Dr Gareth Jones of LUX-TSI presented a talk on ENEC+ for LED Lighting at Lighting Fixture Design Conference June 2014. ENEC and ENEC+ are becoming marks associated with high quality performance and safety for LED Lighting products similar to the Energy Star mark in North America.

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ENEC and ENEC+
Gareth Jones
CEO
LUX-TSI
5th June 2014
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2. Outline
• CE marking
• ENEC
• ENEC+

3. Market Mandatory Compliance
• What do we need to sell lighting products in Europe?
• The CE marking symbolises the conformity of the product with
the applicable Community requirements imposed on the
manufacturer.
• The CE marking affixed to products is a declaration by the
person responsible that:
 the product conforms to all applicable Community provisions, and
 the appropriate conformity assessment procedures have been
completed.
Low Voltage (LVD) (2006/95/EC  2014/35/EU)
EMC Directive (2004/108/EC  2014/30/EU)
ECODESIGN (2009/125/EC)
ROHS (2011/65/EU)
U
2014/30/EU

4. The Circle of CE
Identify the
Directives
Identify the
conformity
assessment
requirements
Identify the
Standards
Check on any
National Deviations
Ensure the Product
Complies – Testing
Maintain the
Technical Document
File
Prepare the
Declaration of
Conformity
Affix the CE mark
and supply
instructions
Self Declaration
No Lab Accreditation
No Notified Body
Certification

5. Market Surveillance
 The European Commission proposed on 13 February 2013 to improve
product safety in the EU by strengthening market surveillance in the
Member States.
 Market Surveillance Minions are expensive and at a time when EU
finances are in poor shape proposals are not easily translated into
action within each member state

6. The Wild West
Anyone
Can
Everybody
Does

7. Product safety in Europe
(source CEOC – Nov. 2012)
7

8.  Established in 1998 as a not-for-profit
membership association under French law.
 To provide a legal entity for the operations of
the European certification schemes
 To represent the European certification
schemes before third parties
 25 Members in 20 Countries
Scope covered:
 5 Schemes
 26 Certification Bodies
 46 Third Party Test Laboratories
 540 Manufacturers’ Test Laboratories
 Cooperating agreements with CEN-
CENELEC, IECEE, EA &CEOC
About EEPCA

9. EEPCA members
9
 AENOR (Spain)
 SGS BELGIUM (Belgium)
 IMQ (Italy)
 CERTIF (Portugal)
 DEKRA (The Netherlands)
 LCIE (France)
 VDE (Germany)
 OVE (Austria)
 BSI (U.K.)
 Electrosuisse (Switzerland)
 Intertek Semko (Sweden)
 UL Demko (Denmark)
 SGS Fimko (Finland)
 NEMKO (Norway)
 MEEI (Hungary)
 ITCL (U.K.)
 EZÚ (Czech Republic)
 SIQ (Slovenia)
 TSE (Turkey)
 TRLP (Germany)
 TÜV SÜD PS (Germany)
 BASEC (U.K.)
 EVPÚ (Slovakia)
 SEP BBJ (Poland)
 PREDOM OBR (Poland)

10. 10
ENEC today is the high quality voluntary
pan-European mark for electrical products
that demonstrates compliance to
European EN safety standards
 luminaires and associated components, including LEDs
 household appliances
 IT equipment
 safety transformers
 couplers and connecting devices
 Capacitors, filters
 Portable tools
with +17,000 licences covering some
85,000 products:
Osram
Philips
General Electric
Schneider
Thorn Lighting
ENEC Mark

11. ENEC - Growing Certification Scheme
07/05/2013

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 Independent testing and certification based on European
Safety Standards via accredited testing laboratories
 Supports and Strengthens CE marking Declaration of
Conformity
 Provides ongoing product and production
monitoring thus overcoming lack of market
surveillance activities
 High quality demonstration of compliance through
discriminating product safety marking
 Provides access to other European and International
marks such as IECEE CB scheme testing
The importance of voluntary
certification and marking

13. 13
 One high quality mark recognised
throughout Europe
 With identification of the issuing Certification
Body (CB)
 Including national differences, if any
 Issued by European Certification Bodies
 Open to Manufacturers world wide
 Testing in Laboratories world wide,
under close control of the European
Certification Bodies
 Certified products listed on freely available
website (similar to UL for US/Canada)
The principles of the ENEC Mark
Denotes ENEC
Certification
Via UL Demko

14. 14
As an ISO 17065 Type-5 scheme, ENEC ensures
compliance for the lifetime of the certification and
includes
 third party accredited testing
 third party certification
 annual factory inspection
 ongoing monitoring of products and production
 regular monitoring of the Mark in the market place
 The same process as UL Listing for USA/Canada
ISO Type-5: full certification scheme

15. ENEC+
• Launched April 2014
• Lighting Europe and EEPCA joint activity
ensuring Lighting Market “buy-in”
• Initially covering LED Lighting Products
• Natural extension to ENEC covering
emerging performance standards
• To be eligible must already carry ENEC safety mark
(not necessarily through same CB)
• Based upon IEC/PAS standards at present which may
become EN standards eventually through CENELEC

16. ENEC+
• Will align with EU Ecodesign directive requirements
(e.g. 1194/2012 DIM2)
• Will align with other national regulatory bodies e.g.
Malaysia through IEC standards
• Aiming for future international harmonisation
• ENEC+ qualified testing laboratories allowed from
Europe only
• Allows inclusion of qualified manufacturer test labs
to submit data for ENEC+ to reduce costs
• Manufacturers can be anywhere

17. Benefits of ENEC+
• Backs up performance claims through independent
accredited certification and testing routes
(can be manufacturer)
• Allows fair comparison of performance against
other ENEC+ marked products
• Differentiates from non ENEC+ products
and can be argued as better than just CE marking
• Will allow for unified specifications for tender proposals
for large procurement activities e.g. streetlighting
• Valid for luminaires with traditional lightsources and will
be extended to other electrical products in the future

18. Other Applicable Documents
• PD EPRS 001 ENEC+ Requirement Sheet 001 provides
rules for ENEC+ based upon limited version of
IEC/PAS 62717 – LED modules for general lighting –
Performance.
• PD EPRS 002 ENEC+ Requirement Sheet 002 provides
rules for ENEC+ based upon limited version of
IEC/PAS 62722-1 – Luminaire Performance – General
Requirements.
• PD EPRS 003 ENEC+ Requirement Sheet 003 provides
rules for ENEC+ based upon limited version IEC/PAS
62722-2-1- Luminaire Performance – Particular
Requirements for LED Luminaires

19. LED modules- IEC/PAS 62717
PD EPRS 001
ENEC+
Requirement
Sheet 001
Modifications
to 62717
applicable for
ENEC+
Much Reduced
Sample Quantities
(201)
Reduced Test
Times (6000 hrs 
1000 hrs)

20. Endurance Tests

21. Endurance Tests
1000 hours for ENEC+

22. ENEC and ENEC+ Information
• EEPCA certification bodies and labs can
provide further information
• http://eepca.eu/index.php where public
documents available

23. Summing Up
• CE marking mandatory but open to abuse because of
self-certification and limited market surveillance
• ENEC (safety) and ENEC+(performance) provides key
advantages :
– Independent 3rd party certification
– Annual factory inspections
– Ongoing surveillance
– Products clearly marked and listed in open database
– Single mark across Europe
• Manufacturers can differentiate their product in terms
of safety and quality in a confused marketplace

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