Dear Peers, Summary: Has anyone an authoritative and current word on the state of the NVLAP/VCCI MOU/MRA?
In early March 2006 a VCCI person informed me that a MOU with NVLAP was to be in place by the end of that month. Indeed, the subsequent annual April update of the VCCI regulations showed NVLAP added to the accreditation bodies - with some vague phrase about when "notification" occurs. Last month I arranged for VCCI technical requirements to be added to our NVLAP accreditation scope in preparation for some upcoming and overdue site registrations. All seemed to be going smoothly... Then this week, in an email exchange with VCCI I was informed that the MOU did not happen yet and may not for "a few months". Resolving this is important with regard to VCCI site registration fees: the old scheme costs money, the accreditation site registration scheme has no fees (and presumably, much faster). I have at least 5 sites to register for my employer real soon now, including our recently acquired 10 meter semi-anechoic facility. So the registration method will involve thousands of dollars and many hours of work if I the accreditation route is not available soon. Best Regards, Eric Lifsey - 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/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: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
