Hi Joe It's much more simple then that. The EMC directive references "harmonized Standards list". The list of harmonized standards is listed in the Official Journal = LAW. The date of publication of the list is the date that the standard may be used for the first time. The list mentiones dates of withdrawal for older standards = LAW Logic thinking does the rest.
Gert Gremmen ce-test, qualified testing http://www.cetest.nl -----Original Message----- From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Joe P Martin Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 10:20 PM To: John Juhasz Cc: 'emc-p...@ieee.org'; owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC Directive John, Article 7 in the Directive discusses using national standards to meet the protection requirements of the Directive. The Directive does not go into detail on DOW's of the standards. Take a look at the "Guide to the implementation of directives based on the New Approach and the Global Approach" Section 4.5 discusses revisions to the standards. It states "...the relevant European standard organisation lays down the date of publication at national level of the revised harmonised standard, and the date of withdrawal of the old standard. The transitional period is normally the time period between these two dates. During this transitional period, both harmonised standards give presumption of conformity, provided that the conditions for this are met. After this transitional period, only the revised harmonised standard gives a presumption of conformity." These guidelines can be downloaded from the following site. http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/legislation/guide/document/ 1999_1282_en.pdf Regards Joe Martin John Juhasz <John.Juhasz@GE-interlo To: "'emc-p...@ieee.org'" <emc-p...@ieee.org> gix.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: EMC Directive owner-emc-pstc@majordom o.ieee.org 08/21/2002 10:09 AM Please respond to John Juhasz I know this has come up before, but I need to quote chapter and verse. In a conversation with an acquaintance of mine, the EMC Directive became a topic with DoW and use of superceded standards for presumption of conformity becoming a contentious area. I maintain the following understanding: A product is evaluated to standard A. At some point standard a can no longer be used for presumption of conformity (DoW) and standard B must be used. Therefore if a product is still being manufactured for sale after the DoW of standard A, then the product must be re-evaluated according to the new standard B. (An exemption being those items returned for repair and not modified/updated/upgraded). If the product was no longer produced and placed on the market after the DoW then there is no issue. My acquaintance notes that if the product was tested to standard A, as long as it has not been 'updated, modified, or changed in anyway' since the initial compliance test, it can still be manufactured and placed on the market after the DoW without re-test. I believe that my understanding is the correct one. I tried to locate it in the EMC Directive itself but I can't seem to find it. Am I incorrect? John A. Juhasz GE Interlogix Fiber Options Div. Bohemia, NY ------------------------------------------- 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" ------------------------------------------- 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" ------------------------------------------- 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"
