In fact, the Note 3 at the bottom of the OJ listing itself provides a hint as to what is expected in referencing the standard:
Note 3: In case of amendments, the referenced standard is EN CCCCC:YYYY, its previous amendments, if any, and the new, quoted amendment....... While the Note is there to offer guidance on how to handle amendments, it seems reasonable to infer that the same format would apply to the base standard as well. The important point is to make an unambiguous reference so that the reader of the DoC knows exactly what standard you applied. If the standard numbers and amendments are listed along with their respective years of publication* on the DoC, that will constitute an unambiguous reference. The title of the standard is not necessary (and may not even be helpful) to make an unambiguous reference. So: EN 60950-1:2006 + A11:2009 + A12:2011 is an unambiguous reference. Examples of ambiguous references would be: 'EN 60950' 'EN 60950-1 +applicable amendments' I have never seen a case where an authority challenged an unambiguous reference such as the above with or without the title of the standard listed. Regards Peter. *One could probably argue that the year of the amendments is not necessary if the base standard is correctly identified. i.e. There will only ever by one 'A11' to EN 60950-1:2006 irrespective of what year it is published. -----Original Message----- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Kunde, Brian Sent: 19 November 2012 14:10 To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: RE: EU-DoC - list of applied standards with full title I think this all begs the question, has anyone experienced any problems with their EU DOC by not providing the Standard's Title? If so, what was the objection and what was necessary to resolve it? The official titles of directives and standards are often way too long and often more confusing then descriptive. We reference directives and standards on our EU DOC by their number and date and follow it with a brief description and sometimes additional useful information. Such as: EN 61010-1:2010 Safety of Laboratory Equipment Or EN55011:2007+A2:2007 RF Emissions Group 1, Class A The directives requirements are, "a reference to the harmonized standards used", so I would think as long as you provide enough information so it is clear what the standards are you should be ok. We think about what information our customers and others might want to see in the DOC and include it if we can. The more descriptive we are the less questions we get from the field, which saves us time and money. We have used this approach for over 16 years and have not had any problems or holdups, so far. The Other Brian -----Original Message----- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Helge Knudsen Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:22 AM To: 'Carpentier Kristiaan'; 'Nick Williams'; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: RE: EU-DoC - list of applied standards with full title Hello Kris, About 10 years ago my company Niros Telecommunication was contacted by the Belgium Authority whom told that the DoC should be written in Dutch as well as in French and German. At that time we had a DoC written in English, German, French and Italian. We changed to a combination of a short form DoC and one complete DoC written in English. Short form in English: Hereby, [Name of manufacturer], declares that this [type of equipment] is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. The short form DoC can be found at the link below: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/rtte/documents/interpretation/index_e n.htm See "23. Form of the manufacturers' declaration to be put into the user's manual" We used this form for DoC for the ATEX directive as well. Best regards Helge Knudsen Former Test & Approval manager Niros Telecommunication Denmark -----Original Message----- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Carpentier Kristiaan Sent: 18. november 2012 14:13 To: Nick Williams; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: RE: EU-DoC - list of applied standards with full title Nick, My country, Belgium, has 3 official national languages, Dutch, French and German. The most recent draft of the Belgian transposition proposal of the RoHS Directive states now that the EU DoC should be drawn up in a language easily understandable by authorities. While the authorities have the right to request a translation in one of the official languages, it allows the use of English. Hopefull other countries follow that example as it worked well for > 20 years. Best regards, Kris Carpentier -----Original Message----- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Nick Williams Sent: zondag 18 november 2012 11:14 To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: EU-DoC - list of applied standards with full title It's actually a requirement of some of the directives, not just an addition brought in by transposition in certain countries. Generally, where the Directive requires the Declaration to accompany the product, it must be translated in to the language of the country of the end user. I guess the Commissiion's logic is that the instructions will need to be translated into the same language(s) so it's not a significant additional burden to require the DofC to be translated as well. Nick. On 18 Nov 2012, at 07:56, John Woodgate <j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk<mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk>> wrote: > In message <867f4b6a1672e541a94676d556793acd1b66ce1...@mopesmbx01.eu.thmulti.com<mailto:867f4b6a1672e541a94676d556793acd1b66ce1...@mopesmbx01.eu.thmulti.com>>, dated Sat, 17 Nov 2012, Carpentier Kristiaan <kristiaan.carpent...@technicolor.com<mailto:kristiaan.carpent...@technicolor.com>> writes: > >> Some countries require in their national transposition that the EU >> DoC is issued in the local language. Although most are still in draft: France in French, Portugal in Portuguese, Germany in German, etc&.. >> >> In worst case, we have some 24 languages in EU, so lots of fun for translation. > > Now that IS a hardship for manufacturers. 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