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EMC Facts of life.
The movement from a variety of European Countries National EMC/EMI Standards
to the harmonised requirements was driven by the increasing use of intentional
radiators in the environment plus unintentional radiators such as PC's and the
growing use of cardiac support devices. This is not an exhaustive list.
A long lead time was provided before the directive 'engaged' which enabled
many manufacturers to place their heads in the sand until the Directive dates
began to graze their marketing window.
To make it extra easy the directive permits choice of routes for compliance
and the necesary labelling and documents to support products may all be
produced in-house in any style provided the basic requirements are met.
We are running mainly on 'generic' EMC Standards at present which are broadly
parametered. Further along the learning curve will come the 'family'
standards
and then the 'product' standards - compliance with both will become mandatory
as the Standard enters into force. If you are not up to speed now the
catch-up
education will be painful and expensive.
I get support from my local Trading Standards department who retain a
consultant EMC specialist who can respond in writing to queries on repair,
equipment stocked before 31-12-95, return to non_EC location for upgrade etc.
All penalties following discovery of non-compliance are determined in the UK
by case law once the Trading Standards Dept. has decided to prosecute. I would
imagine the main penalties would be limited career path for any technical
professional caught in the loop plus EC Market losses if the case attracted
wide publicity.
J. Roberton
All opinions my own.
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Date: 22/2/97 5:54 am
From: PHILLIP FORD
CE-mark, EMC Directive comments.
In the UK the situation has been quiet since 1/1/96 but I think
things are changing. Enforcement in the UK is in the hands of
the Trading Standards Officers, but is complaint-driven.
The newspaper "Electronics Weekly" (19/2/97) carries a front page
story about a possible prosecution resulting from the Cardiff
Trading Standards testing of four PCs at the end of last year, three
of which allegedly failed EMC tests. They also report that one
EMC test house claims an increase in bookings from PC manufacturers
following the recent threat of prosecution.
Regards, PFORD at HVTVM GBXYR7PW at IBMMAIL
Phillip Ford phil_f...@uk.xyratex.com
ext 3255 tel:+44 (0)1705 443255 fax:+44 (0)1705 499315
Engineering Lab, 871/24-22 X Y R A T E X
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