Courtland, For equipment covered by harmonized standards you are correct, no Notified or Conformity Assessment Body involvement is needed. This is the situation that most terminal equipment manufacturers find themselves in currently. On the other hand, there are a number of RF standards that have not yet been harmonized and there the involvement of a CAB or NB is necessary.
I hope that this is helpful Best Regards, Barbara _______________________________________ Barbara L. Judge Vice President Compliance Certification Services Designated TCB and CAB 561F Monterey Road Morgan Hill, CA 95037 408-463-0885 ext.104 Fax: 408-463-0888 e-mail: bju...@ccsemc.com http://www.ccsemc.com -----Original Message----- From: Courtland Thomas [mailto:ctho...@patton.com] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 1:09 PM To: emcpost Subject: RTTE Directive Hello group, After reading through the RTTE Directive for the fifth or sixth time, I am still not clear on the use of the notified/competent body and European representative. It seems to me that I can get all my testing done, whether it be my own internal testing or using an outside lab, and then just file the test reports. There is some mention of the notified body and representative, but not enough for me to feel it necessary to have either. I realize for equipment that doesn't fall under the RTTE Directive, the notified/competent body performs the assessment of the equipment to the particular standards, but isn't the intent of the RTTE Directive to eliminate this requirement and place that burden on the manufacturer? For some reason I just don't see the requirement for those entities after reading through the directive. Maybe someone else can give me their interpretation. Thanks, Courtland Thomas Patton Electronics ------------------------------------------- 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: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall," ------------------------------------------- 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: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
