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It is wise to check on this before starting the process of testing. Please
also note that notified bodies are commercial institutions and therefore
compete with each other in costs.
Assessing the risks attached to your product is another part of the
conformity assessment
procedure demanded
by directives on CE-
marking. The machinery
directive, for instance,
states the following: ‘The
manufacturer is under
an obligation to assess
the hazards in order to
identify all those which
apply to his machine; he
must then design and
construct it taking account
o f h i s assessmen t ’ .
Harmonised standards
are available for risk
assessment. In the CBI’s AccessGuide database, you’ll find an
example of the EN1050 standard used for risk assessment (see
Figure 2).
A risk assessment is composed of four parts. First, you have to identify
which hazards could occur when a consumer uses your product. The
easiest way to identify risks is by using a checklist that describes all
possible kinds of hazards. After you’ve listed all possible hazards
related to your product, you have to assess risk levels. This is called
risk estimation. Then you have to evaluate the risks and decide which
measures need to be taken to ensure that your product fully complies
with the directive. Finally, you have to reduce risks found earlier in
the process.
Figure 2: The main steps in risk assesment
Risk Assessment