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BRITISH STANDARD

Safety of hand-held
electric motor operated
tools Ð
Part 2-17: Particular requirements
for routers

The European Standard EN 50144-2-17:2000 has the status of a
British Standard

ICS 25.140.20

NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW

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BS EN
50144-2-17:2000

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BS EN 50144-2-17:2000

National foreword
This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 50144-2-17:2000.
It supersedes BS 2769-2.15:1992 which will be withdrawn on 2001-12-01.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee
CPL/61, Safety of household and similar electrical appliances, to Subcommittee
CPL/61/6, Portable motor operated tools, which has the responsibility to:
Ð aid enquirers to understand the text;
Ð present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the
interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
Ð monitor related international and European developments and promulgate
them in the UK.
A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request
to its secretary.
Cross-references
The British Standards which implement international or European publications
referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the
section entitled ªInternational Standards Correspondence Indexº, or by using the
ªFindº facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue.
A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.

Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page,
pages 2 to 11 and a back cover.

The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document
was last issued.

This British Standard, having
been prepared under the
direction of the Electrotechnical
Sector Committee, was published
under the authority of the
Standards Committee and comes
into effect on 15 September 2000
 BSI 09-2000

ISBN 0 580 36391 0

Amendments issued since publication
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