Significance of CE mark to EU customs/surveillance is obvious and not point (other than my head). Need to understand why there are different or no surveillance systems in place in North America, and if product compliance regulations are different because of regional market demands or political control issues or cultural philosophies.
Could a self-declaration 'system' function well in North America without public safety reduction? For just discrete, narrow classes of goods? Brian -----Original Message----- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 10:43 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] CE Marking Provoqium In message <1284c8ec9fbe4d24b6397106a3caa...@tamuracorp.com>, dated Sat, 18 Aug 2012, Brian Oconnell <oconne...@tamuracorp.com> writes: > Note that the U.S. OSHA has (figuratively) declared war on the >self-declaration process, and has specifically published stuff saying >that the 'CE' does not indicate the any specific safety compliance. Well, it doesn't; it's not intended to. Nor did any of the former national safety marks, such as SEMKO. The Declaration of Conformity indicates the specific safety compliance. The CE mark is an indication to customs officers and market surveillance officers that a DoC exists and the product should be admitted to the EU, cross national borders within it and can be offered for sale. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. 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...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
