The Low Voltage Directive Notified Bodies do not have a collective forum, unlike the Machinery or EMC folks. The only way of sorting out differences is in court and a judge will decide. I have had the interesting experience where an unscrupulous client had a product tested in a Notified Body lab, that I was the signatory for, after having had a failure in the other Notified Body Lab that I was responsible for. This was as a result of a Trading Standards complaint. The sample submitted by the client was given a different name to prevent our internal systems picking up the impending conflict. It was done to deliberately discredit the Notified Body process. The interesting thing is that the product had originally been tested by another Notified Body and he had commented on the subsequent failure point but had not pursued it.
Alan ________________________________________________________________________ _ Alan Brewster Compliance Certification Services 1366 Bordeaux Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1005 Tel: 408-752-8166 ext. 122 Fax: 408-752-8168 e-mail: abrews...@ccsemc.com http://www.ccsemc.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Harris [SMTP:harr...@dscltd.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 1:24 PM > To: EMC-PSTC (E-mail) > Subject: LVD and notified bodies > > > Hello Group, > > Here are some LVD protocol issues for you. If you had a product type > tested > by one notified body then at some later time a second notified body > (doing > market surveillance) determines that they feel the product does not > meet the > LVD ( We are assuming the type tested product was the same as the one > examined by the second notified body i.e. This is an interpretation > issue > only) Who rules here? Can the second notified body deny the first's > interpretation? Who could give an "official" interpretation? (the > Commission?) > > Thanks > > > Best Regards, > > > Kevin Harris > Manager, Approval Services > Digital Security Controls > 1645 Flint Road > Downsview, Ontario > CANADA > M3J 2J6 > > Tel 416 665 8460 Ext. 2378 > Fax 416 665 7753 > > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, > jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or > roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators). > --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
