The definition of Consumer in this directive is leading people at my company to believe it only applies to a finished product for non-commercial or personal/private use.
It appears to not apply to devices bought and used for profession/trade applications; which is nearly all of the products produced at NI. (Test/measurement equipment, boards for data acquisition and instrument control, programmable controls, limited educational devices.) Any other thoughts on this interpretation? Best Regards, Eric Lifsey Compliance Manager National Instruments John Woodgate <j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk> To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Sent by: cc: owner-emc-pstc@majordom Subject: Re: 24 Mo. Warranty for the EU o.ieee.org 11/30/2001 01:49 AM Please respond to John Woodgate I read in !emc-pstc that Tania Grant <taniagr...@msn.com> wrote (in <oe248k8rbkxga7zywr400001...@hotmail.com>) about '24 Mo. Warranty for the EU', on Thu, 29 Nov 2001: > You mean, we can't provide a 5 or 10 year warranty??? Will this > fall under the CE marking Directive?? Do we have to sign a > Declaration of Conformity??? No, it just means that the minimum period is changing from one to two years. > > Personally, I think the Directive directors are nuts in this > case. I can see a warranty document going on and on for pages and > pages, enumerating what is covered, and what isn't. > There is no need to alter warranty documents that conform to the present requirements (such as the statement about not restricting the customer's legal rights), except to change the period from one to two years. AIUI. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ 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: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.