According to this site, the MRA process is being delayed.
http://www.cix.co.uk/~approval/n2_0199.htm
<http://www.cix.co.uk/~approval/n2_0199.htm>
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From: Leafloor, Bob: DSI [SMTP:leafloor....@ic.gc.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 8:11 AM
To: t...@world.std.com
Subject: RE: Invitation to EU workshop for all CABs (Washington,
D.C., Apr il 2 7-29)
For US registration contact: jogindar.dhil...@nist.gov
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Lemon [mailto:lem...@nortelnetworks.com]
Sent: March 15, 1999 12:08 PM
To: t...@world.std.com
Subject: RE: Invitation to EU workshop for all CABs (Washington,
D.C.,
Apr il 2 7-29)
Sounds interesting - anyone know where to go for more details on
registration, etc. (not obvious where to look once you are on DoC
web page)?
Regards,
Scott Lemon (esn 351-4487, 919-991-4487)
Fax: (919) 991-8724
Network Dependability
Nortel Networks
RTP, NC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Victor L. Boersma [SMTP:vboer...@compuserve.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 1999 12:01 PM
> To: TREG
> Subject: Invitation to EU workshop for all CABs (Washington,
D.C.,
> April 2 7-29)
>
> For those who prefer to stop guessing and would like to get some
> information from the horse's mouthes:
>
> There will be two consecutive workshops, to be
> held in Washington, D.C. on April 27-29, 1999.
>
> On Tuesday, April 27, representatives of the European Commission,
> and other European experts, will brief interested parties from
> both the United States and Canada on responsibilities under
relevant
> European directives (98/13/EC and 89/336/EEC) and the respective
> Canadian and US MRAs with the EU. A draft agenda for this
all-day
> workshop is enclosed. Attendees are advised to bring copies of
the
> relevant EU directives and the EU MRA with them to the workshop.
>
> On Wednesday, April 28, the National Institute of Standards and
> Technology (NIST) invites interested parties, including Canadians,
> to attend a workshop to develop the following two sets of
criteria,
> for implementation purposes:
>
> (1) criteria for a sub-program under the National Voluntary
> Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) Program to
satisfy
> product testing, certification and quality systems requirements of
> the telecommunications equipment and EMC annexes of the US/EC MRA;
>
> (2) criteria for the qualification and operation of
telecommunications
> certification bodies (TCBs) under the FCC Report and Order 98-338
of
> 17 December 1998.
>
> The Tuesday and Wednesday workshops will be held from
> 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the Department of Commerce Auditorium, at
> 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
>
> (Note: there also is a workshop on Thursday, doing much the same
thing
> for the Canada - Switzerland MRA, in the Canadian Embassy in
Washington.
> Since the US has no MRA with Switzerland (yet) this may be of
interest
> only to Canadians).
>
> You must pre-register to attend any of the workshops by providing
the
> full names and affiliations of planned participants from your
> organization by April 16, so that appropriate arrangements can be
> made.
> Note: I don't know where US attendees must register.
> Check with DoC or NIST.
>
> EU Workshop for North American CABs
>
> A.M. Overview of Practical Implementation of the MRA Transition
> Period (EMC and telecom/radio):
> - Manufacturer Responsibilities
> - Role of CABs
> - Competent Bodies' Role (EMC)
> - Notified Bodies' Role - both EMC and TTE
> - Annexes I - IV of the TTE Directive (98/13/EC)
> - Exchange of Test Reports, Etc. during the Transition Period
> - Confidence Building
>
> P.M. Overview of the Proposed R&TTE Directive:
> - Description of the provisions of the directive
> - Essential requirements
> - Role of voluntary standards; shift from CTRs to TBRs or other
ETSI
> standards, etc.
> - Availability of network technical information
> - Role of notified bodies
> - Need for quality systems
>
>
> The week following, ICC has arranged for a seminar and workhops
that
> will allow for further elaboration, including full discussion on
the
> new R&TTE Directive that will replace the TTE Directive covered
under
> the MRAs. This will provide you with valuable insights into where
the
> Conformity Assessment of information and communications technology
> (ICT) equipment approvals is moving:
>
> The Third Annual Approvals Seminar
> Dallas, Texas
> May 3 & 4, 1999 at the Intercontinental Hotel.
>
> This year's program looks as if it will be the most significant
> event in North America this year, on world-wide approvals and
> compliance issues.
>
> Mark Bogers of the European Commission, who has the primary
> responsibility for expediting the R&TTE Directive will talk about
> how this will revolutionize the principles of equipment approval
> in Europe, and he expects, on a global scale. Mark will speak in
> the morning and conduct a workshop in the afternoon.
>
> Manfred Mall of Siemens, the chair of an EC Implementation ad-hoc
> on the R&TTE Directive (and an active member of TIA TR41 during
his
> years of service in Boca Raton) will speak about the need for
further
> significant simplification on a global scale, in the longer term.
> He will elaborate on an ECTEL/Eurobit Green Paper on "Global
Product
> Approval for the Future" a proposal to the WTO. Manfred will
talk
> in the morning as well and conduct a parallel workshop in the
> afternoon.
>
> The second day of the seminar will be devoted to extensive
> treatment of approvals issues in South America, North America,
> Central Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, China, Japan
> and Brazil.
>
>
> Approval manuals for the Africas, Americas, Asia-Pacific,
> Central & East Europe, Europe and the Gulf States will be
> on display (and sale, I assume).
>
> For more info look up http://www.icc-uk.com/
>
> To register, contact Pat Cannon at <patcan...@icc-uk.com>
>
>
> Hope to see you'all there,
>
>
> Vic Boersma
>
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