With respect to Dave's original question: - The equipment does not have to be CE Marked if it is purely electrical/electronic under LVD/EMCD - but if it were a piece of mechanical equipment subject to the Machinery Directive then it would have to be CE Marked under that Directive as the requirements are different! - Regardless of the CE Marking issues, EU workplace safety inspectors will want to be assured that it is safe, and that will involve the end-users performing suitable risk assessments. Part of the evidence to be included in these will be evidence of the standards met. If these are EU Harmonised stds then there should be no problem, but if these are not EU Harmonised Stds then there may be further issues to address as US stds are not officially "recognised" in EU legislation. - Regarding the age of the equipment, it is the date at which it is first imported into the EU - not the date on which it was manufactured - that is the significant one, thus 10 year old equipment that is imported at year 10 would be deemed to be new equipment in this respect. Regards
John Allen ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Hopkins <mailto:i...@mrtestequipment.com> To: drcuthb...@micron.com ; emc-p...@ieee.org Cc: jestuc...@micron.com Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 9:08 PM Subject: RE: In-house test equipment Our understanding is that if the equipment is being shipped within the same company…. i.e. shipping from North America factory to Europe factory…. CE is a non issue and does not apply in this case. However, for customs, etc. your paperwork should indicate an inter-company shipment or transfer of equipment and NOT a sale of equipment. If you are selling the equipment, comments above do not apply. Further, if the equipment was “legal” in Europe before CE regulations were introduced… it is still “legal” there now. CE introduction did not make equipment, produced prior to the introduction of CE, suddenly “illegal”. Hope this helps. Kind Regards Stephen Hopkins Mr Test Equipment Phone 905-274-6200 E-mail i...@mrtestequipment.com Mr Test Equipment: Your partner for used and refurbished electronic test and measurement equipment http://www.mrtestequipment.com _____ From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of drcuthb...@micron.com Sent: August 26, 2005 9:31 AM 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 _____ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.15/82 - Release Date: 25/08/05 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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
