Amund Do you mean just the CE Mark, or the CE Mark accompanied by the appropriate DoC?
Here is a an example of what can happen if you accept the Mark on its own, A few years ago, in a well-publised legal case in the UK, a PC reseller had his own badge placed on the equipment. However, when tested for the Trading Standards Office (local government enforcers!) the PC failed various EMC tests. The PC reseller was successfully prosecuted for non-compliance with the EMC Directive because he had asked for - but not obtained - the DoC from the actual manufacturer. The main the reason for the successful conviction was that he had not exercised "due dilegence" in obtaining the correct supporting documentation. (The manufacturer was also successfully prosecuted as well!) Therefore I would never trust the CE Mark on its own without appropriate supporting documentation - but the latter may, or may not, be a full technical report from the supplier. However, in my view, if the equipment is badged as yours, or is incorporated in your own equipment, then you should get the appropriate full reports. John Allen Thales Defence Communications Division Bracknell, UK. -----Original Message----- From: am...@westin-emission.no [mailto:am...@westin-emission.no] Sent: 14 November 2001 14:46 To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: CE-mark compliance Hi all, Do all manufactures fulfill the EU-directives with testing in their own facilities or by an independent test lab? I guess the answer must be No. >From my time working in a test lab, my experience is that big companies like Alcatel, Siemens and so on, do the required testing according to relevant requirements. I also got the feeling that small companies (I do not generalize) where a bit "laid-back" and often put the CE-mark into the products without any tests or with a very limited test process. Should a system builder trust a Declaration of Conformity from a big manufacturer, without asking for test reports in order to verify compliance with relevant directives ? Would you sleep well at night, if you only trusted the CE-mark 100% and build a large broadband telecom system only based on the CE-mark without any further documentation? What is your opinion? Best regards Amund Westin, Oslo/Norway ------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------- 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.
