I read in !emc-pstc that richwo...@tycoint.com wrote (in <846BF526A205F8 4BA2B6045BBF7E9A6A01F140FA@flbocexu05>) about 'General Product Safety Directive', on Tue, 30 Apr 2002:
>Now, back to the original question. I found the following definition of >professional apparatus in EN 55103-2 (immunity for professional A/V >equipment): "Apparatus intended for use in trades, professions or industries >and which is not intended for sale to the general public." The scope of the >standard says that the standard does not apply to "consumer apparatus". So, >it seems that the CENELEC authors of this standard are of the opinion that >there is a difference between professional and consumer apparatus. Yes, we do. >If the >authors are correct, the professional equipment I described is not included >within the scope of the GPSD. No, because we can't dictate to the Commission how to define 'consumer', more particularly because they speak a superior sort of English with which we are rather unfamiliar in Britain. >If that is true, what safety related >Directive, if any, applies? The only one I could find is the Liability >Directive, 85/374/EEC. The closest that document comes to having an >essential requirement is that "Lack of safety which the general public is >entitled to expect determines the defectiveness of a product." Could it be >that the regulation of safety of these types of products are the >responsibility of the member states and governed by national worker safety >regulations? Seems weird that there is a gap in the harmonization process >for these types of products. National worker safety regulations apply *in parallel* with the EU product safety Directives, and they may well be inconsistent. I have a case of that at present, but I won't go into much detail at this moment. It involves EN60065 7th edition and the Health and Safety at Work Act in Britain. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! ------------------------------------------- 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: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com 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://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
