2004/96/EC - Commission Directive 2004/96/EC amending Council Directive 76/769/EEC as regards restrictions on the marketing and use of nickel for piercing post assemblies for the purpose of adapting its Annex I to technical progress

This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to down cutting cross-cut saws and dual purpose down cutting cross-cut saws/circular saw benches, herein after referred to as "machines", designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials where they are covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light alloy laminates when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
NOTE 1   For the definition of down cutting cross-cut saws and dual purpose down cutting cross-cut saws/circular saw benches, see 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4, and for the definition of displaceable machine, see 3.8.
This document does not apply to:
-  machines for cross cutting logs;
-  hand-held motor-operated electric tools or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting;
NOTE 2   Hand-held motor-operated electric tools and saw benches to form an integrated whole with a hand-held motor-operated electric tools are covered by EN 60745-1:2009 together with EN 60745-2-5:2009.
-  transportable machines set up on a bench or a table similar to a bench, which are intended to carry out work in a stationary position, capable of being lifted by one person by hand.
NOTE 3   Transportable motor-operated electric tools are covered by the requirements of EN 61029-1:2009 together with EN 61029-2-9:2009 and EN 61029-2-11:2009.
This document is not applicable to down cutting cross-cut saws and dual purpose down cutting cross-cut saws/circular saw benches which are manufactured before the date of its publication as European Standard.

This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to down cutting cross-cut saws and dual purpose down cutting cross-cut saws/circular saw benches, herein after referred to as "machines", designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials where they are covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light alloy laminates when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
NOTE 1   For the definition of down cutting cross-cut saws and dual purpose down cutting cross -cut saws/circular saw benches, see 3.2.2, 3.2.3 and 3.2.4, and for the definition of displaceable machine, see 3.2.8.
This document does not apply to:
-   machines for cross cutting logs;
-   hand-held motor-operated electric tools or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting;
NOTE 2   Hand-held motor-operated electric tools and saw benches to form an integrated whole with a hand-held motor-operated electric tools are covered by EN 60745-1:2009 together with EN 60745-2-5:2010.
-   transportable machines set up on a bench or a table similar to a bench, which are intended to carry out work in a stationary position, capable of being lifted by one person by hand i.e. maximum mass ≤ 25 kg.
NOTE 3   Transportable motor-operated electric tools are covered by the requirements of EN 61029-1:2009 together with EN 61029-2-9:2009 and EN 61029-2-11:2009.
This document is not applicable to down cutting cross-cut saws and dual purpose down cutting cross-cut saws/circular saw benches which are manufactured before the date of its publication as European Standard.

This European Standard specifies a method for accelerated wear and corrosion, to be used prior to the detection of nickel release from coated items that come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin.

This European Standard specifies a method for simulating the release of nickel from all post assemblies which are inserted into pierced ears and other pierced parts of the human body and articles intended to come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin in order to determine whether such items are in compliance with the European Directive 76/769/EEC as amended by 94/27/EC and 2004/96/EC. DRAFTING REMARK Subject to the final positive decision of the European Commission, CEN/TC 347/TG 1 supports the following wording to be included in the scope of this standard: Spectacle frames and sunglasses are excluded from the scope of this European Standard.

CEN/TC - Modifications in list entries 5.8 and 5.9.

This European Standard specifies a method for simulating the release of nickel from all post assemblies which are inserted into pierced ears and other pierced parts of the human body and articles intended to come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin in order to determine whether such articles are in compliance with the Commission Regulation (EC) No 552/2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 on REACH as regards Annex XVII.
Spectacle frames and sunglasses are excluded from the scope of this European Standard.
NOTE   Spectacle frames and sunglasses are subject to the requirements of EN 16128:2011 which provides an unchanged re-publication of the technical requirements that had previously been specified in EN 1811:1998, but restricted in scope to apply only to spectacle frames and sunglasses.

This European Standard specifies a method for simulating the release of nickel from articles intended to come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin in order to determine whether such items release nickel at a rate greater than 0,5 µg/cm2/week.

This European Standard specifies a method for simulating the release of nickel from articles intended to come
into direct and prolonged contact with the skin in order to determine whether such items release nickel at a
rate greater than 0,5 µg/cm2/week.

This European Standard specifies a method for accelerated wear and corrosion, to be used prior to the detection of nickel release from coated items that come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin.

This European Standard specifies a method for accelerated wear and corrosion, to be used prior to the detection of nickel release from coated items that come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin.