| Electrotechnical
standardization in Austria - Legal Basis |
| 1883 |
Electrotechnicians start work on "regulatives" out of a sense of responsibility for their own activities and
their effects under the guidance of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter STEFAN,
President of the Viennese Electrotechnical Society (Wiener Elektrotechnischer
Verein), and Hofrat von WALTENHOFEN. Included is the actual
knowledge on secure generation, transmission and appliance of
electrical energy in the interest of the experts as well as
the consumers. |
| 1883 |
Almost at the same time, the Imperial and Royal Governorship
publishes a licence decree committing the erection of electrical installations to previous
technical knowledge, and referring to the "regulatives"
of the Wiener Elektrotechnischer Verein. |
| 1920 |
The
constitution of the First Republic already confirms in art.
10 the federal character of electrotechnical
safety: "...normalization and standardization
of electrotechnical installations and equipment, safety measures
in this field". |
| 1945 |
The OVE starts to publish electrotechnical regulations; but
the Federal Ministry of Commerce and
Reconstruction takes them over. However, this task
outreaches the capacities of the government authority. |
| 1957 |
Again, the OVE is appointed to create a regulation agency in order to work out electrotechnical
regulations and standards. |
| 1965 |
Electrotechnical Act: Elektrotechnikgesetz
- ETG, BGBl. Nr. 57/1965
Regulations and standards are declared mandatory according to
the technical progress in the following implementing decrees.
The OVE is the competent authority in charge of the elaboration
of electrotechnical regulations. |
1983 |
Amendment to ETG 1965,
BGBl. Nr. 662/1965, |
| 1992 |
Electrotechnical
Act 1992 (Elektrotechnikgesetz) - ETG 1992, BGBl. Nr.
106/1993, BGBl. I Nr. 136/2001,
Federal Law on safety measures and standardization in the
field of Electrotechnics |
| 2002 |
Electrotechnical Decree 2002 (Elektrotechnikverordnung) - ETV 2002,
BGBl. Nr. 222/2002, |
| 2006 |
Amendment to Electrotechnical Decree
2002 - ETV 2002/A1, BGBl. Nr. 33/2006, |
| 2010 |
Amendment to Electrotechnical Decree
2002 - ETV 2002/A2, BGBl. II, Nr. 223/2010 |
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Further Decrees:
| Electromagnetic compatibility decree - EMVV 2006, BGBl.
Nr. 529/2006 |
| Electrical medical devices decree - ElMedV 1993, BGBl.
Nr. 46/1994 |
| Electric
protection decree - ESV 2003, BGBl. Nr. 424/2003 (ref.
to ASchG) |
| Electrical apparatus for explosive atmosphere decree - ExSV 1996, BGBl. Nr. 252/1996 |
| Household devices energy consumption decree, BGBl. Nr.
568/1994, BGBl. Nr. 421/2004 |
| Low
voltage devices decree 1995 - NSpGV 1995, BGBl. Nr. 51/1995 |
| Decree for protective neutral earthing 1998, BGBl. Nr. 322/1998 |
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