In message <617df0128820f9458ac39149a627ee6c01a6981...@mbx.dialogic.com>, dated Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Dan Roman <dan.ro...@dialogic.com> writes:
>I hate to rehash this again, it has been discussed in the past but it >seems every new twist or added detail raises doubts. If company A >inside the EU resells a product from company B outside the EU, then the >companies are jointly responsible for compliance is my understanding. >Can company A rely on company B?s DoC if company B also sells this same >product into the EU and it is the same CE Marked product sold directly >to company A and through distribution or other means in the EU? Yes, the responsibility is shared but the DoC is issued by the manufacturer. > >One reason I needed to rehash this is that I have not seen a >distributor in the EU issue a DoC in their own name for product >purchased from companies outside the EU. Well, you probably won't. Few distributors can, *from their own knowledge*, be absolutely certain that the products pass production testing for EMC and that the correct standards have been applied. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK If at first you don't succeed, delegate. But I support unbloated email http://www.asciiribbon.org/ - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.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...@socal.rr.com> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>