A low-
voltage switching apparatus comprising a switching device having one or more switch poles, each comprising: - a first pole terminal and a second pole terminal that can be coupled with corresponding line conductors of an electric line; - a fixed contact
assembly comprising a plurality of fixed electric contacts electrically connected to said first pole terminal and including one or more first fixed contacts and one or more second fixed contacts electrically insulated from said first fixed contacts; - a movable contact
assembly comprising a plurality of movable electric contacts electrically connected to said second pole terminal and including one or more first movable contacts and one or more second movable contacts. The switching apparatus comprises, for each switch pole of said switching device, a current
limiter electrically connected in series with the second fixed contacts and the first pole terminal of said switch pole. Each current
limiter is configured to limit or break a current flowing along a series circuit including at least said second fixed contacts, said current
limiter and said first pole terminal, during an opening manoeuvre of said switching device, when the first movable electric contacts of said movable contact
assembly decouple from the first fixed contacts of said fixed contact assembly.