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> (1) the laboratory used for the test must be accredited by their national > laboratory assessor (NATA) or with some accredited body who have a Mutual > Recognition Agreement with NATA (NIST/NVLAP or A2LA for USA, NAMAS for UK) In fact, a manufacturer *can* perform emission tests (as we do) without NATA accreditation or an MRA. However, the (then) SMA strongly implied in it's published literature that such testing may be subject to closer scrutiny should an compliance issue arise, and that retesting could be required in such cases. Last June the SMA conducted a random paperwork audit of our compliance folders (much of which exists on a database except the DoCs are hardcopy) at our Australia office. There was only a minor disagreement over whether CISPR-11 Group 1 or CISPR-22 applied to some of our products. No other issues were raised. Regards, Eric Lifsey National Instruments [email protected] on 09/23/97 10:06:42 AM Please respond to [email protected] To: [email protected], [email protected] cc: (bcc: Eric Lifsey/AUS/NIC) Subject: Re: Australian EMC At 09:59 22-09-97 -0400, Mark Urban wrote: >Is the Australian EMC requirement the same as CE? I guess we're supposed >to fill out yet another Declaration of Conformity and add another >"mark". I'm running out of real-estate. Will Australia accept CE? > >Thank-you, > >Mark Urban > Bonjour de Montreal, The Australian Spectrum Management Agency (SMA)is only asking for tests on the radiated side with a standard which is a replica of CISPR22. There is two main differences if you compare with the European requirements : (1) the laboratory used for the test must be accredited by their national laboratory assessor (NATA) or with some accredited body who have a Mutual Recognition Agreement with NATA (NIST/NVLAP or A2LA for USA, NAMAS for UK) and (2) the C-Tick mark is a trade mark protected by the SMA so you must ask for the permission to use it either by : - asking on a product by product base with an Australian registered Trademark/Tradename. Or - Have a local representative or distributor to hold it for you. He then have a Supplier code. Or - If you are an Australian Company, you can get a Australian Company Number (ACN). Or - By sending the registered name and address of the place of business of the Australian supplier. I strongly encourage you to see for yourself at the SMA Web page located at : <http://public.sma.gov.au/spectrum> Hope this help. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benoit Nadeau, ing. M.ing. (P.eng., M.eng) Gerant du Groupe Conformite (Conformity Group Manager) Matrox <http://www.matrox.com/> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1055, boul. St-Regis Dorval (Quebec) Canada H9P 2T4 Tel : (514) 969-6000 (x2475) FAX : (514) 969-6275 Internet : [email protected], <mailto:[email protected]>
