Japan, as the rest of Asia, seems to take longer to adopt the latest version of the IEC60065. You need to check the table in the latest CB bulletin to see which version of the standard a country has adopted. We had the same issue with the 5th and 6th edition. Japan had not yet adopted the 6th edition so we asked TUV to do a CB report to the 6th edition and add the Japanese National Deviations from the 5th Edition as an appendix to the report. This worked for us since the changes between the 5th and 6th edition did not impact our products so it was an feasible option. Also since the PSE Circle Mark is a self declaration there was no fear of the report begin rejected. You do need to be careful as sometimes the new edition of the standard will relax the requirements. One example is the 6th edition requires a power switch in some cases while the 7th has deleted this requirement for a detachable cord type product. Some countries still following the 6th edition may have a problem if you do not have a switch if required ..... There are transition dates for EN standards listed in the latest amendments but I don't believe this is the case for IEC standards..............................
From: owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org mailto:owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Scott Barrows Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 9:58 AM To: sdoug...@ptcnh.net; T.Sato Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: How Long to Adopt Latest IEC Standard? Look at CB Bulletin 107A for any Japanese deviations to the 7th edition. Look at CB Bulletin 105A for any Japanese deviations to the 6th Edition. Look at the CB website to see if the 6th edition has been withdrawn. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: T.Sato <mailto:vef00...@nifty.ne.jp> To: sdoug...@ptcnh.net Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 9:19 AM Subject: Re: How Long to Adopt Latest IEC Standard? On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:20:19 -0400, Scott Douglas < sdoug...@ptcnh.net> wrote: > Second question, let's say a country has enacted legislation to adopt > the 6th Edition and has published its national deviations. The IEC > standard is modified to become the 7th Edition. Can I test my product to > the 7th Edition of the standard and expect to be able to import it into > that country (without any problems) that has not yet adopted the 7th > Edition? I don't think so. After all, we must comply with the national regulations. If the regulation require compliance with the older edition of the standard and/or the standard with national deviations, we must use the required edition, I think. > Finally, the country in question is Japan. Can anyone tell me if the > Japanese have any intention of adopting IEC 60065 7th Edition? If so, > any idea when? Maybe someday, but it will take long time, I guess. > I am trying to find a way to avoid having to put the product through a > full test and report to an older version of the standard, if that is at > all possible, and to still have it acceptable for import into Japan. If your product is covered by the DENAN Law, standard specified by the Law should be used - in this case, J60065 would be applicable. I think most of the test result for 7th edition would be effective also for 6th edition (and J60065), and you have chance to show that the product complies with the requirements mainly through desk check, and with few or no re-testing. In my opinion only. Regards, Tom Tomonori Sato < vef00...@nifty.ne.jp> URL: http://homepage3.nifty.com/tsato/ This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
