EN 774:1996/A3:2001

Garden equipment - Hand-held, integrally powered hedge trimmers - Safety

This amendment to EN 774:1996 gives a test method for measuring the vibration a at handles of hand held, integrally powered hedge trimmers and the noise at the operator position.

Gartengeräte - Tragbare motorbetriebene Heckenscheren - Sicherheit

Matériel de jardinage - Taille-haies portatifs à moteur incorporé - Sécurité

Oprema za nego vrta - Prenosni motorni obrezovalniki žive meje - Varnost

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 20-Mar-2001
• Withdrawal Date: 14-Jul-2009
• ICS: 65.060.80 - Forestry equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 144 - Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 144/WG 7 - Garden equipment
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 15-Jul-2009
• Completion Date: 15-Jul-2009
• Directive: 98/37/EC - Machinery
• Mandate: M/079 - Mandate to CEN and CENELEC for standardization in the field of machines
• Ref Project: SIST EN 774:1996/A3:2001 - Garden equipment - Hand-held, integrally powered hedge trimmers - Safety

Relations

• Replaced By: EN ISO 10517:2009 - Powered hand-held hedge trimmers - Safety (ISO 10517:2009)
• Effective Date: 18-Jul-2009
• Amends: EN 774:1996 - Garden equipment - Hand held, integrally powered hedge trimmers - Safety
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 774:1996/A3:2001
01-december-2001
Oprema za nego vrta - Prenosni motorni obrezovalniki žive meje - Varnost
Garden equipment - Hand-held, integrally powered hedge trimmers - Safety
Gartengeräte - Tragbare motorbetriebene Heckenscheren - Sicherheit
Matériel de jardinage - Taille-haies portatifs a moteur incorporé - Sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 774:1996/A3:2001
ICS:
65.060.70 Vrtnarska oprema Horticultural equipment
SIST EN 774:1996/A3:2001 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 774:1996/A3:2001
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 774:1996/A3
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2001
ICS 65.060.80
English version
Garden equipment - Hand-held, integrally powered hedge
trimmers - Safety
Matériel de jardinage - Taille-haies portatifs à moteur Gartengeräte - Tragbare motorbetriebene Heckenscheren -
incorporé - Sécurité Sicherheit
This amendment A3 modifies the European Standard EN 774:1996; it was approved by CEN on 4 February 2001.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this
amendment into the relevant national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such
national standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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© 2001 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 774:1996/A3:2001 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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EN 774:1996/A3:2001
Foreword
This Amendment EN 774:1996/A3:2001 to EN 774:1996 has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 144
"Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry", the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This Amendment to the European Standard EN 774 :1996 shall be given the status of a national standard, either by
publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2001, and conflicting national
standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2001.
This Amendment to the European Standard EN 774:1996 has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by
the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU
Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this standard.
This amendment which specifically deals with vibration and noise, replaces the notes in the right hand column of
Table A.1 against hazard items 4.1, 4.2 and 5 listed in the left hand column.
The Annexes C and D are normative. Annex E is informative.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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2 Normative references
Add the following references:
EN 292-2:1991/A1:1995, Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design – Part 2: Technical
principles and specifications.
EN 28662-1:1992, Hand-held portable power tools - Measurement of vibrations at the handle – Part 1: General
(ISO 8662-1:1988).
EN ISO 354:1993, Acoustics – Measurement of sound absorption in a reverberation room (ISO 354:1985).
EN ISO 3744:1995, Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels of noise sources using sound pressure -
Engineering method in an essentially free field over a reflecting plane (ISO 3744:1994).
EN ISO 11201:1995, Acoustics - Noise emitted by machinery and equipment - Measurement of emission sound
pressure levels at a work station and at other specified positions - Engineering method in an essentially free field
over a reflecting plane (ISO 11201:1995).
EN ISO 11688-1:1998, Acoustics - Recommended practice for the design of low-noi
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