EN 41003:2008
(Main)Particular safety requirements for equipment to be connected to telecommunication networks and/or a cable distribution system
General Information
- Abstract
This European Standard applies to equipment designed and intended to be connected as a terminal to a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM termination. It does not apply to equipment covered by EN 60950-1 and EN 60065. This European Standard specifies the safety requirements of the interface to the TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or the CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM only and it does not specify any other safety requirements. It applies regardless of ownership or responsibility for installation or maintenance of the equipment, and regardless of the source of power. This European Standard, in accordance with the 'principles of safety' given in the introduction of EN 60950-1, covers the requirements and compliance criteria under three headings. • Protection of equipment USERS from hazards in the equipment. The USER is considered to be protected from hazards in the equipment if the equipment complies with a relevant safety standard, for example one of those listed in Annex A, but compliance with those standards is not part of this European Standard. • Protection of SERVICE PERSONNEL working on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM and other USERS of a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, from hazardous conditions on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM resulting from the connection of the equipment. • Protection of equipment USERS from voltages on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. Requirements additional to those specified in this European Standard may be necessary for • equipment intended for operation while exposed, for example, to extremes of temperature, to excessive dust, moisture, or vibration, to flammable gases, to corrosive or explosive atmospheres, • electromedical applications with physical connections to the patient. The requirements for the following items are not covered by this European Standard: • functional reliability of equipment; • communication facilities with remote supply using hazardous voltage; • protection of equipment, TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS and/or CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS from damage.
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Publication Date
- 19-Nov-2008
- Withdrawal Date
- 30-Jun-2011
- Technical Committee
- CLC/TC 108X - Safety of electronic equipment within the fields of Audio/Video, Information Technology and Communication Technology
- Parallel Committee
- IEC/TC 108 - IEC_TC_108
- Current Stage
- 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
- Start Date
- 20-Jun-2019
- Completion Date
- 20-Jun-2019
- Directive
- Not Harmonized1999/5/EC - Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformityOJ Ref: C, C 216/02, C 216/4, C 297/01 OJ Date: 12-Oct-2013
Not Harmonized2006/95/EC - Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)OJ Ref: C 71/, C 71/17, C 348/03 OJ Date: 28-Nov-2013
Harmonized Standard2014/35/EU - 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 limitsOJ Ref: C 249/03 OJ Date: 08-Jul-2016
Relations
- Effective Date
- 29-Jan-2023
- Effective Date
- 08-Mar-2016
- Effective Date
- 03-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 03-Feb-2026
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EN 41003:2008 is a standard published by CLC. Its full title is "Particular safety requirements for equipment to be connected to telecommunication networks and/or a cable distribution system". This standard covers: This European Standard applies to equipment designed and intended to be connected as a terminal to a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM termination. It does not apply to equipment covered by EN 60950-1 and EN 60065. This European Standard specifies the safety requirements of the interface to the TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or the CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM only and it does not specify any other safety requirements. It applies regardless of ownership or responsibility for installation or maintenance of the equipment, and regardless of the source of power. This European Standard, in accordance with the 'principles of safety' given in the introduction of EN 60950-1, covers the requirements and compliance criteria under three headings. • Protection of equipment USERS from hazards in the equipment. The USER is considered to be protected from hazards in the equipment if the equipment complies with a relevant safety standard, for example one of those listed in Annex A, but compliance with those standards is not part of this European Standard. • Protection of SERVICE PERSONNEL working on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM and other USERS of a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, from hazardous conditions on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM resulting from the connection of the equipment. • Protection of equipment USERS from voltages on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. Requirements additional to those specified in this European Standard may be necessary for • equipment intended for operation while exposed, for example, to extremes of temperature, to excessive dust, moisture, or vibration, to flammable gases, to corrosive or explosive atmospheres, • electromedical applications with physical connections to the patient. The requirements for the following items are not covered by this European Standard: • functional reliability of equipment; • communication facilities with remote supply using hazardous voltage; • protection of equipment, TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS and/or CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS from damage.
This European Standard applies to equipment designed and intended to be connected as a terminal to a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM termination. It does not apply to equipment covered by EN 60950-1 and EN 60065. This European Standard specifies the safety requirements of the interface to the TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or the CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM only and it does not specify any other safety requirements. It applies regardless of ownership or responsibility for installation or maintenance of the equipment, and regardless of the source of power. This European Standard, in accordance with the 'principles of safety' given in the introduction of EN 60950-1, covers the requirements and compliance criteria under three headings. • Protection of equipment USERS from hazards in the equipment. The USER is considered to be protected from hazards in the equipment if the equipment complies with a relevant safety standard, for example one of those listed in Annex A, but compliance with those standards is not part of this European Standard. • Protection of SERVICE PERSONNEL working on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM and other USERS of a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, from hazardous conditions on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM resulting from the connection of the equipment. • Protection of equipment USERS from voltages on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. Requirements additional to those specified in this European Standard may be necessary for • equipment intended for operation while exposed, for example, to extremes of temperature, to excessive dust, moisture, or vibration, to flammable gases, to corrosive or explosive atmospheres, • electromedical applications with physical connections to the patient. The requirements for the following items are not covered by this European Standard: • functional reliability of equipment; • communication facilities with remote supply using hazardous voltage; • protection of equipment, TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS and/or CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS from damage.
EN 41003:2008 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.040 - Telecommunication systems; 33.040.01 - Telecommunication systems in general. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN 41003:2008 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 41003:1998, EN 62949:2017, EN IEC 62368-1:2024, EN 60335-1:2012/A13:2017. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 41003:2008 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 1999/5/EC, 2006/95/EC, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU, 73/23/EEC. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.XQLNDFLMVNDBesondere Sicherheitsanforderungen an Gerte zum Anschluss an Telekommunikationsnetze und/oder KabelverteilsystemeRègles particulières de sécurité pour les matériels de sécurité destinés à être reliés aux reseaux de télécommunications et/ou aux systèmes de distribution par cablesParticular safety requirements for equipment to be connected to telecommunication networks and/or a cable distribution system33.050.01Telekomunikacijska terminalska oprema na splošnoTelecommunication terminal equipment in generalICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 41003:2008SIST EN 41003:2009en,fr,de01-januar-2009SIST EN 41003:2009SLOVENSKI
STANDARDSIST EN 41003:20001DGRPHãþD
EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 41003 NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM November 2008
CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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Ref. No. EN 41003:2008 E
ICS 33.040.00 Supersedes EN 41003:1998
English version
Particular safety requirements for equipment
to be connected to telecommunication networks
and/or a cable distribution system
Règles particulières de sécurité
pour les matériels de sécurité
destinés à être reliés aux réseaux
de télécommunications et/ou aux systèmes de distribution par câbles
Besondere Sicherheitsanforderungen
an Geräte zum Anschluss
an Telekommunikationsnetze
und/oder Kabelverteilsysteme
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2008-07-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists 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 Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The text of the draft was submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure and was approved by CENELEC as EN 41003 on 2008-07-01. This European Standard supersedes EN 41003:1998 + corrigendum September 2000. The following dates were fixed: – latest date by which the EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
(dop)
2009-07-01 – latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the EN have to be withdrawn
(dow)
2011-07-01 The first edition of this European Standard was prepared by CENELEC TC 74X, in close cooperation with a number of international organizations, e.g. IEC, ECMA, CEPT, CCITT, ETSI. In 1993 TC 74X was disbanded and responsibility for this European Standard passed to the Technical Committee CENELEC TC 74, Safety and energy efficiency of information technology equipment. CENELEC TC 74 was disbanded by D112/112 in 2002 and merged with CENELEC TC 92 into new CENELEC TC 108, which was renumbered CENELEC TC 108X by 130 BT. At that time, a standard was needed for uniform application by network operators in Europe when approving subscribers' equipment for attachment to their networks, and for purchasing purposes by network operators. In February 1986 the CENELEC Technical Board formed a working group 'Telecom Safety' which became CENELEC TC 74X in early 1987. IEC TC 74 established WG7 to amend IEC 60950 for a similar purpose. ENV 41003 was ratified by the CENELEC Technical Board in March 1988 and subsequently amended and converted into this EN 41003 which was ratified in September 1990. In June 1992 the CENELEC Technical Board approved the reprint of EN 41003, which was technically unchanged from EN 41003:1991 and refers to EN 60950:1992 wherever possible. The edition of EN 41003:1996 was deemed necessary following the publication of EN 60950:1992/A3:1995 to reflect further convergence of the two standards. The edition of EN 41003:1998 was deemed necessary following the publication of EN 60950:1992/A4:1997, to reflect further convergence of the two standards. This edition of EN 41003 was deemed necessary following the publication of EN 60950-1:2006 Information technology equipment – Safety – Part 1: General requirements (IEC 60950-1:2005, modified), to reflect further convergence of the two standards. __________ SIST EN 41003:2009
– 3 – EN 41003:2008 Contents Introduction . 4 1 Scope . 5 2 Normative references . 5 3 Definitions . 6 4 Safety requirements and compliance criteria . 6 4.1 Interconnection of equipment – General requirements . 6 4.2 TNV circuits . 6 4.3 Protection against contact with TNV circuits . 7 4.4 Protection of telecommunication network and/or cable distribution network service persons, and users of other equipment connected to the network, from hazards
in the equipment . 7 4.5 Protection of equipment users from overvoltages on telecommunication networks and/or cable distribution systems . 7 4.6 Protection of the telecommunication wiring system from overheating . 7 Annex A (informative) Relevant safety standards for the application of this European Standard . 8 Annex B (informative) Telecommunication network voltages and signals . 9 Bibliography .11 Figure Figure B.1 – Current limit curves .16 SIST EN 41003:2009
– 5 – EN 41003:2008 1 Scope This European Standard applies to equipment designed and intended to be connected as a terminal to a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM termination. It does not apply to equipment covered by EN 60950-1 and EN 60065. This European Standard specifies the safety requirements of the interface to the TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or the CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM only and it does not specify any other safety requirements. It applies regardless of ownership or responsibility for installation or maintenance of the equipment, and regardless of the source of power. This European Standard, in accordance with the 'principles of safety' given in the introduction of EN 60950-1, covers the requirements and compliance criteria under three headings. • Protection of equipment USERS from hazards in the equipment. The USER is considered to be protected from hazards in the equipment if the equipment complies with a relevant safety standard, for example one of those listed in Annex A, but compliance with those standards is not part of this European Standard. • Protection of SERVICE PERSONNEL working on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM and other USERS of a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, from hazardous conditions on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM resulting from the connection of the equipment. • Protection of equipment USERS from voltages on a TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK and/or a CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. Requirements additional to
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