Bonjour de Montreal, I'm also very skeptical about this since the tendency is Europe is to de-regulate. If you look at the new RTTE Directive you will see that Notify Bodies will only produce "advices" to the manufacturer, no type approval anymore. I wonder how the EMC Directive could manage to make that change without big complains from manufacturers (including us).
Best regards, ---------------------------------------------- Benoît Nadeau, ing. M.ing (P.eng., M.eng.) Conformity Group Manager Matrox 1055, boul. St-Regis Dorval (Québec) Canada H9P 2T4 Tel: (514) 822-6000 (x2475) Fax: (514) 822-6275 Chairman 2001 IEEE EMC International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility Montreal August 13 to 17, 2001 ---------------------------------------------- At 12:07 PM 6/20/2000 -0500, eric.lif...@ni.com wrote: > >List Chums, > >I just love getting inflammatory tidbits from the List, and, since nobody else >has commented yet... > >Last October we completed our own full compliance lab for EN 61326 as well, an >investment at that time of about 250k USD (not counting equipment we already >had, about 100k worth). The lab has already paid for itself (this week in >fact). Though we'd be pretty irate to see it reduced to a mere precompliance >lab: we're kinda proud of our solid aluminum 10 m OATS and the thousands of >pre-drilled holes and self-tapping screws spaced every 5.1 cm (2 inches) we used >to build it. > >I suspect the SLIM comment was taken out of context. I think we can all imagine >the many and political, financial, trade effects and their very serious >consequences, such as it might kill the US/EU MRA - if I had a vote on the >matter.... > >It'd absolutely convince industry and corporate leaders that the regulatory >world had gone insane, something they already suspect. > >Regards, >Eric Lifsey >Compliance Manager >National Instruments > > > > > >Please respond to Gail Birdsall <gbird...@hach.com> > >To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >cc: (bcc: Eric Lifsey/AUS/NIC) >Subject: SLIM > > >Greetings Colleagues, > >We heard form a reliable source who attended the June meeting of the EU >Commission on the SLIM Initiative, of discussions to limit the certification >of product family EMC standards to notified (competent?) bodies. If this is >true, it would effectively close the self testing and certification route >for manufacturers required to test to product specific EMC Standards. We >understand that, possibly the Generic Standards route would still be left >open to manufacturers who wish to self declare. > >As you all know, currently where product specific standards exist, they >supercede the Generic Standards. My company has spent hundreds of thousand >of dollars on EMC equipment and facilities to enable us to test and self >declare our products. We originally tested and certified to the Generic >Emissions Immunity Standards, but have recently switched to EN61326:97 >AM1:98. If the above action is true, it would seem to be big victory and >financial windfall for EU test laboratories and designates. At the same >time, it would be a terrible blow to both EU and US manufacturers who >invested heavily in test capability to self declare their products. > >Does anyone know of the validity of the SLIM action to require testing of >product specific standards such as EN 61326 by Notified bodies? It has >always been my understanding that the SLIM Initiative was to make things >easier not more complicated and expensive by requiring 3rd party testing. >Can anyone tell me if it is truly the plan of the EU Commission to take away >self testing and declaration? We have heard that the new EMC Directive >incorporating the SLIM Initiative recommendations may be out as early as the >end of the year. > >Thank-you for your input/s > >Gail Birdsall >Hach Co. > > > > > >------------------------------------------- >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 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benoit Nadeau, ing. M.ing. (P.Eng., M.Eng) Gerant du Groupe Conformite (Conformity Group Manager) Matrox <http://www.matrox.com/> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1055, boul. St-Regis Dorval (Quebec) Canada H9P 2T4 Tel : (514) 822-6000 (x2475) FAX : (514) 822-6275 Internet : bnad...@matrox.com, <mailto:bnad...@matrox.com> ------------------------------------------- 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
