Dear All, Who is liable? By purchasing a component that is CE marked will not satisfy your needs! You need to check the technical file of the component to ensure that it indeed meets the requirements. At the end of the day, you the end-product manufacturer are liable for the overall CE and your people are the ones spending time in jail!
Merry Xmas and Have a Happy and Safe New Year! ---Original Message----- From: owner-emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of wmf...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 5:03 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: OEM Issues (EU context) Similar to the 'SAFETY LISTING' thread this week: As a manufacturer of electrical equipment, we purchase another manuf's power supply, CE-marked by them with a copy of their Declaration of Conformance. We then re-label it with our own label, make only minor physical changes, document the product and sell it in the EU. In the event that the unit's conformance to the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (89/336/EEC) or to the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) is challenged, who is liable to represent the product? My guess is that we are ast least as responsible as the 'manufacturer', above, but mine is not a legal opinion. Anyone out there (especially on the continent)in a position to offer advice on how I should proceed? Many thanks. WmFlanigan ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: jim_bac...@mail.monarch.com Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org
