RE: requirement for Serial number marking.

2006-03-08 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Sudhakar, et al, You are asking the wrong business question. Whether or not it is mandatory to serialize production it is not very wise not to be able to identify units that you have sold along the timeline of production. The key issue is to be able to recall

Re: requirement for Serial number marking.

2006-03-08 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Nick, Wrong, read the GPS directive and the Commission's guidance notes. This was true under the old GPSD, but things have changed. Richard Hughes Nick Williams wrote: > The GPSD will only apply if one of the CE marking directives which > has safety objectives (e.g. the LVD, but not the EMC

Re: requirement for Serial number marking.

2006-03-07 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
The GPSD will only apply if one of the CE marking directives which has safety objectives (e.g. the LVD, but not the EMC Directive) does not apply. The GPSD also applies only to 'consumer' products. I agree with your second paragraph, the logic of which applies to all product safety directives,

Re: requirement for Serial number marking.

2006-03-07 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
The General Product Directive will apply to your products, and in the UK that means the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 apply. See http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20051803.htm Under these Regulations the authorities have the ability to require producers (manufacturers, importers and own

requirement for Serial number marking.

2006-03-07 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Hello Experts, Is it mandatory to have serial number on the ITE products (printed and visible) per regulatory compliance standard? Thank you in advance. Sudhakar Wasnik SanDisk Corp. 140mCaspian Ct. Sunnyvale, CA 94089. - -