You are invited to: OVERVIEW OF THE US-EU MRA NEGOTIATIONS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS presentation by Art Wall, FCC organized by IEEE EMC Society, Central New England Council on Wednesday, May 21, 1996, 6:30 p.m. at Parker Chomerics Facility, 77 Dragon Court, Woburn, Massachusetts.
At the request of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the FCC has been participating in negotiations to develop a Mutual Recognition Agreement for conformity assessment between the United States of America and the European Union. These talks were initiated at the request of certain U.S. industry groups, e.g. Telecommunication Industry Association and Information Technology Industry Council, to allow U.S. manufacturers the opportunity to test and approve in the United States products going to Europe. Under the terms of such an MRA, the Europeans would have the same opportunities to test and approve covered equipment for the U.S. market. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the EU new approach directives, the Telephone Terminal Equipment (TTE) and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directives and a discussion of the negotiations with EU to date. Art Wall is Chief of the Customer Service Branch of the Office of Engineering and Technology of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States of America, where, among other things, he is responsible for overseeing programs for developing consistent interpretations of the FCC Rules for radio frequency devices, for developing valid and repeatable measurement procedures and for the FCC listing program for test sites capable of measuring such devices. As the FCC representative to American National Standards Committee on EMC, C63, he was partly responsible for the adoption and use of ANSI standard C63.4 by the FCC. Recently, he was elected Chairman of IEC/CISP Subcommittee A, which is an international standards organization dealing with EMC measurements. Over the last two years, he has been a member of the U.S. negotiating team for developing a Mutual Recognition Agreement with the European Union for conformity assessment of equipment subject to the TTE and EMC Directives. Mr. Wall is a Fellow of the IEEE. He has a Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and George Washington University, respectively. The May 21st meeting of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, New England Chapter will be held in the cafeteria of the Parker Chomerics Facility, 77 Dragon Court, Woburn, Massachusetts. Enter Chomerics via Dragon Court, The cafeteria is located on the ground floor of the building across from building 78. A no-host dinner with the speaker will follow the meeting. For more information call John F. Luchini, (617) 847-1544. Directions: From Route 128 take exit # 36 Washington Street. Proceed North after the traffic light (Bradlees on the right), past the US Post Office on the left. Dragon Court is on the left, just before the gas station. Proceed about 1 mile to the Parker Chomerics facility which is on the left. Mirko Matejic email: mmate...@foxboro.com The Foxboro Company tel: (508) 549-3185
