There have been several good comments regarding DOW's for standards. However, since you're looking for 'legal' ammunition, I'll take a shot at it ;) The comments below attempt to show a paper trail, starting with the Directive, and ending with the latest standard available.
- The fact that you have to comply the EMC Directive is in Article 3, which says that apparatus placed on the market has to comply with the Directive. - 'Placed on the market' refers to individual units, not to a model series or a product type. This is clarified in the EMC Guidelines, available at http://www.emc-journal.co.uk/newguide.html - One of the methods for demonstrating compliance with the Directive is in Article 7, paragraph 1a. It says you can follow the standards listed in the Official Journal. A list of the standards published (possibly not up-to-date) is at http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/reflist/emc.html - Notable in this reference list is the heading of the right-most column: "Date of cessation of presumption of conformity of the superseded standard". This means that you can't claim compliance with the EMC Directive using the superseded standard (second column from the right) after that date. For a good display of superseded and current standards, look at EN55011 (RF emissions for ISM equipment). There's been enough activity over the years that you can see standards, what it superseded, and when you had to stop using the superseded standard (to claim compliance to the EMC Directive). Corrections from list members appreciated. ---- Patrick Lawler plaw...@west.net -----Original Message----- From: don_macart...@selinc.com Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 1:07 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Philosophy for old designs with new requirements. I would appreciate some feedback on the following: Let's say I have several existing designs which meet the requirements for CE Marking today (EMC & Safety). What is the requirement for these existing designs when a new standard comes out, let's say six months from now? I think the older designs must be re-designed to meet the new requirements or not be sold into the EU. Is this true? What ammunition is out there for me to prove this fact to the higher-ups? ------------------------------------------- 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
