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European Commission Regulation No 1275/2008 requires that the standby power consumption of “electrical and electronic household and office equipment” has to be less than 1.00W in “off mode”, 1.00W in “standby mode without display” and 2.00W in “standby mode with display”, for all applicable products placed on the market from 7 January 2010.

IEC/EN 62031: 2008, LED modules for general lighting – Safety specifications, allows a route for the testing of LED luminaires and their component parts.

An LED module is defined as a unit supplied as a light source with one or more LEDs. The standard has within its scope modules that can have other control gear integrated (self ballasting modules), which are for connection to external power supplies; including directly to the mains...

IEC 60335-1 ed.5.0 has been published. This standard covers Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1: General requirements. The principal changes in this edition as compared with the fourth edition of IEC 60335-1 are listed in the Nemko Flash IEC 60335-1 ed 5.0 (minor changes are not listed).

After 1 December 2010, the Manufacturer’s Declaration and associated Technical File must be updated to EN 60950-1:2006 (ed.2) including A11.

The standard for Information technology equipment, EN 60950-1:2006, was amended with A11 in December 2008, DOP (Date of Publication) 1 December 2009. A11 is a European amendment only.

The EN 60950-1/A11 specifies DOW (Date of Withdrawal) 1 December 2010.
This means all certificates...