I have been told that the Russian Authorities will only accept a CB report from Nemko. Is this true? Thank you Charles Grasso EMC Engineer StorageTek 2270 Sth 88th Street Louisville CO 80027 MS 4262 [email protected] Tel:(303)673-2908 Fax(303)661-7115 Symposium Website URL: http://www.ball.com/aerospace/ieee_emc.html
>---------- >From: Peter Tarver[SMTP:[email protected]] >Reply To: Peter Tarver >Sent: Monday, June 22, 1998 4:28 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: CB scheme > >Gary - > >You seem to be doing just fine for your current market. As you market >expands (you mentioned GOST), however, the CB Scheme Test Report does offer >portability to a greater degree than a lesser. Many of the agencies will >want a sample for a looksee, a few may want to perform minor verification >tests or testing to accommodate applicable national deviations from the base >standard. Overall, you will save time and inventory, but not necessarily >money, by using the CB Scheme. Without it, you might wind up having to >provide one or more samples to any of several test houses. > >Alternatively, you could also look into what Mutual Recognition Agreements >your domestic test house has with foreign test houses to see if they meet >your needs. > >Regards, > >Peter L. Tarver >Nortel >[email protected] > >> ---------- >> From: Gary McInturff[SMTP:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, June 22, 1998 9:09 AM >> >> If ignorance is bliss I must be a pretty happy guy. I have sort of >> avoided asking this question because I seem to be the only guy that >> doesn't fully understand the answer to this question. >> Currently I use the standard US/Canadian private label mark and >> one from Germany to meet the appropriate safety requirements. Our >> principle market are US, Europe, and Japan. >> I can get both the US and European investigations done >> concurrently with the same product samples, and I have yet to have a >> problem getting the equipment accepted by either the clients or the >> countries in which they reside. >> Given that what are the advantages I am not seeing in a CB >> scheme report? >> On the face of it a CB scheme report seems to be the proverbial >> one-stop-shopping solution we would all like to see. But as I check into >> it further a CB report doesn't seem to really provide a final answer. >> Each agency still has the prerogative of requesting samples although >> they may accept the test data from the CB approved lab. (UL for example >> indicated they probably would want a sample along with the report). >> Whether the issue is testing or product evaluation having to have some >> agency put me in their queue for approval seems to be a big step >> backwards. >> Currently, having recognized private label marks for Europe and the US >> has yet to cause a hitch in the normal customer base shipments. >> GOST and NOM are on the horizon and I suppose that because I >> have to send them products anyway because they are not part of the EC >> and want their own marks it suggests that a CB report might be >> beneficial in this case in speeding up the approval but overall I don't >> see a significant benefit to a CB scheme instead of my current approach. >> Am I missing the obvious? Am I making my life more difficult and >> expensive than it should be? >> >
