Alexandru, A couple of years ago, I was involved with the testing of a piece of "military equipment" manufactured in the US and going to the EU. It was part of an elaborate weapons system. It was being "sponsored" by a department of the US government and was being delivered to a military base in Europe. It was quite an unusual project.
I quickly learned that the usual customs warnings and labeling advice was falling on deaf ears. There were to be no customs and no labeling. A dedicated truck brought the equipment to us in Atlanta, GA from an area in the Southwest US. When testing was complete, the same truck returned from cross country to pick up the equipment. I was told the one-of-a-kind equipment was being taken to a US airbase for shipment to the European military base, (i.e. no customs). The only reason the manufacturer was testing for CE (EMC and Safety) was to do their due diligence in the event someone was injured using the equipment upon installation. Your "obligation" question may partially be answered in how the equipment is going to cross the borders and, strangely enough, if your shipper/consignee has more authority than the customs agents. This is just an opinion based on my point of view, from a project where the rules SEEM to have been suspended due to the nature of the product and players in the game. Best Regards, Scott Proffitt Advanced Compliance Solutions, Inc. 770-831-8048 www.acstestlab.com ======================================== From: Alexandru Guidea <gui...@cae.com> To: Internet Mail::["'emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org'" <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.or g>] Subject: CE marking of equipment for military facilities List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org Date: 3/4/02 4:12 PM Dear colleagues, Need your expert opinion regarding the obligation to CE mark commercial equipment (installation) intended to be used in foreign military bases on European soil, assuming compliance with equivalent MIL/DEF standards is not required. Under "normal" circumstances, this equipment would be CE marked to LVD, Machinery, and EMC Directives. Thanks, Alexandru Guidea CAE Inc. Montreal, Canada ------------------------------------------- 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...@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://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
