One statistic:
"In Germany alone during 1996 authorities planned to inspect 8000
products (over 150 per week) in relation to compliance with EMC
Directive."
I have not heard the outcome of these inspections but on these
figures, if selling into Germany, surely the risk cannot be considered
cost effective when prosecutions can include:
a substantial fine
withdrawing product
being banned from ever selling in the EU again
Also provision has been made for a criminal penalty of imprisonment
(watch out whoever is signing the Declarations of Conformity!)
Brian McAuliffe
Tellabs Ltd
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Subject: Penalty for Non-Compliance
Author: "Brian Kunde" <[email protected]> at smtplink-tellabs
List-Post: [email protected]
Date: 21/02/97 11:07
I hear a very disturbing subject being openly discussed among several
of my European contacts. Distributors in Europe are saying that the
CE marking is a joke. That many companies (European Companies are
mentioned most often) are simply applying the CE marking to their
products without testing. Some say that many companies were initially
forced to do this because of the time and cost of testing and
redesign, but since there is very little checking going on the risk is
"Cost Effective".
IS THIS TRUE?
Has anyone heard of specific situations where a company or person has
been fined or jailed for fraudulently placing the CE marking on
non-compliant equipment? What is the penalty for non-compliance? What
is the penalty for fraud? Is anyone checking? Is anyone getting in
trouble?
I have been asked to obtain strong evidence to counter this opinion.
More or less to "put the fear of God" into distributors and reassure
our marketing and sales force that delaying product to market for the
CE mark is the right thing to do.
Can you help? Please post or email me anything you can.
Thanks,
Brian Kunde
[email protected]
