrical parts for goods and passenger lifts"
      },
      {
        "id": "electricity-meters",
        "label": "Electricity meters"
      },
      {
        "id": "domestic-plugs-sockets",
        "label": "Plugs and socket outlets for domestic use"
      },
      {
        "id": "electric-fence-controllers",
        "label": "Electric fence controllers"
      },
      {
        "id": "ship-aircraft-rail-equipment",
        "label": "Specialised electrical equipment for ships, aircraft or railways complying with international safety provisions"
      },
      {
        "id": "evaluation-kit",
        "label": "Custom-built evaluation kit for professionals used solely at research and development facilities"
      }
    ],
    "roles": [
      {
        "id": "manufacturer",
        "label": "Manufacturer (including brand owners)",
        "definition": "Any natural or legal person who manufactures electrical equipment or has electrical equipment designed or manufactured, and markets that equipment under his name or trade mark; an importer or distributor that sells under its own brand or modifies equipment in a way that may affect compliance is treated as the manufacturer.",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 2, point (3), and Art. 10"
      },
      {
        "id": "other",
        "label": "Authorised representative",
        "definition": "Any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks; the mandate cannot cover the duty to design and manufacture to the safety objectives or to draw up the technical documentation.",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 2, point (4), and Art. 7(1)"
      },
      {
        "id": "importer",
        "label": "Importer",
        "definition": "Any natural or legal person established within the Union who places electrical equipment from a third country on the Union market.",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 2, point (5)"
      },
      {
        "id": "distributor",
        "label": "Distributor (wholesaler or retailer)",
        "definition": "Any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes electrical equipment available on the market.",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 2, point (6)"
      }
    ],
    "rules": [
      {
        "categories": [
          "low-voltage-equipment"
        ],
        "roles": [
          "*"
        ],
        "size": "any",
        "result": "out-of-scope",
        "note": "The directive applies only to electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating between 50 and 1 000 V AC or 75 and 1 500 V DC; equipment rated below those limits falls outside it, although the General Product Safety Regulation and other legislation may apply to its risks.",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 1"
      },
      {
        "categories": [
          "radio-equipment"
        ],
        "roles": [
          "*"
        ],
        "size": "any",
        "result": "out-of-scope",
        "note": "Radio equipment within the scope of Directive 2014/53/EU is not subject to the Low Voltage Directive; the Radio Equipment Directive applies the same safety objectives with no voltage limit as one of its own essential requirements.",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0053 · Art. 1(4) and Art. 3(1)(a)"
      },
      {
        "categories": [
          "explosive-atmosphere-equipment",
          "medical-radiology-equipment",
          "lift-parts",
          "electricity-meters",
          "domestic-plugs-sockets",
          "electric-fence-controllers",
          "ship-aircraft-rail-equipment",
          "evaluation-kit"
        ],
        "roles": [
          "*"
        ],
        "size": "any",
        "result": "out-of-scope",
        "note": "Annex II lists the equipment and phenomena outside the directive: equipment for explosive atmospheres, radiology and medical equipment, electrical parts for lifts, electricity meters, domestic plugs and socket outlets, electric fence controllers, radio-electrical interference, specialised ship, aircraft and railway equipment complying with international safety provisions, and custom-built evaluation kits for research and development.",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 1 and Annex II"
      },
      {
        "categories": [
          "mains-electrical-equipment"
        ],
        "roles": [
          "manufacturer",
          "importer",
          "distributor",
          "other"
        ],
        "size": "any",
        "result": "in-scope",
        "note": "Electrical equipment within the voltage limits may be made available on the market only if it meets the Article 3 safety objectives; the obligations fall on the manufacturer, authorised representative, importer and distributor and contain no company-size threshold.",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 1, Art. 3 and Art. 2, point (7)"
      },
      {
        "categories": [
          "*"
        ],
        "roles": [
          "*"
        ],
        "size": "any",
        "result": "depends",
        "note": "Whether the directive applies turns on the equipment's voltage rating, whether it has a radio function, whether an Annex II exclusion applies, and which role the operator holds.",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 1 and Annex II"
      }
    ]
  },
  "obligations": {
    "manufacturer": [
      {
        "text": "Design and manufacture the equipment in accordance with good engineering practice in safety matters so that, properly installed, maintained and used as intended, it does not endanger the health and safety of persons, domestic animals or property, meeting the Annex I safety objectives on marking of essential characteristics, safe assembly and connection, protection against electrical, thermal, radiation and non-electrical hazards, suitable insulation and resistance to mechanical, environmental and overload influences.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-design-manufacture-equipment",
        "kind": "evidence",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 3, Art. 6(1) and Annex I"
      },
      {
        "text": "Draw up the Annex III technical documentation, including a risk analysis and assessment, the design and manufacturing drawings, the standards applied or the solutions adopted, design calculations and test reports, and carry out the Module A internal production control conformity assessment or have it carried out.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-draw-annex-iii",
        "kind": "evidence",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "sharedKey": "technical-documentation",
        "retired": "2026-09-24",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(2) and Annex III, points 1 to 3"
      },
      {
        "text": "Carry out an adequate analysis and assessment of the risks of the electrical equipment and include it in the technical documentation.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-carry-out-risk-analysis",
        "kind": "evidence",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "sharedKey": "risk-analysis",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(2) and Annex III, point 2"
      },
      {
        "text": "Draw up the Annex III technical documentation: a general description, the design and manufacturing drawings, the standards applied or the solutions adopted, design calculations and test reports.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-draw-technical-documentation",
        "kind": "evidence",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "sharedKey": "technical-documentation",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(2) and Annex III, points 2 and 3"
      },
      {
        "text": "Carry out, or have carried out, the Module A internal production control conformity assessment of Annex III.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-carry-out-module-a",
        "kind": "procedure",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(2) and Annex III, point 1"
      },
      {
        "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity per Annex IV for each product model, translated into the languages the Member State requires and, where several Union acts apply, as a single declaration covering them all, and affix the CE marking before placing the equipment on the market.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-draw-declaration-conformity",
        "kind": "evidence",
        "level": "product-market",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity",
        "retired": "2026-09-24",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(2), Art. 15 and Art. 17"
      },
      {
        "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity per Annex IV for each product model, translated into the languages the Member State requires and, where several Union acts apply, as a single declaration covering them all.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-draw-eu-declaration",
        "kind": "evidence",
        "level": "product-market",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(2) and Art. 15"
      },
      {
        "text": "Keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the equipment was placed on the market.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-keep-technical-documentation",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(3) and Annex III, point 4.2"
      },
      {
        "text": "Keep series production in conformity, taking account of changes in design, characteristics and the harmonised, international or national standards referenced, and where the risks warrant it sample-test marketed equipment, investigate complaints and keep a register of complaints, non-conforming equipment and recalls, informing distributors.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-keep-series-production",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "retired": "2026-09-24",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(4)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Keep series production in conformity, taking account of changes in design or characteristics and in the harmonised, international or national standards referenced.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-maintain-series-conformity",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(4)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Where the risks warrant it, sample-test marketed equipment, investigate complaints, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming equipment and recalls, and keep distributors informed of that monitoring.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-sample-test-register",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(4)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Mark the equipment with a type, batch or serial number or other identifier and with your name, registered trade name or trade mark and a single postal contact address, or where size or nature does not allow it, on the packaging or in an accompanying document, in a language end users and authorities understand.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-mark-equipment-type",
        "kind": "mark",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "sharedKey": "identification-and-address",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(5) and Art. 6(6)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Supply clear, understandable instructions and safety information in the language the Member State determines, and mark the essential characteristics needed for safe use on the equipment or, if not possible, in an accompanying document.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-supply-clear-understandable",
        "kind": "evidence",
        "level": "product-market",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(7) and Annex I, point 1(a)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Affix the CE marking visibly, legibly and indelibly to the equipment or its data plate, or where that is not possible to the packaging and the accompanying documents, subject to the general principles of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-affix-marking-visibly",
        "kind": "mark",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "sharedKey": "ce-marking",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 16 and Art. 17"
      },
      {
        "text": "If you consider or have reason to believe that equipment you placed on the market does not conform, immediately bring it into conformity, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk inform the competent authorities of the Member States where you made it available with details of the non-compliance and the corrective measures.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-immediately-bring-conformity",
        "kind": "submission",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "on-event",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(8)"
      },
      {
        "text": "On a reasoned request, provide all information and documentation demonstrating conformity in paper or electronic form in a language the authority understands, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and be able to identify your suppliers and customers for 10 years.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-provide-information-documentation",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
        "retired": "2026-09-24",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(9) and Art. 11"
      },
      {
        "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with all information and documentation demonstrating conformity, in paper or electronic form and a language it understands, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-provide-information-request",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(9)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.",
        "id": "lvd-mfr-identify-suppliers-customers",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 11"
      }
    ],
    "other": [
      {
        "text": "Act under a written mandate that at least lets you keep the EU declaration of conformity and technical documentation at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years, provide conformity information and documentation on reasoned request, and cooperate with the authorities on risk-elimination measures.",
        "id": "lvd-oth-act-written-mandate",
        "kind": "evidence",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "retired": "2026-09-24",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 7(2)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Act only under a written mandate from the manufacturer that sets out the tasks you perform on its behalf.",
        "id": "lvd-oth-hold-written-mandate",
        "kind": "evidence",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 7(1) and Art. 7(2)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Keep the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation at the disposal of the national market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the equipment was placed on the market.",
        "id": "lvd-oth-keep-documentation-years",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 7(2)(a)"
      },
      {
        "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, and cooperate with it on measures to eliminate the risks of the equipment covered by your mandate.",
        "id": "lvd-oth-provide-information-request",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 7(2)(b) and Art. 7(2)(c)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Do not take over the manufacturer's duty to design and manufacture to the safety objectives or to draw up the technical documentation; those cannot form part of the mandate, although the mandate may cover affixing the CE marking and drawing up the declaration on the manufacturer's behalf.",
        "id": "lvd-oth-take-manufacturers-duty",
        "kind": "status",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 7(1) and Annex III, point 5"
      },
      {
        "text": "Be able to identify the economic operators that supplied you and that you supplied for 10 years.",
        "id": "lvd-oth-able-identify-economic",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 11"
      }
    ],
    "importer": [
      {
        "text": "Place only compliant electrical equipment on the market, and before doing so check that the manufacturer carried out the conformity assessment, drew up the technical documentation, affixed the CE marking, supplied the required documents and applied the identification and address markings; hold non-conforming equipment back and inform the manufacturer and the authorities where it presents a risk.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-place-compliant-electrical",
        "kind": "verification",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 8(1) and Art. 8(2)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Indicate your name, registered trade name or trade mark and a postal contact address on the equipment or, where not possible, on its packaging or in an accompanying document, in a language end users and authorities understand.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-indicate-name-registered",
        "kind": "mark",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "sharedKey": "identification-and-address",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 8(3)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Ensure the equipment is accompanied by instructions and safety information in the language the Member State determines.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-ensure-equipment-accompanied",
        "kind": "verification",
        "level": "product-market",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 8(4)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising compliance with the safety objectives, and where the risks warrant it sample-test, investigate complaints and keep a register of complaints, non-conforming equipment and recalls, informing distributors.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-keep-storage-transport",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "retired": "2026-09-24",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 8(5) and Art. 8(6)"
      },
      {
        "text": "While equipment is under your responsibility, keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising its compliance with the safety objectives.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-ensure-storage-transport",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 8(5)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Where the risks warrant it, sample-test marketed equipment, investigate complaints, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming equipment and recalls, and keep distributors informed of that monitoring.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-sample-test-register",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 8(6)"
      },
      {
        "text": "If equipment you placed on the market does not conform, immediately take corrective measures, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk inform the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-immediately-take-corrective",
        "kind": "submission",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "on-event",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 8(7)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request; provide conformity information on reasoned request in a language the authority understands, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and identify suppliers and customers for 10 years.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-keep-copy-declaration",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
        "retired": "2026-09-24",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 8(8), Art. 8(9) and Art. 11"
      },
      {
        "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after placing on the market, and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-keep-declaration-copy",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 8(8)"
      },
      {
        "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity in a language it understands, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-provide-information-request",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 8(9)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-identify-suppliers-customers",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 11"
      },
      {
        "text": "If you place equipment on the market under your own name or trade mark, or modify equipment in a way that may affect compliance, you carry the manufacturer's obligations under Article 6.",
        "id": "lvd-imp-modify-equipment-way",
        "kind": "status",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 10"
      }
    ],
    "distributor": [
      {
        "text": "Act with due care and, before making equipment available, verify that it bears the CE marking, is accompanied by the required documents and by instructions and safety information in the language of the Member State where it is sold, and that the manufacturer and importer have applied their identification and address markings; hold non-conforming equipment back and inform the manufacturer or importer and the authorities where it presents a risk.",
        "id": "lvd-dist-act-due-care",
        "kind": "verification",
        "level": "product-market",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 9(1) and Art. 9(2)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising compliance with the safety objectives.",
        "id": "lvd-dist-keep-storage-transport",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 9(3)"
      },
      {
        "text": "If equipment you made available does not conform, make sure corrective measures are taken to bring it into conformity, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.",
        "id": "lvd-dist-make-sure-corrective",
        "kind": "submission",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "on-event",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 9(4)"
      },
      {
        "text": "On reasoned request, provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and identify suppliers and customers for 10 years.",
        "id": "lvd-dist-provide-information-documentation",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
        "retired": "2026-09-24",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 9(5) and Art. 11"
      },
      {
        "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks of equipment you made available.",
        "id": "lvd-dist-provide-information-request",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 9(5)"
      },
      {
        "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.",
        "id": "lvd-dist-identify-suppliers-customers",
        "kind": "standing",
        "level": "company",
        "timing": "ongoing",
        "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 11"
      },
      {
        "text": "If you sell under your own name or trade mark or modify equipment in a way that may affect compliance, you take on the manufacturer's obligations.",
        "id": "lvd-dist-take-manufacturers-obligations",
        "kind": "status",
        "level": "product",
        "timing": "before-market",
        "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 10"
      }
    ]
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    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-design-manufacture-equipment",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "evidence",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "text": "Design and manufacture the equipment in accordance with good engineering practice in safety matters so that, properly installed, maintained and used as intended, it does not endanger the health and safety of persons, domestic animals or property, meeting the Annex I safety objectives on marking of essential characteristics, safe assembly and connection, protection against electrical, thermal, radiation and non-electrical hazards, suitable insulation and resistance to mechanical, environmental and overload influences.",
      "article": "Art. 3, Art. 6(1) and Annex I",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-draw-annex-iii",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "evidence",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "sharedKey": "technical-documentation",
      "retired": "2026-09-24",
      "text": "Draw up the Annex III technical documentation, including a risk analysis and assessment, the design and manufacturing drawings, the standards applied or the solutions adopted, design calculations and test reports, and carry out the Module A internal production control conformity assessment or have it carried out.",
      "article": "Art. 6(2) and Annex III, points 1 to 3",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-carry-out-risk-analysis",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "evidence",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "sharedKey": "risk-analysis",
      "text": "Carry out an adequate analysis and assessment of the risks of the electrical equipment and include it in the technical documentation.",
      "article": "Art. 6(2) and Annex III, point 2",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-draw-technical-documentation",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "evidence",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "sharedKey": "technical-documentation",
      "text": "Draw up the Annex III technical documentation: a general description, the design and manufacturing drawings, the standards applied or the solutions adopted, design calculations and test reports.",
      "article": "Art. 6(2) and Annex III, points 2 and 3",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-carry-out-module-a",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "procedure",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "text": "Carry out, or have carried out, the Module A internal production control conformity assessment of Annex III.",
      "article": "Art. 6(2) and Annex III, point 1",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-draw-declaration-conformity",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "evidence",
      "level": "product-market",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity",
      "retired": "2026-09-24",
      "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity per Annex IV for each product model, translated into the languages the Member State requires and, where several Union acts apply, as a single declaration covering them all, and affix the CE marking before placing the equipment on the market.",
      "article": "Art. 6(2), Art. 15 and Art. 17",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-draw-eu-declaration",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "evidence",
      "level": "product-market",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "sharedKey": "declaration-of-conformity",
      "text": "Draw up the EU declaration of conformity per Annex IV for each product model, translated into the languages the Member State requires and, where several Union acts apply, as a single declaration covering them all.",
      "article": "Art. 6(2) and Art. 15",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-keep-technical-documentation",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
      "text": "Keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the equipment was placed on the market.",
      "article": "Art. 6(3) and Annex III, point 4.2",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-keep-series-production",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "retired": "2026-09-24",
      "text": "Keep series production in conformity, taking account of changes in design, characteristics and the harmonised, international or national standards referenced, and where the risks warrant it sample-test marketed equipment, investigate complaints and keep a register of complaints, non-conforming equipment and recalls, informing distributors.",
      "article": "Art. 6(4)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-maintain-series-conformity",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "text": "Keep series production in conformity, taking account of changes in design or characteristics and in the harmonised, international or national standards referenced.",
      "article": "Art. 6(4)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-sample-test-register",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "text": "Where the risks warrant it, sample-test marketed equipment, investigate complaints, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming equipment and recalls, and keep distributors informed of that monitoring.",
      "article": "Art. 6(4)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-mark-equipment-type",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "mark",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "sharedKey": "identification-and-address",
      "text": "Mark the equipment with a type, batch or serial number or other identifier and with your name, registered trade name or trade mark and a single postal contact address, or where size or nature does not allow it, on the packaging or in an accompanying document, in a language end users and authorities understand.",
      "article": "Art. 6(5) and Art. 6(6)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-supply-clear-understandable",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "evidence",
      "level": "product-market",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information",
      "text": "Supply clear, understandable instructions and safety information in the language the Member State determines, and mark the essential characteristics needed for safe use on the equipment or, if not possible, in an accompanying document.",
      "article": "Art. 6(7) and Annex I, point 1(a)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-affix-marking-visibly",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "mark",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "sharedKey": "ce-marking",
      "text": "Affix the CE marking visibly, legibly and indelibly to the equipment or its data plate, or where that is not possible to the packaging and the accompanying documents, subject to the general principles of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.",
      "article": "Art. 16 and Art. 17",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-immediately-bring-conformity",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "submission",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "on-event",
      "text": "If you consider or have reason to believe that equipment you placed on the market does not conform, immediately bring it into conformity, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk inform the competent authorities of the Member States where you made it available with details of the non-compliance and the corrective measures.",
      "article": "Art. 6(8)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-provide-information-documentation",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
      "retired": "2026-09-24",
      "text": "On a reasoned request, provide all information and documentation demonstrating conformity in paper or electronic form in a language the authority understands, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and be able to identify your suppliers and customers for 10 years.",
      "article": "Art. 6(9) and Art. 11",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-provide-information-request",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
      "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with all information and documentation demonstrating conformity, in paper or electronic form and a language it understands, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks.",
      "article": "Art. 6(9)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-mfr-identify-suppliers-customers",
      "role": "manufacturer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
      "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.",
      "article": "Art. 11",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-oth-act-written-mandate",
      "role": "other",
      "kind": "evidence",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "retired": "2026-09-24",
      "text": "Act under a written mandate that at least lets you keep the EU declaration of conformity and technical documentation at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years, provide conformity information and documentation on reasoned request, and cooperate with the authorities on risk-elimination measures.",
      "article": "Art. 7(2)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-oth-hold-written-mandate",
      "role": "other",
      "kind": "evidence",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "text": "Act only under a written mandate from the manufacturer that sets out the tasks you perform on its behalf.",
      "article": "Art. 7(1) and Art. 7(2)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-oth-keep-documentation-years",
      "role": "other",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
      "text": "Keep the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation at the disposal of the national market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the equipment was placed on the market.",
      "article": "Art. 7(2)(a)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-oth-provide-information-request",
      "role": "other",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
      "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, and cooperate with it on measures to eliminate the risks of the equipment covered by your mandate.",
      "article": "Art. 7(2)(b) and Art. 7(2)(c)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-oth-take-manufacturers-duty",
      "role": "other",
      "kind": "status",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "text": "Do not take over the manufacturer's duty to design and manufacture to the safety objectives or to draw up the technical documentation; those cannot form part of the mandate, although the mandate may cover affixing the CE marking and drawing up the declaration on the manufacturer's behalf.",
      "article": "Art. 7(1) and Annex III, point 5",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-oth-able-identify-economic",
      "role": "other",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
      "text": "Be able to identify the economic operators that supplied you and that you supplied for 10 years.",
      "article": "Art. 11",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-place-compliant-electrical",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "verification",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "text": "Place only compliant electrical equipment on the market, and before doing so check that the manufacturer carried out the conformity assessment, drew up the technical documentation, affixed the CE marking, supplied the required documents and applied the identification and address markings; hold non-conforming equipment back and inform the manufacturer and the authorities where it presents a risk.",
      "article": "Art. 8(1) and Art. 8(2)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-indicate-name-registered",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "mark",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "sharedKey": "identification-and-address",
      "text": "Indicate your name, registered trade name or trade mark and a postal contact address on the equipment or, where not possible, on its packaging or in an accompanying document, in a language end users and authorities understand.",
      "article": "Art. 8(3)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-ensure-equipment-accompanied",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "verification",
      "level": "product-market",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "sharedKey": "instructions-and-safety-information",
      "text": "Ensure the equipment is accompanied by instructions and safety information in the language the Member State determines.",
      "article": "Art. 8(4)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-keep-storage-transport",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "retired": "2026-09-24",
      "text": "Keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising compliance with the safety objectives, and where the risks warrant it sample-test, investigate complaints and keep a register of complaints, non-conforming equipment and recalls, informing distributors.",
      "article": "Art. 8(5) and Art. 8(6)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-ensure-storage-transport",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "text": "While equipment is under your responsibility, keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising its compliance with the safety objectives.",
      "article": "Art. 8(5)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-sample-test-register",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "text": "Where the risks warrant it, sample-test marketed equipment, investigate complaints, keep a register of complaints, non-conforming equipment and recalls, and keep distributors informed of that monitoring.",
      "article": "Art. 8(6)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-immediately-take-corrective",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "submission",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "on-event",
      "text": "If equipment you placed on the market does not conform, immediately take corrective measures, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk inform the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.",
      "article": "Art. 8(7)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-keep-copy-declaration",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
      "retired": "2026-09-24",
      "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request; provide conformity information on reasoned request in a language the authority understands, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and identify suppliers and customers for 10 years.",
      "article": "Art. 8(8), Art. 8(9) and Art. 11",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-keep-declaration-copy",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
      "text": "Keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for 10 years after placing on the market, and ensure the technical documentation can be made available on request.",
      "article": "Art. 8(8)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-provide-information-request",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
      "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity in a language it understands, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks.",
      "article": "Art. 8(9)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-identify-suppliers-customers",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
      "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.",
      "article": "Art. 11",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-imp-modify-equipment-way",
      "role": "importer",
      "kind": "status",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "text": "If you place equipment on the market under your own name or trade mark, or modify equipment in a way that may affect compliance, you carry the manufacturer's obligations under Article 6.",
      "article": "Art. 10",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-dist-act-due-care",
      "role": "distributor",
      "kind": "verification",
      "level": "product-market",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "text": "Act with due care and, before making equipment available, verify that it bears the CE marking, is accompanied by the required documents and by instructions and safety information in the language of the Member State where it is sold, and that the manufacturer and importer have applied their identification and address markings; hold non-conforming equipment back and inform the manufacturer or importer and the authorities where it presents a risk.",
      "article": "Art. 9(1) and Art. 9(2)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-dist-keep-storage-transport",
      "role": "distributor",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "text": "Keep storage and transport conditions from jeopardising compliance with the safety objectives.",
      "article": "Art. 9(3)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-dist-make-sure-corrective",
      "role": "distributor",
      "kind": "submission",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "on-event",
      "text": "If equipment you made available does not conform, make sure corrective measures are taken to bring it into conformity, withdraw or recall it, and where it presents a risk immediately inform the competent authorities of the Member States concerned.",
      "article": "Art. 9(4)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-dist-provide-information-documentation",
      "role": "distributor",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
      "retired": "2026-09-24",
      "text": "On reasoned request, provide the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, cooperate on risk-elimination measures, and identify suppliers and customers for 10 years.",
      "article": "Art. 9(5) and Art. 11",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-dist-provide-information-request",
      "role": "distributor",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "authority-cooperation",
      "text": "On a reasoned request, provide the authority with the information and documentation demonstrating conformity, and cooperate on measures to eliminate the risks of equipment you made available.",
      "article": "Art. 9(5)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-dist-identify-suppliers-customers",
      "role": "distributor",
      "kind": "standing",
      "level": "company",
      "timing": "ongoing",
      "sharedKey": "record-keeping-10y",
      "text": "Be able to identify, for 10 years after each supply, the economic operators that supplied you and the economic operators you supplied.",
      "article": "Art. 11",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "id": "lvd-dist-take-manufacturers-obligations",
      "role": "distributor",
      "kind": "status",
      "level": "product",
      "timing": "before-market",
      "text": "If you sell under your own name or trade mark or modify equipment in a way that may affect compliance, you take on the manufacturer's obligations.",
      "article": "Art. 10",
      "sourceUrl": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    }
  ],
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  "penalties": {
    "text": "Member States lay down the rules on penalties for infringements of their national transposing laws by economic operators; the penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and may include criminal penalties for serious infringements. Market surveillance authorities evaluate equipment that presents a risk to persons, domestic animals or property, require corrective action, withdrawal or recall within a period commensurate with the risk, and if the operator fails to act prohibit or restrict the making available, withdraw or recall the equipment and notify the Commission and the other Member States; compliant equipment that still presents a risk can be treated the same way. Formal non-compliance, such as missing or wrongly affixed CE marking, a missing or incorrect EU declaration of conformity, incomplete technical documentation or missing identification and address information, must be ended and otherwise leads to restriction, prohibition, withdrawal or recall. In Denmark, the directive is implemented by executive order nr. 2516 of 14 December 2021 on the safety of electrical equipment, which also covers equipment outside the directive's voltage limits, and Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, since January 2026 a department of Erhvervsstyrelsen named Markedsovervågning, controls electrical products under it and the Danish product act.",
    "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014L0035-20260530 · Art. 24, Art. 19, Art. 21 and Art. 22; https://www.sik.dk/erhverv/produkter/el-produkter/vejledninger/redemc/kontrol-emc-og-red; https://www.sik.dk/sikkerhedsstyrelsen-del-erhvervsstyrelsen"
  },
  "checklist": [
    "Confirm the equipment's voltage rating falls between 50 and 1 000 V AC or 75 and 1 500 V DC, that it has no intentional radio function and that no Annex II exclusion applies (Article 1).",
    "Decide your role for each product, remembering that selling under your own brand or modifying the equipment makes you the manufacturer (Article 10).",
    "Identify the harmonised standards published in the Official Journal that cover the equipment, or the IEC or national standards that give a presumption of conformity where none exist (Articles 12 to 14).",
    "Carry out the risk analysis and assessment and test the equipment against the Annex I safety objectives, including non-electrical hazards, insulation and overload (Article 3 and Annex I).",
    "Compile the Annex III technical documentation with drawings, the standards applied, calculations and test reports, and keep it for 10 years (Articles 6(2) and 6(3)).",
    "Draw up the Annex IV EU declaration of conformity per product model, as a single declaration where the EMC Directive or other Union acts also apply (Article 15).",
    "Affix the CE marking to the equipment or its data plate before placing it on the market, or to the packaging and documents where the equipment does not allow it (Article 17).",
    "Mark the type or serial number, the manufacturer's and importer's name and address and the essential characteristics for safe use, and supply instructions and safety information in the required language (Articles 6(5) to 6(7), 8(3), 8(4) and Annex I).",
    "Set up the corrective-action and notification procedure, 10-year supplier and customer traceability and, where the risks warrant it, sample testing and a complaints register (Articles 6(4), 6(8), 8(7), 9(4) and 11)."
  ],
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "When did the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU start to apply?",
      "a": "The recast directive was adopted on 26 February 2014, published in the Official Journal on 29 March 2014 and entered into force on 18 April 2014. Member States had to transpose it by 19 April 2016 and apply their measures from 20 April 2016, when Directive 2006/95/EC was repealed. Equipment conforming to the old directive and placed on the market before 20 April 2016 may still be made available.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 25, Art. 26, Art. 27 and Art. 28"
    },
    {
      "q": "Which voltage range does the LVD cover?",
      "a": "Electrical equipment designed for use with a voltage rating between 50 and 1 000 V for alternating current and between 75 and 1 500 V for direct current, other than the equipment and phenomena listed in Annex II. Equipment rated below those limits is outside the directive, and radio equipment is covered by the Radio Equipment Directive instead.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 1"
    },
    {
      "q": "Which products are excluded from the LVD?",
      "a": "Annex II excludes electrical equipment for use in an explosive atmosphere, equipment for radiology and medical purposes, electrical parts for goods and passenger lifts, electricity meters, plugs and socket outlets for domestic use, electric fence controllers, radio-electrical interference, specialised equipment for ships, aircraft or railways complying with international safety provisions, and custom-built evaluation kits for research and development. Radio equipment is also outside the directive because the Radio Equipment Directive applies the same safety objectives itself.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 1 and Annex II; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0053 · Art. 1(4)"
    },
    {
      "q": "Do I need a notified body for the LVD?",
      "a": "No. The only conformity assessment procedure is Module A internal production control in Annex III: the manufacturer establishes the technical documentation with a risk analysis, ensures the manufacturing process keeps the equipment in conformity, affixes the CE marking and draws up the EU declaration of conformity on its sole responsibility. The directive has no notified bodies; where the documentation is deficient the market surveillance authority acts under the safeguard and formal non-compliance procedures.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(2), Art. 22 and Annex III"
    },
    {
      "q": "How do harmonised standards work under the LVD?",
      "a": "Equipment that conforms to harmonised standards, or parts of them, whose references are published in the Official Journal is presumed to conform to the safety objectives those standards cover. Where no harmonised standard has been drawn up and published, Member States must also accept equipment complying with IEC safety provisions that the Commission has notified and published without objection, and failing those, equipment made to the safety standards of the Member State of manufacture if it gives an equivalent safety level.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 12, Art. 13 and Art. 14"
    },
    {
      "q": "What must appear on the equipment and its documents?",
      "a": "The CE marking, a type, batch or serial number or other identifier, the manufacturer's name, registered trade name or trade mark and a single postal contact address, the importer's name and address where the equipment is imported, and the essential characteristics whose observance ensures safe use. Where the size or nature of the equipment does not allow it, the identifiers and addresses go on the packaging or in an accompanying document. Instructions and safety information must accompany the equipment in the language the Member State determines.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(5) to Art. 6(7), Art. 8(3), Art. 8(4), Art. 17 and Annex I, point 1(a)"
    },
    {
      "q": "How long must I keep the technical documentation and traceability records?",
      "a": "Manufacturers keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for 10 years after the equipment was placed on the market, authorised representatives keep both at the disposal of the authorities for the same period, and importers keep a copy of the declaration for 10 years and ensure the documentation can be produced. All economic operators must be able to identify who supplied them and whom they supplied for 10 years after the supply.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 6(3), Art. 7(2), Art. 8(8) and Art. 11"
    }
  ],
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-05-30",
      "kind": "applies",
      "title": "Emergency procedures for crisis-relevant electrical equipment apply",
      "summary": "The national measures transposing Directive (EU) 2024/2749 apply: Articles 22a to 22c allow the Commission to list standards or set common specifications giving a presumption of conformity, and require prioritised market surveillance and mutual assistance, for electrical equipment designated as crisis-relevant goods while an internal market emergency mode under Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 is active.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024L2749 · Art. 8 and Art. 11; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014L0035-20260530 · Art. 22a to Art. 22c"
    },
    {
      "date": "2024-11-28",
      "kind": "amendment",
      "title": "Directive (EU) 2024/2749 in force: internal market emergency procedures",
      "summary": "The amending directive of 9 October 2024, published on 8 November 2024, adds the definitions of crisis-relevant goods and internal market emergency mode and inserts Chapter 4a (Articles 22a to 22c); Member States had to transpose by 29 May 2026 and apply the measures from 30 May 2026.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024L2749 · Art. 8, Art. 11 and Art. 12"
    },
    {
      "date": "2016-04-20",
      "kind": "applies",
      "title": "Directive 2014/35/EU applies; Directive 2006/95/EC repealed",
      "summary": "Member States apply their transposing measures from 20 April 2016, the directly applicable articles and Annexes I, V and VI apply from the same date, and Directive 2006/95/EC is repealed; equipment conforming to the old directive and placed on the market before 20 April 2016 may still be made available.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 25, Art. 26, Art. 27 and Art. 28"
    },
    {
      "date": "2014-04-18",
      "kind": "in-force",
      "title": "Directive 2014/35/EU enters into force",
      "summary": "Adopted on 26 February 2014 as a recast of Directive 2006/95/EC aligned with the New Legislative Framework and published in OJ L 96 on 29 March 2014, the directive entered into force on the twentieth day after publication; Member States had until 19 April 2016 to transpose it.",
      "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035 · Art. 26(1) and Art. 28"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Directive 2014/35/EU on electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits, consolidated text of 30 May 2026 (EUR-Lex)",
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014L0035-20260530"
    },
    {
      "label": "Directive 2014/35/EU as published in OJ L 96, 29 March 2014 (EUR-Lex)",
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "label": "Document information, dates and relationships for CELEX 32014L0035 (EUR-Lex)",
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32014L0035"
    },
    {
      "label": "Directive (EU) 2024/2749 on emergency procedures for the conformity assessment and market surveillance of products (EUR-Lex)",
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024L2749"
    },
    {
      "label": "Directive 2014/53/EU on radio equipment, Article 1(4) on the relationship with the Low Voltage Directive (EUR-Lex)",
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0053"
    },
    {
      "label": "Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 on accreditation and market surveillance (EUR-Lex)",
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32008R0765"
    },
    {
      "label": "Low Voltage Directive (European Commission, DG GROW)",
      "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/electrical-and-electronic-engineering-industries-eei/low-voltage-directive-lvd_en"
    },
    {
      "label": "Kontrol med EMC og RED, including the Danish implementation of the Low Voltage Directive (Sikkerhedsstyrelsen)",
      "url": "https://www.sik.dk/erhverv/produkter/el-produkter/vejledninger/redemc/kontrol-emc-og-red"
    },
    {
      "label": "Sikkerhedsstyrelsen, en del af Erhvervsstyrelsen from January 2026 (Sikkerhedsstyrelsen)",
      "url": "https://www.sik.dk/sikkerhedsstyrelsen-del-erhvervsstyrelsen"
    }
  ],
  "reviewer": {
    "name": "Conphora compliance team",
    "role": "Compliance editors, Conphora"
  },
  "reviewedAt": "2026-09-24",
  "nextReview": "2027-03-13",
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