Hello all, Tony Fredriksson wrote on 31 Jan 97: < <OK, here's another interesting tidbit. I have been informed directly by <an SMA representative of the following concerning ITE equipment that <does not need telecom approvals: < <1. If you do not have a distributor, importer, or office in Australia, you < < can not register with SMA to use the C-Tick. < <2. If you are not an Australian company or do not have a distributor, < importer or office in Australia, you are allowed to legally import < and sell directly to the end user WITHOUT compliance with < the EMC Framework for ITE. The end user can legally operate the < equipment without comliance with the EMC framework. So < assuming that an ITE "mail-order" business can transact directly to the < end user from outside the US, they can use this loophole. < <I didn't believe it the first time I got the e-mail from SMA so I rephrased >the >question and asked again. I got the same answer.
Both observations are absolutely correct in my understanding the way the present EMC Framework and legislation is drafted. This is because the present EMC Framework is built around a product being marketed/sold, or imported for sale, in Australia. If a product is bought buy someone in Australia, from an off-shore organisation, for their own use the EMC Framework requirements are not applicable. This posses an interesting problem however, for that initial end-user, who effectively imported the product not for sale but for their own use, in the event they may wish to sell that device at some time in the future on the second-hand market once they have no further use for the device. The regulations/legislation says that in order to do so they would need to follow all the requirements of the EMC Framework at that time before they could seel the device. Best regards, Kevin Kevin Richardson Ph: 043-29-4070 Stanimore Pty Limited Fax: 043-28-5639 "The Technology Requirements Specialists" Int'l: +61-43-xx-xxxx Email: Internet: 100356....@compuserve.com Compuserve: 100356,374
