I think its fair to state that CE also equates to designed in level of immunity to electromagnetic interference, i.e. reduced sensitivity or susceptibility. In my view , a highly desireable because it prevents a lot of what's out there from coming in and conversely a lot of what's inside from coming out.
It's a compromise but better than nothing. Ralph cameron EMC Consulting and Suppression of Consumer Electronics (after sale) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Chileshe" <chris.chile...@ultronics.co.uk> To: <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 7:52 AM Subject: RE: CE Mark > > > This understanding (appended e-mail below) is correct AFAIK. I also checked > out the website http://www.conformance.co.uk and they seem to agree with > the notion it doesn't really mean anything *any more*. Here is an excerpt > from > their site .. > > ..................... > > "We quite often get asked what the 'CE' in the CE logo stands for. > > If anything it probably stands for Communitee Europeen being the French way > of saying European Community. It could also represent Conformite Europeen. > However, it is far from certain that whoever invented the mark (some > bureaucrat in Brussels) had anything particular in mind other than to > create a logo which would be universally recognised in the European Union, > and given all the national prejudices about language in the different > countries of the EU, even if the original inventor had something specific > in mind, it was probably conveniently forgotten by the time it became > 'official'. So, officially, it's just a logo and has no linguistic meaning. > > .................................. > > Best regards > > - Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: wmccaffe...@npeurope.com [SMTP:wmccaffe...@npeurope.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:44 PM > To: Jody Leber > Cc: 'emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org' > Subject: Re: CE Mark > > > > Hi Jody > > According to sources within the European Commission the letters CE now have > no > meaning. Communitie European seems to have been assumed from the inception > of > the directives but now CE means CE. > > Slaint > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet > delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further > information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call > Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > > ------------------------------------------- > 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.
