to low voltage, which are subject to these technical regulations Customs union, is an electrical equipment designed for use at a nominal voltage from 50 to 1000 (inclusive) of the AC and from 75 to 1500 (inclusive), DC.
This technical regulation of the Customs Union does not apply to
⋆electrical equipment intended for use in potentially explosive areas ⋆of medical devices,
⋆electrical equipment lifts and hoists (other than electric vehicles), ⋆electric equipment for defense purposes; ⋆controls for pasture fences;
⋆electrical equipment designed for use on air, water, land and underground transport; ⋆electrical equipment designed for safety reactors of nuclear power plants.
This technical regulation of the Customs Union establishes requirements for low voltage in order to protect human life and health, property, and prevent actions that mislead consumers (users) with respect to its use and safety.
Article 2. Definitions
This technical regulation of the Customs Union, the following terms and their definitions:
manufacturer - a legal entity or natural person as individual entrepreneurs on their behalf production and (or) the implementation of low-voltage equipment and responsible for its compliance with safety requirements of technical regulations of the Customs Union,
the importer - the resident of the state - a member of the Customs Union, which is made with a non-resident of - Member Customs union agreement for the transfer of foreign low-voltage equipment, is implementing this equipment and is responsible for its compliance with safety requirements of the technical regulations of the Customs Union;
-  necessary level of protection from injury, rotating and stationary parts of the low-voltage equipment,
-  the necessary level of protection from the hazards of non-electrical origin arising from the application low voltage equipment, including those caused by physical, chemical or biological agents,
-  the required level of insulation and protection;
-  required level of mechanical and electrical endurance,
-  the required level of resistance to external factors, including the nature of the non-mechanical, with appropriate climatic conditions of the environment,
-  the absence of unacceptable risk due to overload emergency conditions and failures caused by external and internal factors of influence,
-  no unacceptable risk connecting and (or) installation.
Low-voltage equipment should be designed and manufactured in such a way that it is not the source fire in normal and emergency conditions.
Consumer (user) should be given the necessary level of information for the safe use of low-voltage equipment for the purpose.
Article 5. Labeling requirements and operational documents
Name and (or) the designation of low-voltage equipment (type, make, model), its main features and characteristics that affect the safety and the name and (or) the trademark of the manufacturer, the name of the country where produced low-voltage equipment, should be applied to the low-voltage equipment and specified in the annexed operational documents.