I read in !emc-pstc that Gregg Kervill <gr...@test4safety.com> wrote (in <dbebjpdnadnbkogldojioeejcaaa.gr...@test4safety.com>) about 'Custom Units in EU' on Tue, 25 Feb 2003: >Please re-read John - we are not is disagreement
I understand that now. > >My original statement - 'ONLY If they comply to harmonized standards they >are "deemed to be" "safe"' is correct. > H'mm. I think that the implications of the eyebrows "" are not clear. A fourth bullet point about the alternative to applying standards would have made your point more clearly. > > > >You statement "Conformity to standards is NOT the only way of demonstrating >compliance with Directives" is also correct - but they are not "DEEMED" nor >are they "Presumed" to be in compliance with the Directives. Not 'deemed', but are 'presumed', I think. Because of your last point below. The Notified Body cannot PROVE that the product is safe, it can only endorse a presumption that it is. > > >The point that I tried (and failed) to make was that the other ways of >demonstrating compliance place a greater onus of proving (and associated >risk) upon the company PROVING safety. Indeed; the alternative route is generally more difficult and costly, and is only to be followed if that is not so in a particular case. > > > >After all - we cannot PROVE something is safe - the best we can do is to >eliminate the potential hazards that we can find. Quite right. -- 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 Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
