I can understand your frustration Kevin. Consider how standards come to be.
First the Commission gives a mandate to CENELEC to develop a standard in
support of the essential requirements of a particular directive. The
Commission monitors the development of the standard, so they have a strong
influence over its contents. Once the standard has been approved by CENELEC,
you can bet that the standard is also acceptable to the Commission. It is
then published in the OJ. Therefore, it is not CENELEC that you should be
throwing darts at, rather it is the Commission. Also remember that the
standards are voluntary. You can always build a technical construction file
and not abide by the tests you feel are unnecessary if you can get a
Notified Body to agree with you.
Richard Woods
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From: Kevin Harris [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 6:01 PM
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 [mailto:[email protected]]
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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