Legal requirements
Essentially regulates relevant technical terms and definitions
Defines safety and monitoring regulations
Standardizes rules for operators, manufacturers, distributors, importers of electrical systems/electrical equipment
Standardizes rules on the modification and maintenance of electrical installations/electrical equipment
Regulates the central statistics on electrical accidents and standardizes penal provisions
You can find the entire legal regulation under the following link – ETG 1992
Normalization and typification of electrical equipment and installations
List of
binding purely Austrian electrotechnical standards
promulgated electrotechnical standards
Repeal of binding SNT regulations
The electrical engineering regulation can be found under the following link – ETV 2020
Ordinance on the Protection of Workers against Dangers from Electricity
in workplaces, on construction sites and at external workplaces within the meaning of the ASchG
Periodic inspections for electrical installations
Time intervals
Minimum content of the tests
Work under voltage
The Electrical Protection Ordinance can be found under the following link – ESV 2012
The purpose of this Regulation is to ensure that electrical equipment on the market complies with the requirements ensuring a high level of protection of health and safety of persons and domestic animals and goods, while guaranteeing the functioning of the internal market.
[Source: Low Voltage Equipment Ordinance 2015, version of 03.05.2022]
The Low Voltage Equipment Regulation can be found at the following link – NspGV 2015.
Applies to the operation of and all work on, with or near electrical equipment.
1 Scope of application
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 General principles
5 Common operating procedures
6 Working methods
7 Maintenance
[Source: ÖVE/ÖNORM EN 50110-1, edition 12 July 2010]
The standard can be found under the following link – ÖVE/ÖNORM EN 50110-1
On July 9, 2021, in accordance with the transitional provision of the Electrical Engineering Ordinance 2020, Federal Law Gazette II No. 308/2020, the possible application of the erection provisions of the ÖVE/ÖNORM E 8001, E 8002, E 8007 and ÖVE-EN 1 series, among others, ended (apart from exceptional approvals). As of this date, OVE E 8101:2019-01-01 is the only national electrotechnical standard whose application is considered to meet the protection objectives of the ETG 1992 with regard to the erection of low-voltage electrical installations.
Part 1 – General principles
Part 2 – Definitions
Part 3 – Provisions of general characteristics
Part 4 – Protective measures and safeguards
Part 5 – Selection and installation of electrical equipment
Part 6 – Testing
Part 7 – Rooms and installations of special type
[Source: OVE E 8101, edition 01.01.2019]
The standard is protected by copyright and can be purchased from Austrian Standards.
1 General
2 Terms
3 Marking
4 Core identification
5 General requirements for the construction of cables
6 Complete cables
7 Sealing of cables and transport
8 Current carrying capacity
9 Guideline for use and selection of cables
[Source: ÖVE/ÖNORM E 8200-603, edition 01.05.2011]
The standard is protected by copyright and can be purchased from Austrian Standards.
1 Scope of application
2 Normative references
3 Terms
4 Selection of cables
5 Delivery and storage of cables
6 Bending radius
7 Permissible tensile stress on the cables when laid by machine
8 Laying depth and trench design
9 General information on cable laying and routing
10 Laying out the cables
11 Bedding and protection of cables laid in the ground
12 Use of cable conduits
13 Special mechanical protection measures
14 Cable runs
15 Overbuilding of cable installations
16 Laying of several cables and earth electrodes in the same trench
17 Laying cables in buildings and cable ducts
18 Laying cables on bridges
19 Laying cables underneath traffic areas
20 Laying of cables in mechanically hazardous environments
21 Laying cables in chemically and electrolytically hazardous environments
22 Laying cables in water
23 Routing of cables in air space
24 Crossing of roads
25 Crossings of road, industrial, material and mine railways
26 Crossings of watercourses and waterways
27 Crossings of cable installations and approaches thereto (except telecommunications cable installations)
28 Crossings of pipelines and approaches to them
29 Crossings of fuel tank installations and installations of the petrochemical industry and approximations to them
30 Crossings of district heating pipelines or other heat sources and approximations thereto
31 Crossings of main, branch and connecting railroads (railroads) and railway-owned cable installations, of overhead railroad lines, of cableways and approximations to them
32 Crossings of telecommunication cables and approaches to them
33 Approximations to supporting structures of overhead lines
34 Cable plans
[Source: OVE E 8120, edition 01.07.2017]
The standard is protected by copyright and can be purchased from Austrian Standards.
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1 Scope of application
2 Normative references
3 Terms
4 Protection against electric shock
5 Disconnection and isolation
6 Prevention of short circuits and protection against other effects of electric current
7 Protection against explosion hazards
8 Precautions against electrolyte hazards
9 Premises, accommodation
10 Requirements for charging current
11 Identification plates, warnings and instructions for use, installation and maintenance
12 Transport, storage, disposal and environmental aspects
13 Inspection and monitoring
[Source: OVE EN IEC 62485-2, edition 01.05.2019]
The standard is protected by copyright and can be purchased from Austrian Standards.
1 Scope of application
2 Normative references
3 Terms
4 General requirements for potentially explosive atmospheres
5 Capacitors
6 Bare active parts with nominal voltage above 10 kV
[Source: ÖVE/ÖNORM E 8065, edition 01.08.2005]
The standard is protected by copyright and can be purchased from Austrian Standards.
Section: General Provisions
1 Scope of application
2 Definitions
3 Explosive atmospheres and potentially explosive atmospheres
4. determination and assessment of explosion hazards
5. explosion protection document
6. information, instruction, work release
7. tests
8. measurements
9. hazard analysis
Section: Explosion protection measures
Section 10: Explosion protection principles
Section 11: Primary explosion protection: Preventing the creation of potentially explosive atmospheres
12. classification and marking of potentially explosive atmospheres (zones)
13. construction of potentially explosive atmospheres
14. secondary explosion protection: avoidance of ignition sources
15. requirements for electrical equipment and objects in potentially explosive atmospheres
16. precautions to be taken in the event of malfunctions
17. containers and similar equipment
18. underground work
19. drilling and treatment work
20. constructive explosion protection: limiting the effects of explosions
Section: Transitional and Final Provisions
Section 21 Transitional Provisions
22. final provisions[Source: VEXAT, version of 03.05.2022]
The explosive atmospheres regulation can be found at the following link – VEXAT.