Strictly speaking, the CE mark was originally intended to ensure the "free movement of goods" throughout Eu, so that, for instance, one country in the Eu could not prevent goods from being sold from another country because they did not meet certain criteria, eg emc, wheel size, fog horn frequency, you name it. The upshot is that we have and are gaining a large number of common standards within the Eu to which we all work and these will/are being incorporated into each country's legal system, replacing, for instance British Standards, DIN standards etc. There are hundreds of standards in each country to be replaced, so it is a big job to get each country to agree to a common standard, but a lot has been done, particularly on emc, safety and the like.
The CE mark only applies to products not to modules for a kit. The CE mark denotes that the "product" complies to "all relevant legislation" for that product, it is not in itself a qualification. All products offerred for sale in the Eu must carry a CE mark and that applies to amateur radio as much as any other, but not kits because it is not yet a product. David G3UNA > > From: "Julian G4ILO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/10/04 Thu AM 09:12:13 BST > To: elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: K3 CE Marking (was Re: [Elecraft] K3 Shipment to Dubai) > > That's what I'm hoping, Lexa. > > Actually I don't see any reason for CE marks at all. It's just an > obstacle put in place by EU bureaucrats to help keep them in a job and > make things over here more expensive. I don't know what it was > supposed to achieve but it doesn't seem to have made a difference to > EMC - and I have the QRN levels to prove it! > > -- > Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? > G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com > Ham-Directory: www.ham-directory.com > > > On 10/4/07, Alexandr Kobranov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Julian, > > I do not think there is any reason for any CE marks on kits. > > So no reason for any delay.... (or not related to CE if any...) > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
