Dear all, we have been advised by our CB ( and acredidation requires you ) to update key documents when changes occur: I read the D of C to be such a document.
Derek Walton John Allen wrote: > Hi Folks > > I disagree strongly with Scott's assessment that the DoC has to be resigned > for several very important and pragmatic reasons: > > a) To-date I have yet to see any official EU or other substantive document > to support his viewpoint. > > b) People are always "coming and going" - it is a fact of business life, > and new personnel inherit the legal responsibilities of the old. > (That said, the "old" personnel could still be prosecuted for knowingly > breaking the law if they had falsely signed a DoC). > > c) If Scott's viewpoint were widely held we would all be continuously > updating and reissuing our DoC's. In fact we would have little time for > anything else - like developing new products! > > d) The date of the signature then becomes critical - and could force a > complete review of the product against the latest versions of the > appropriate referenced standard(s). > > The problem comes if those standards have themselves been updated since the > date of the first signature - in which case a product might have to be > modified merely because the person signing the original DoC had left the > company! > > The latter proposition is plainly ludicrous and not envisaged in the > Directives or in the harmonised standards, which allow you to continue > manufacturing an unaltered compliant product for some considerable number > of years after the last date you are allowed to certify to a particular > issue level of a standard. > > e) The only realistic and supportable reasons for updating the DoC are thus > that : > (i) The product itself changes; > (ii) The standard(s) change, and you are going to continue manufacturing > beyond last date at which it is permissable to to manufacture and certify > to the particular issue level of the standard(s); > (iii) The company and/or model names/number change. > > The above opinion is my own, but I can see no reason why we - or any other > company - should take any different view. > > Regards > > John Allen > Product & System Safety Manager > Racal Defence Electronics Ltd > Bracknell > UK > > ---------- > From: Scott Douglas[SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: 11 November 1999 13:39 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: D of C - Who Signs? > > The DoC must be re-signed. > > Scott > [email protected] > ECRM Incorporated > Tewksbury, MA USA > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 10:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: D of C - Who Signs? > Importance: Low > > Hello! > > Forgive me for asking a possibly dumb question but here goes: > > If the EU Declaration of Conformity is signed by a > responsible/technically competent person who has been nominated on > behalf of the company's Directors and then that person leaves the > company, does his/her replacement who assumes the same level of > responsibility need to go back and re-issue all of the old D of C's > with their signature on the document. > > In other words is it acceptable to issue D of C's to > suppliers/customers which have been signed by someone who has left > the > company. > > Thankyou in advance. > > Tony Reynolds > Pitney Bowes (UK) Ltd > Tel +44 (0) 1279 449479 > Fax +44 (0) 1279 449118 > e-mail: [email protected] > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], or > [email protected] (the list administrators). > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], or > [email protected] (the list administrators). > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], or > [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
