I will paraphrase the situation as stated in the "Low Voltage Directive", 73/23/EEC, as amended by 93/68/EEC (CE Marking Directive) ;
"CE marking attests to the conformity (of the electrical equipment) to the provisions of this Directive." "The Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that, in particular, electrical equipment which complies with the safety provisions of harmonized standards shall be regarded by their competent administrative authorities as complying with the provisions of Article 2 (the basic requirement that equipment be "safe"), for the purposes of placing on the market and free movement". If you are CE marking on the basis of your own "manufacturers' declaration of conformity", ALL you have have to do is to have prepared a report showing conformity to a harmonized standard. Standards do not require that you use agency approved parts - agencies do ! Refer to IEC 950 para 1.5.2 for more details on evaluation and testing of components. John Crabb, Product Safety Engineer, NCR Financial Solutions Group Ltd, Dundee, Scotland. > -----Original Message----- > From: je...@ftc2.aei.com [SMTP:je...@ftc2.aei.com] > Sent: 08 September 1998 17:31 > To: emc-p...@ieee.org > Subject: Agency approvals on components in CE mar > > > It is my understanding that the European Commission has stated that a > manufacturer has the freedom to determine the acceptability of components > used in CE marked products. (Or words to that effect.) I would conclude > that this would remove the need for using European agency approved > components in safety critical locations. Any reputable agency approval, > or > appropriate evaluation by the manufacturer, would be acceptable. > > Does anyone know of where I can obtain this statement in writing? I'd > like > to have something to back this up. Also, I welcome comments on the > conclusions I have drawn based on this "alleged" EC statement. > > Regards, > > Jeff Jenkins > Senior Regulatory Compliance Engineer > Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. > Fort Collins, CO USA > > > > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.com > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, > ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.co (the list > administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.com with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.co (the list administrators).
