How about a little constructive anarchy? Suppose a large number of companies decided all at the same time to take a stand on this. Suppose each company took all of the Certification marks off their products except one for safety and one for EMC.
At first, countries with mandatory Certification marks would try to refuse entry to those products. After a while, consumers would start asking why they can't buy toasters, computers, or telephones anymore. After a while they would start yelling. At some point the media would start looking into it. Sooner or later, in country after country, it would come to light that the government had no good reason for not accepting marks other than their own. It would also come to light that the citizen's who vote governments into power don't give a rat's petootie which mark is on a product, as long as it is legal to use it and as long as it is safe and doesn't put snow all over Oprah or the Bulls game. The people and the media would be in full support of our career-long dream: to force all these governments into enacting legislation that allows a single mark (or a slight twist on that - any single accredited mark). Then we march in with a ready-made scheme, and we have all those governments over a barrel. I'll read your replies sometime after I wake up, because I'm obviously dreaming. Can you imagine trying to talk your company into this? Oh well, back to reality. Regards, Jim Eichner Statpower Technologies Corporation jeich...@statpower.com http://www.statpower.com Any opinions expressed are those of my invisible friend, who really exists, and whose employer would not for a nanosecond consider such a proposal. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Mitchell [SMTP:dmitch...@eoscorp.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 1998 9:07 AM > To: 'mmert...@modicon.com'; 'emc-pstc' > Subject: RE: Are all these agencies really necessary? > > We use the CB Scheme, and it does work to our advantage to a certain > extent. I only have to do the testing once and the other CB Scheme > countries have to accept the data. > However, this is not my point. Once the CB is received, we should be > issued a mark that is accepted world wide (or even in the 32 countries > that > accept the CB scheme); no more having to go to TUV, SEMKO, CCIB, QAS > etc. > to get their country approval so we can sell in their country. > Granted, this would probably go over like a lead balloon, because some > of > these countries use these fees for their mark as a source of revenue > for > their governments. And besides which, it would put Government > beaurcrats > out of a job (something that is almost unheard of in modern society). > > Daniel W. Mitchell > Product Safety > EOS Corp. > > ---------- > From: mmert...@modicon.com[SMTP:mmert...@modicon.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 1998 6:50 AM > To: Dan Mitchell > Subject: Re: Are all these agencies really necessary? > > Actually, there is such a system, of sorts. It's called the "CB > Scheme". > Various countries have banded together and agreed to accept each > others' certification marks. Unfortunately, there aren't all that many > participants (32, I think), and their Memoranda of Understanding > (MOA) only apply to certain product categories. > > The second consideration is the demands of customers. In my case, > our industry and insurance companies are programmed to look for > Factory Mutual approval marks. Even though I could get exactly the > same approval from UL (and others) much cheaper and a heck of a > lot faster, the customers would not be happy. So *sigh* I get FM on > everything whether we need it or not. > > See ya > Mike Mertinooke > > > > > --------- > 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).
