You should have come to the seminar we gave last week in Toronto and San Jose as it was stimulated by the proposed new CTE (Connected Telecommunications Equipment) Directive. The proposal is still being worked and if there is a draft text, it is not out yet.
However, one of the facets of the new proposal is to do away with all "a-priori" testing and rely on "a-posteriori" surveillance, for all telecom terminal equipment. It is going to be a couple of years before you see it. By that time, if you get a-posteriori" surveilled, you'd better have your act together because any equipment that fails to meet the essential requirements of the new Directive (NOT ETSI Standards) will be found "defective" and subject to the full force of the Product Liability Directive with fines up to 70 M ecus. Ciao, Vic
