Some of what has been said about this topic has been very confused. I'd like to make a few points:
1. Except where (as, for example, in the case of the UK Medical Devices Regulations) the implementing regulations of the member states simply call up the wording of the relevant EC text, the requirements of the CE marking Directives are defined by the wording of the relevant statutory instrument in the member states, NOT the wording of the directive itself, which cannot be enforced in any national court in the EU. 2. Be under no illusions that the requirements of the different regulations are consistent as regards the contents of the declaration of conformity. They are not. For anyone who wants to know what the EMC, Machinery and LVD requirements are, in the UK at least, I have complied a document which gives the wording of the relevant sections of the UK statutory instruments and I can e-mail this document (as a PDF file) to anyone who contacts me directly. 3. I have discussed exactly this topic with UK trading standards officers in order to be clear on the point. Notwithstanding anything which is contained in any of the directives or regulations, what they are looking for is a piece of paper, signed by someone who is within their legal reach, which says words to the effect of "I hereby declare the product to be safe, come and get ME if it isn't". On the basis of this, I am convinced that if the product is made outside the EU, the ONLY signature which really matters is that of the EU importer. YMMV Nick. --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
