Hello Kevin,
What you need to show conformity with the EMC directive is to fulfil a
harmonized standard, if such exist. (If there is no such standard that can
be used - that is another question.)
Other standards are not in question, at least not for the authorities, so
fulfil EN 50130-4, and ignore EN 54!
What costumers require can be different.
Conflicting standards and the fast growing number of standards (and so on)
has been and is a subject in the EU. The EU therefore started the SLIM
project (SLIM = Simpler Legislation for the Internal Market), with the aim
to point at where the EU legislation could be simplified. Members of the
SLIM task group were mainly people from the authorities in the EU member
states.
SLIM has beeen mentioned in this group before, so I looked in my archive:
>From 05.03.98
Hi everyone
The European Commission has just accepted that the EMC Directive is
to be one of the pieces of legislation to be reviewed under the SLIM
(Simpler Legislation for the Internal Market) initiative during 1998.
The UK had proposed a review of the directive during the last two
phases of SLIM, but had not receievd sufficient support. This year there
was support from Austria, Denmark, France and Germany.
The review will take place during the next six months with a report
expected at the end of the year.
I do NOT expect to see major changes (such as removal of immunity)
and it is possible that there will be no changes recommended at all.
I hope to be able to report a little more fully in the near future.
Best wishes
Brian Jones
Independent EMC Consultant, England
Telephone & Fax +44 1564 773319
Two places to find out more about the SLIM process:
www.cix.co.uk/~approval/
(select news article where there is a pair of articles, or search on
SLIM)
www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg03/directs/dg3d/d1/eleng/index.htm
it's all there. click on emc, then click on slim.
The SLIM process has brought up the Strategic Rewiev Panel (SRP) with the
aim of reviewing and when necessary simplify the world of EMC standards.
There was a SRP meeting at 29. Oktober, but I have not seen the minutes yet.
As a member of the Danish committee for EMC I have had and have the
possibility of giving inputs to both the SLIM and the SRP.
That is a way of telling that there are too many and too different and too
conflicting standards. Maybe especially for EU citizens, but I think, and
hope, that good ideas and advices are wellcome from all over the world.
Hope this can be of maybe some inspiration.
If you have comments don't hesitate to contact me
Regards
Niels Hougaard
EMC Engineer, B.Sc.E.E.
BARCO Communication Systems - Denmark
Emdrupvej 26
DK - 2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
Telephone + 45 39 17 00 00
Direct + 45 39 17 08 15
Fax + 45 39 17 00 10
E-mail [email protected]
Web www.barco.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Harris [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: 10. november 1999 00:01
> To: EMC-PSTC (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: European Standards in conflict with the EMC directive
>
>
> Hello Again Group,
>
> Well the group's total silence on this point is indeed interesting. Does
> nobody know how to proceed or is everyone just keeping their corporate
> heads
> down :))))
> Please reply offline if you feel uneasy answering this question in a
> public
> forum.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Kevin Harris
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Harris
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 10:38 AM
> To: EMC-PSTC (E-mail)
> Subject: European Standards in conflict with the EMC directive
>
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Is there an established procedure for demanding the withdrawal of EMC
> clauses within standards who's primary purpose is industry regulation, not
> EMC. In my company's industry there is an established product family
> standard for EMC (EN50130-4) but the good people at CENELEC seem to be
> ignoring the EMC directive, and have published within the last year or
> two,
> EN standards which include EMC testing clauses, with methods that are at
> odds with the EMC document EN50130-4 published in the OJ. Especially
> troubling to me is the fact that all of the test organisations that test
> for
> the industry regulation specification do not accept either third party or
> self declarations that the product is EMC compliant. I do not wish to test
> the same product more than once for a single market. What path do you
> recommend I follow to demand the repeal of these clauses.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Kevin Harris
> Manager, Approval Services
> Digital Security Controls
> 3301 Langstaff Road
> Concord, Ontario
> CANADA
> L4K 4L2
>
> Tel +1 905 760 3000 Ext. 2378
> Fax +1 905 760 3020
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