Doug,
For what its worth here is my interpretation - The Directives apply to individual units, not product lines. If, by a "product" you are referring to a specific unit then I agree - if it was placed on the market before a directive comes into force then it does not require the CE mark with respect to that Directive. If, by product, you mean units of a product type, then those units placed on the market after the effective date should meet the requirements of the Directive and be CE marked accordingly. What I'm trying to say is that if a company has been manufacturing a product line for the last ten years any units placed on the market after a Directive comes into effect must be shown to comply with the requirements of the directive whereas those placed on the market before the effective date do not. Mark Briggs At 04:09 PM 10/16/96 -0500, you wrote: > >In paragraph 2.1 of the '96 EC guidelines on the application of the EMC >directive, it is stated that the term "placing on the market" applies >only to new products manufactured within the Community or only new or >used products imported from a third country. > >I interpret this to mean that existing products and product lines that >have been "placed on the market" and "put into service" prior to 1 >January 1996 do not need to meet the EMC directive. Is my interpretation >correct? Are there parallels in other directives such as the LVD? Could >it be that CE marking itself only applies to new products. What is >actually practiced by the EC countries to verify compliance with the New >Approach Directives? > >Opinions, experiences and recommendations will be appreciated. > >Doug Frazee >Compliance Engineer > >
