Re: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-13 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Gregg Kervill gr...@test4safety.com wrote (in 004201c2a2cb$92934120$7100a8c0@MENHADEN) about 'Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies' on Fri, 13 Dec 2002: I think one of us may have missed or failed to see the point - John, you seem to have disagreed with what I wrote

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-13 Thread Gregg Kervill
...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 5:00 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies I read in !emc-pstc that Gregg Kervill gr...@test4safety.com wrote (in 004901c2a1ee$e45d66d0$7100a8c0@MENHADEN) about

Re: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-13 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Gregg Kervill gr...@test4safety.com wrote (in 004901c2a1ee$e45d66d0$7100a8c0@MENHADEN) about 'Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies' on Thu, 12 Dec 2002: There is a problem with ..the reader is guaranteed to get the latest revision as stored in our Document Control

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-12 Thread Gregg Kervill
...@test4safety.com; Chris Maxwell; Nick Williams; Stephen Irving Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies I'm not sure why you confuse information gathering and (maybe particularly) quality with paper storage or electronic storage. The reader

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-12 Thread Chris Maxwell
' Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies There is a problem with ..the reader is guaranteed to get the latest revision as stored in our Document Control system. The latest drawing has NO RELEVANCE WHATEVER to the CE Marking File. What we

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-12 Thread Gary McInturff
of CE DoCs - electronic copies There is a problem with ..the reader is guaranteed to get the latest revision as stored in our Document Control system. The advice I offer is focus on the principles - reduce risk - reduce liability - preserve evidence - aim for Quality don't design down

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-12 Thread Gregg Kervill
Williams; Stephen Irving Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies Gary, I'm with you on this one. I consider electronic availability to be equal to, if not superior to, having the documents on European Soil. My feeling is that: as long

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-12 Thread Chris Maxwell
8024 NetTest | 6 Rhoads Drive, Utica, NY 13502 | USA web www.nettest.com | tel +1 315 797 4449 | -Original Message- From: Gregg Kervill [SMTP:gr...@test4safety.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 5:25 PM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Location of CE DoCs

Re: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-12 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Nick Williams nick.willi...@conformance.co.uk wrote (in a05111b00ba1d7495884b@[192.168.1.20]) about 'Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies' on Wed, 11 Dec 2002: Whereas it is essential that, before issuing an EC declaration of conformity, the manufacturer or his

Re: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-12 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Richard Hughes rehug...@nortelnetworks.com wrote (in 6b78f2524cd7d5118a0402204840075b02795...@zhard0jc.europe.nort el.com) about 'Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies' on Wed, 11 Dec 2002: and guess what, neither CENELEC, CEN or ETSI play any part in it. The bodies

Re: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-12 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Gregg Kervill gr...@test4safety.com wrote (in 000601c2a164$21f45f20$7100a8c0@MENHADEN) about 'Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies' on Wed, 11 Dec 2002: What happens to the responsible person who is under a legal obligation to make the test data and evidence upon

RE: Location of CE DoCs

2002-12-12 Thread Nick Williams
December 2002 00:12 To: Stephen Irving Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Location of CE DoCs These are indeed rumors. Different Directives have different requirements in this regard, and although the general rules of thumb that documentation should be kept in the EU and a copy of the DofC

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-12 Thread Nick Williams
The Machinery Directive says: Whereas it is essential that, before issuing an EC declaration of conformity, the manufacturer or his authorised representative established in the Community should provide a technical construction file; whereas it is not, however, essential that all

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-12 Thread Richard Hughes
; Nick Williams; Stephen Irving Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies Gary, I'm with you on this one. I consider electronic availability to be equal to, if not superior to, having the documents on European Soil. My feeling is that: as long

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-12 Thread Gregg Kervill
Electronic copies versus electronic copies. As I see it the issues are ONE- If you scan the document and store them on CDROM then there is no problem restoring them. EXCELLENT IDEA. But if the data is linked to a LIVE drawing system than this could

RE: Location of CE DoCs

2002-12-12 Thread LCrane
-Original Message- From: Hans Mellberg To: Richard Hughes; 'Nick Williams'; Stephen Irving Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Sent: 12/11/2002 12:20 PM Subject: RE: Location of CE DoCs But if you analyze the grammatical construction of : and he or his authorised representative established

Re: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-11 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Chris Maxwell chris.maxw...@nettest.com wrote (in 83d652574e7af740873674f9fc12dbaaf7e...@utexh1w2.gnnettest.com) about 'Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies' on Wed, 11 Dec 2002: Of course, these are just my opinions and interpretations. I haven't had to tell them

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-11 Thread richwoods
Has anyone on this list ever had an authority ask to see a DoC or TCF after the product was placed on the market? We have had two products audit tested, but no one has ever asked for these documents. Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-11 Thread SOUNDSURFR
The old requirement that copies of technical files be maintained at some physical location within the EU is essentially unenforceable. As John Woodgate pointed out, newer Directives do not incorporate that wording. To my knowledge, the only entities in the EU that have the legal authority to

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-11 Thread Chris Maxwell
: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies Does electronic storage of the documents make any difference? The DoC, the test reports, BOM's, drawings and Design verification tests are all stored electronically and can be dumped from any printer in the world. Obviously, they would have

RE: Location of CE DoCs

2002-12-11 Thread Hans Mellberg
[mailto:nick.willi...@conformance.co.uk] Sent: 11 December 2002 00:12 To: Stephen Irving Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Location of CE DoCs These are indeed rumors. Different Directives have different requirements in this regard, and although the general rules of thumb that documentation

Re: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-11 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Gary McInturff Gary.McInturff@worldwidepackets .com wrote (in 917063bab0ddb043af5faa73c7a835d40ac...@windlord.wwp.com ) about 'Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies' on Wed, 11 Dec 2002: Does electronic storage of the documents make any difference? The DoC

RE: Location of CE DoCs - electronic copies

2002-12-11 Thread Gary McInturff
Does electronic storage of the documents make any difference? The DoC, the test reports, BOM's, drawings and Design verification tests are all stored electronically and can be dumped from any printer in the world. Obviously, they would have electronic signatures. Gary

RE: Location of CE DoCs

2002-12-11 Thread Richard Hughes
-Original Message- From: Nick Williams [mailto:nick.willi...@conformance.co.uk] Sent: 11 December 2002 00:12 To: Stephen Irving Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Location of CE DoCs These are indeed rumors. Different Directives have different requirements in this regard

Re: Location of CE DoCs

2002-12-11 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that lcr...@tuvam.com wrote (in 3187EE460C488A458D4 dc186f40edc2101d00...@exchdan.us.tuvworld.com) about 'Location of CE DoCs' on Tue, 10 Dec 2002: For the Low Voltage Directive the manufactuture must keep the technical documentation on community territory. That's

Re: Location of CE DoCs

2002-12-11 Thread Nick Williams
These are indeed rumors. Different Directives have different requirements in this regard, and although the general rules of thumb that documentation should be kept in the EU and a copy of the DofC should be supplied with the product provide a good working basis for compliance with the

Re: Location of CE DoCs

2002-12-11 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Stephen Irving sirv...@lutron.com wrote (in sdf60a72@mailgate.lutron.com) about 'Location of CE DoCs' on Tue, 10 Dec 2002: I know that the DoC and TCF need to be stored somewhere on European soil. Where did you get that from? All that is required, AFAIK

RE: Location of CE DoCs

2002-12-10 Thread LCrane
Subject: Location of CE DoCs Hi everyone! I have been hearing a few rumors regarding the requirements for the location of CE Declarations of Conformity, and I am hoping you can help me clear it up. I know that the DoC and TCF need to be stored somewhere on European soil. Beyond

Location of CE DoCs

2002-12-10 Thread Stephen Irving
Hi everyone! I have been hearing a few rumors regarding the requirements for the location of CE Declarations of Conformity, and I am hoping you can help me clear it up. I know that the DoC and TCF need to be stored somewhere on European soil. Beyond this, are there any further requirements for