If I remember correctly, it's the Competent Body - the person who approves (hopefully!) and signs the Technical Construction File - who must be resident in the EU. (So he's not needed for self-certification)
Mind you, this is probably a moot point, now that the EU/USA have signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement, I assume the USA can now test/approve their own gear themselves. -- Alan Mormons can have more than one wife. This is called polygamy. Christians can have only one wife. This is called monotony. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: alternate test sites > Date: Friday, July 11, 1997 10:55AM > > > Greetings, > > These 2 questions may seem rather naive, but I never really had to > address > them. Any help by those who have direct experience would be greatly > appreciated. > > 1. I heard the statement "The EU does not accept emissions data from a > semi-anechoic chamber (SAC)" Since I deal mostly with ITE, I looked in > EN55022-1987, para. 10.3.3 and see no mention of the use of anything but > an > OATS. The question is "Does all testing to EN55022 have to be performed > at > an OATS or can I use a SAC which has a "good" normalized site > attenuation > (<+/- 4 dB)?" It would seem to me that if you are self certifying, you > would want to be confident the equipment passes with enough margin that > it > would pass anywhere. If you felt confident using a current probe and a > scope, then go ahead and self-certify. > > 2. My second question deals with the famous person who signs test > reports > and is the responsible person (i.e. jail time) should the data be found > to > be bogus. Again, assume we are self certifying ITE equipment. I was > told > that the responsible person must be a resident of the EU. A company in > the > States could not self certify and place the CE mark on equipment with > "only" the head of quality signature, assuming the head of quality lives > in > Anytown USA. I also heard that less than reputable companies in the > States > find "some European guy" who will sign anything and can vanish if the > need > arises. > > Some of this sounds like urban legend to me, but I appreciate any > comments > you may have. > > Thanks in advance... > > Jim Nadolny > AMP Inc. > jim [email protected]
