Re: Last day of manufacture EN60950: A4, A11

[richhug...@aol.com]

Ilan,

The date of cessation as given in the Official Journal of the European
Communities is not the last date for modifications but the last date on which
a statement of compliance to a particular version of a standard offers a
presumption of compliance with the safety objectives of the LVD (and the
essential requirements of the RTTED, where applicable).

If a manufacturer wishes to base their compliance with the LVD or RTTED on
the fact that they comply with a certain version of a Harmonised Standard
(EN60950 +A1 +A2 +A3 + A4 + A11 in your case) then the date of cessation
effectively becomes last date of manufacture.  

Beyond the date of cessation the manufacturer either has to declare
compliance with the safety objectives [essential requirements: RTTED]
directly or they will have had to have had their product evaluated against a
more recent version of the standard: they will also have had to update their
Declaration of Conformity and Technical File accordingly.

Regards,

Richard Hughes

Safety Answers Ltd.

Re: Last day of manufacture EN60950: A4, A11

[John Woodgate]

I read in !emc-pstc that Ilan Cohen ico...@itl.co.il wrote (in
2D1037012914D4118DB8204C4F4F502045FE06@ITLLTD01) about 'Last day of
manufacture EN60950: A4, A11' on Sun, 27 Jul 2003:
Can anyone point me to the specified last day of manufacture for 
products tested under EN60950: A4 and A11. (In the official Journal you 
may find the date of 1/08/03 as the last date for modifications, but the 
last date for manufacture is not listed) 

I will be very thankful if any one actually points to the official 
document that specifies the date.

The DOCOPOCOSS for a specific standard is given (normally) in the next
edition, in this case that is EN 60950:2000. The 'dow' given there is
2005-01-01, and the Commission has not, AFAIK, notified a different
DOCOPOCOSS.

BUT, there is also EN60950-1:2002, which can be used now and in which
the 'dow' of EN 60950:2000 is given as 2006-07-01. You may find it
advantageous to use this standard rather than the 2000 edition.

DOCOPOCOSS - date of cessation of presumption of compliance of the
superseded standard.
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