Switzerland seems to have made lots of efforts to follow the EC regulations. This can be seen at the Integration Office Switzerland-Europe website (http://www.europa.admin.ch/e/index.htm)
you can find there an interesting document: AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ON MUTUAL RECOGNITION IN RELATION TO CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT. the link is: http://www.europa.admin.ch/ba/off/abkommen/e/ab_e_tbt.pdf Alain Sam-Lai Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd mailto:alain.sam...@gigabyte.com.tw -----Original Message----- From: CE-test - Ing. Gert Gremmen - ce-marking and more... [mailto:cet...@cetest.nl] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 1:58 AM To: umbdenst...@sensormatic.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org; pierre-marie.an...@intel.com Subject: RE: Swiss Web Site As its only a telecommunications institute ! The R&TTE directive has been adopted by Swiss law since May 1st 2000. Regards, Gert Gremmen, (Ing) ce-test, qualified testing =============================================== Web presence http://www.cetest.nl CE-shop http://www.cetest.nl/ce_shop.htm /-/ Compliance testing is our core business /-/ =============================================== >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >>[mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of >>umbdenst...@sensormatic.com >>Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 3:51 PM >>To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org; pierre-marie.an...@intel.com >>Subject: RE: Swiss Web Site >> >> >> >>Thank you, Pierre-Marie. The site is nicely organized. >> >>I perused the subject of RTTE on the referenced site. It appears >>that this >>particular directive has been adopted by Switzerland. This site did not >>address the EMC Directive. >> >>Don Umbdenstock >>Sensormatic >> >> >>> ---------- >>> From: Andre, Pierre-Marie[SMTP:pierre-marie.an...@intel.com] >>> Reply To: Andre, Pierre-Marie >>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:43 AM >>> To: 'am...@westin.org'; 'emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org' >>> Subject: RE: Swiss Web Site >>> >>> >>> hi there, >>> >>> may be you can look at : >>http://www.bakom.ch/eng/subpage/?category_51.html >>> >>> >>> Pierre-Marie Andre >>> Intel Sophia Senior Approval Engineer >>> Tel : +33 (0) 4 93 00 14 13 Fax : +33 (0) 4 93 00 14 01 >>> > http://www.intel.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: am...@westin.org [mailto:am...@westin.org] >>> Sent: lundi 17 septembre 2001 10:11 >>> To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >>> Subject: Re: European Economic Area >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks Brian for giving us an updating on the status in Switzerland. >>> >>> Does it exist any web-site describing the Swiss EMC, telecom and safety >>> requirements ? >>> >>> Best regards >>> Amund Westin, Oslo/Norway >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 15:35:23 +0100 "Brian Jones" <e...@brianjones.co.uk> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >Richard and everyone >>> > >>> >The directives do not apply in Switzerland and therefore the CE marking >>> has >>> >no legal significance. As far as EMC is concerned, Switzerland has its >>> own >>> >laws including the Law of Electricity 1902, The Law of >>Telecommunications >>> >1991, the Law of Broadcasting 1991, and Ordinance SR 734, Article 4 of >>> which >>> >contains EMC provisions. This was the position when I last checked in >>> >detail a couple of years ago. I am not aware of any changes, >>but perhaps >>> >one of the list members from Switzerland could update us if >>anything has >>> >changed recently, and on other provisions such as safety. >>> > >>> >Best wishes >>> > >>> >Brian >>> > >>> >Brian Jones >>> >EMC Consultant and Competent Body Signatory >>> > >>> >Keep up to date with EMC Matters newsletter >>> >e-mail newslet...@brianjones.co.uk for a free sample in .pdf format >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >----- Original Message ----- >>> >From: <wo...@sensormatic.com> >>> >To: <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> >>> >Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:29 PM >>> >Subject: RE: European Economic Area >>> > >>> > >>> >> >>> >> Thanks for the clarification, Brian. What is the legal state of the >>> >> Directives and CE marking in Switzerland? If they don't apply, what >>> does? >>> >> >>> >> Richard Woods >>> >> >>> >> ---------- >>> >> From: Brian Jones [SMTP:e...@brianjones.co.uk] >>> >> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 8:56 AM >>> >> To: wo...@sensormatic.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org >>> >> Subject: European Economic Area >>> >> >>> >> Richard and everyone >>> >> >>> >> The three EFTA countries which are parties to the European Economic >>> >> Area >>> >> agreement are Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. They apply the >>> >> directives >>> >> as if they were members of the EU. Although Switzerland is an EFTA >>> >> member, >>> >> it did not join the others in EEA membership. >>> >> >>> >> Best wishes >>> >> >>> >> Brian Jones >>> >> EMC Consultant and Competent Body Signatory >>> >> >>> >> Keep up to date with EMC Matters newsletter >>> >> e-mail newslet...@brianjones.co.uk for a free sample in .pdf format >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >> From: <wo...@sensormatic.com> >>> >> To: <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> >>> >> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:17 PM >>> >> Subject: RE: CE Mark and GOST >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> > >>> >> > One slight correction. The Directives and CE marking also legally >>> >> apply in >>> >> > the EFTA member states: Norway, Iceland and Switzerland and >>> >> perhaps a >>> >> couple >>> >> > more that I don't recall at the moment. >>> >> > >>> >> > Richard Woods >>> >> > >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> ------------------------------------------- >>> >> 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. >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Get your firstname@lastname email for FREE at http://Nameplanet.com/?su >>> >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> 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. >>> >> >>------------------------------------------- >>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. 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