<FD27170820E5DD42B1D5B13DE96A775404BF9F@mrl01>, Massey, Doug C. <masse...@ems-t.com> inimitably wrote: >Of greater concern is the lack of a specified transition period and >mandatory compliance dates in either standard (at least I can't find them). >Will existing laser classifications be grandfathered? When will laser >product manufacturers be required to label products according to the new >classifications?
You won't find such things in any IEC standard (that's correctly written in accordance with the IEC Directives - some haven't been). IEC standards themselves are never mandatory - they are published to encourage the national standards committees to adopt them as national standards. When CENELEC adopts an IEC standard regionally, THEN it is compulsory for the national standards bodies of CENELEC member countries to adopt and publish it. At that stage, it is given a 'dow' - the date at which any earlier standard must be withdrawn. Mandatory compliance applies, even in CENELEC, only to standards used to demonstrate compliance with European Directives. The Commission, not CENELEC, then sets a 'docopocotss' (no, even the EC doesn't use such a crazy abbreviation) - 'date of cessation of presumption of compliance of the superseded standard' - which is normally the same as the 'dow' but need not be. Even then, compliance with standards MAY not be mandatory. For most Directives, there is an alternative 'route to compliance' that is more or less independent of any standards. The 'docopocotss' is normally set at 3 years after the publication of the standard, thus creating a 3-year transition period. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. Phone +44 (0)1268 747839 Fax +44 (0)1268 777124. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Why not call a vertically- applied manulo-pedally-operated quasi-planar chernozem-penetrating and excavating implement a SPADE? ------------------------------------------- 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,"
