• Monitors, Video Display units
• Printers
• Input devices (keyboard, mouse...)
• Flat Panel Display
• PC's
• Software packages

Relevante directives and laws

• Product Safety law
• German Ordiance for healt and work with displays
• European Directive 90/270/EWG

Hardware components are subject to the European VDU - Directive 90/270, in which the application of a computer, display or input device has become normative in order to remove unnecessary work load at office work places within Europe

Hardware ergonomic recommendations are specified within ISO 9241 "Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs)". ISO 9241 is the agreed International Standard for IT manufacturers regarding the ergonomic requirements of the European VDU -

GS-Mark
Directive (90/270).
Requirements

• electrical and mechanical safety aspects (EN 60950)
• generic ergonomic requirements (EK1-ITB 2000) *)

*) An overview of the requirments is prepared for you. For this please click "Download" at the bottom of this page.

ERGONOMICS APPROVED - Mark
Prerequisite: Requirments of GS-Mark

Requirements:

• Emission characteristics (prEN 50279 / 11.97 Class A oder B)
• Operation Friendly Monitors (OFM) requirements (TÜV 2 PfG 1041 / 11.99)

and

for CRT Display Monitor:

• Image quality (ISO 9241-3:1992)
• Reflection characteristics (ISO 9241-7:1998)
• Colourmetric characteristics (ISO 9241-8:1997)
• additional quality criteria for reflection class
  (ISO 9241-7 Class I and/or Class II)

for LCD Display Monitor: (ISO 13406-2 (Draft))

• additional quality criteria for reflection class:
  (ISO 13406-2 Class I and/or Class II)

ECO Circle
Prerequisite: Requirments of Ergonomic Services approved mark

Requirements:

• Environmental characteristics:
• recycling
• harmful substances
• energy saving
• noice

according to TÜV ECO Cycle 2000