Group:
Yesterday the US Dept of Commerce held a meeting regarding the EMC
annex of a Mutual Recognition Agreement being worked out between the US and
the european union. The idea is to work out procedures where american emc
labs will be recognized by the europeans as full-fledged "competent bodies."
that is, to give us the same status the european emc labs.
Before we all jump for joy, this looks like the first step towards
replacing our FCC rules with the vague, arcane amd constantly changing
european standards. This would enrich the emc labs (like us) but would put a
big burden on all manufacturers, specially small businesses. I think that in
the long run this would be very bad for our economy.
Anyway, I went to the meeting & brought back about 50 pages of
handouts, with some interesting stats. For example: last year the Germans
failed 44% of the domestic radio and tv sets they tested. They hit
manufacturers with a total of 418,000 Marks in fines (about $200,000). This
doesnt seem like much, until you figure that each european country is about
as big as one of our states. multiply by 50.
There is too much material to post on our web site. If any one is
interested, Ill send you a copy for the cost of printing and postage. $10
ought to do it.
Send to TEMPEST INC. 11654 PLAZA AMERICA DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Note: we are doing this as a service to the group. This is not a
commercial, so please don't dump us off the reflector (again) Rich! ;)
Regards,
Lou
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