Bob Newall asks if you must have an approved
quality system to self declare compliance. I take it
by this he means without a certificate from an
approved body for that directive, since declarations
of conformity are always made by the manufacturer
or his authorised representitive. The answer is that
with some directives this is required but for the LVD,
EMC and Machinery directives, if type examinationl
is not require, a manufacturer can declare compliance
based on his own or any others measurements without
any quality system being mandatory.
Nick Rouse
