Again I will direct your attention to the "Guide to the implementation of Community harmonization directives based on the new approach and the global approach" published by the the European Communities, ISBN 92-826-8584-5. Under section II, 1. Placing on the market, page 20,
"The following are not considered placing on the market: Display of the product at fairs and exhibitions." So, a demonstration unit at shows or exhibitions is exempt, but private showings at other than fairs and exhibitions may not qualify as exempt from compliance. Best Regards, Hans Mellberg ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re[2]: Demos and Eval Units Now Require CE Mark??? Author: Non-HP-owner-emc-pstc ([email protected]) at hp-boise,uugw2 List-Post: [email protected] Date: 3/13/97 4:12 AM Article 3 of the EMC Directive states, "...apparatus referred to in Article 2 may be placed on the market or taken into service only if it complies with the requirements laid down by this Directive when it is installed and maintained and when it used for the purposes for which it is intended." That "placed into service" statement has been interpreted to include any apparatus that is being used as intended. This would seem to include demos and may even be stretched into use at shows. As for "placed on the market", might this include demonstration at a show and/or taking orders. I don not find any exclusions for demos or shows listed in the EMC directive. This analysis is my own of course. Tom Whissel Senior Compliance Engineer Cabletron Systems, Inc. ---------------------------------Reply Separator -------------------- I don't have a copy of the EC EMC directive infront of me, but I'm fairly certain that an Article in that tome gives equipment destined for exhibitions a free run, and that may describe your Demo equipment. France is a proud and individualistic nation with a long history of unique scientific achievements and the world owes them much gratitude for such things as the Metric System and a singularly large statue situated at the entrance to New York's waterways. This individuality shows at the extremes of the national behavioural map as a particularly introspective view of the world which may seem to the Cosmopolitanly Challenged amongst us as slightly 'difficult' or 'protectionist', but I am sure that this is a distorted view. Europe has spent many years and expended much effort in finally getting all the European States to agree a common date for the time change used for Daylight Saving. Just as that was agreed, the French (for very good reasons which are extensively discussed in the French technical press) have had to pull out of the arrangement so painfully arrived at after so many years, and make entirely different plans. I'm sure they had no other choice, being uniquely placed so near the edge of the European land mass. Many years ago, I recall it was reported that in order to import Video Recorders into France, all had to be subject to the paperwork being arranged in one particular small office in the middle of France, rather than at the port of entry. This was a magnanimous gesture to speed things up, as the office in question was very small, and underworked, and so could concentrate on the task rather than making the applicants wait in a queue at a noisy and smelly port. It also provided this office with valuable work and alleviated the task placed hitherto on the port workers. This arrangement was to everybody's advantage, though the more cynical amongst the bitter baling hounds of the uninformed press suggested that this was a slowing tactic to give local products an advantage. Pish, let their pens turn to Grissini. Have a good day, Chris Dupres. Surrey, UK
