Dave The CE marking (per the EMC Directive) is required at the time a piece of equipment is put on the market or placed into service in the EU. It's the latter part of that sentence that applies to you. It doesn't matter that you're not selling it. The EMC Directive guidance document puts it like this. "Where an apparatus is manufactured in the EEA or imported from a third country for the manufacturer's or end user's own use, placing on the market is combined with putting into service; the obligation to conform to the Directive begins with first use." See http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterpris /electr_equipment/emc/guides/chapthre.htm#3.2. for more detail. Now, there may be some relief in this statement depending on what you are using the equipment for. "5.2.9. Educational electronic equipment (Annex III(i)): Apparatus in training, research and educational establishments intended for studying electromagnetic phenomena, may exceed the limits of emitted disturbance contained in the relevant standards published in accordance with Article 7.1 of the EMC Directive. However, the EC declaration of conformity must in such a case, indicate which EM phenomena the apparatus is used to study, and must also indicate that the instructions for the apparatus specify that such apparatus may only be operated under the supervision of qualified personnel, and that where electromagnetic disturbances cause a problem, the person working in such institutions must take the necessary measures to eliminate such disturbances. The training, research or educational establishment shall take all necessary measures to ensure that apparatus installed outside the electromagnetic environment can function properly;" See http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterpris /electr_equipment/emc/guides/chapfive.htm Finally, when CE marking an equipment the product liability directive requires the manufacturer to show "due diligence" in the basis for their declaration of conformity. In your specific case (where you are sending 1 device) you will have to assess what impact your equipment will have on the electromagnetic environment and let that determine the amount of evidence you need to support your declaration. Hope that this is of benefit.
Please feel free to contact me if I can provide any further information Best regards John Harrington EMC Technical Manager F-Squared Laboratories Tel: 440 834 8926 x 203 Fax: 440 834 8914 Cell: 440 832 0558 _____ From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of drcuthb...@micron.com Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 12:31 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Cc: jestuc...@micron.com Subject: In-house test equipment CE Gurus: It is my understanding that for in-house test equipment the CE Mark is not required. We have some in-house designed test equipment that we are sending >from the U.S. to one of our factories in Europe. * What is needed to get a unit through customs? * What EU safety regulations do we still need to meet? * Any other advise is welcomed. Dave Cuthbert Micron Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org 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.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org 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.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
