EN 62841-2-8:2016/prAB:2024

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2024
Elektromotorna ročna orodja, prenosna orodja ter stroji za trato in vrt - Varnost - 2-
8. del: Posebne zahteve za ročne škarje in sekalnike - Dopolnilo AB
Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden
machinery - Safety - Part 2-8: Particular requirements for hand-held shears and nibblers
Elektrische motorbetriebene handgeführte Werkzeuge, transportable Werkzeuge und
Rasen- und Gartenmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 2-8: Besondere Anforderungen für
handgeführte Blechscheren und Nibbler
Outils électroportatifs à moteur, outils portables et machines pour jardins et pelouses -
Sécurité - Partie 2-8: Exigences particulières pour les cisailles et les grignoteuses
portatives
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62841-2-8:2016/prAB:2024
ICS:
25.120.10 Kovaški stroji. Stiskalnice. Forging equipment. Presses.
Škarje Shears
25.140.20 Električna orodja Electric tools
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
EN 62841-2-8:2016
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
prAB
February 2024
ICS 25.140.20 -
English Version
Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and
lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-8: Particular
requirements for hand-held shears and nibblers
Outils électroportatifs à moteur, outils portables et machines Elektrische motorbetriebene handgeführte Werkzeuge,
pour jardins et pelouses - Sécurité - Partie 2-8: Exigences transportable Werkzeuge und Rasen- und
particulières pour les cisailles et les grignoteuses portatives Gartenmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 2-8: Besondere
Anforderungen für handgeführte Blechscheren und Nibbler
This draft amendment prAB, if approved, will modify the European Standard EN 62841-2-8:2016; it is submitted to CENELEC members for
enquiry.
Deadline for CENELEC: 2024-05-03.

It has been drawn up by CLC/TC 116.

If this draft becomes an amendment, CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft amendment was established by CENELEC in three official versions (English, French, German).
A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to
the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
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Project: 79286 Ref. No. EN 62841-2-8:2016/prAB:2024 E

1 European foreword
2 This document (EN 62841-2-8:2016/prAB:2024) has been prepared by CLC/TC 116 “Safety and
3 environmental aspects of motor-operated electric tools”.
4 This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
5 The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this (doa) dor + 6 months
document has to be announced at national
level
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dor + 12 months
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) dor + 48 months
conflicting with this document have to be (to be confirmed or
withdrawn
modified when voting)
6 This document modifies by common modifications EN 62841-2-8:2016/prA1:2024, which consists of the
7 text of 116/xxx/CDV (future IEC 62841-2-8:2016/A1:202x) prepared by IEC/TC 116 “Safety of motor-
8 operated electric tools”.
9 EN 62841-2-8:2016/prA1:2024 together with prAB:2024 includes a revision to Table 4 and also clarifies
10 that subclauses 21.18.1.2 and 23.3 of IEC 62841-1:2014 are not applicable for these tools.
11 This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CENELEC by the
12 European Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these
13 requests for its Member States.
14 For relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this document.
15 1 Modification to Annex K, “Battery tools and battery packs”
16 Add the following new subclause:
17 “K.21.18.Z301  Isolation and disabling device
18 Tools with an integral battery shall be equipped
19 — with an isolation device to prevent the risk of injury from mechanical hazards during servicing or user
20 maintenance; or
21 — with a disabling device that prevents unintentional starting of the tool.
22 An isolation device shall
23 — provide disconnect
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