Sorry I don't have a legal type answer for you, although I agree that it is against the spirit of the directive. I just though I would expand the controversy and ask if you know if they are also demanding that declarations for other directives like the LVD are also included with the shipment?
Best Regards, Kevin Harris Manager, Approval Services Digital Security Controls 1645 Flint Road Downsview, Ontario CANADA M3J 2J6 Tel +1 416 665 8460 Ext. 2378 Fax +1 416 665 7753 email: [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 11:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: French Customs demand EC Declaration! > > > > > Recently French customs have started to demand that shipments of CE marked > electronic products are accompanied by a copy of the EC Declaration of > Conformity to the EMC Directive. Companies are having product held up and > are > being fined. > This seems contrary to the spirit of the single market and is NOT > envisaged in > the EMC Directive, which requires only that the Declaration be held in > the EU. > It is required by French Law under "Bulletin Officiel du Douane" no. 6267 > of 26 > June 1998. This includes a specific law: DA no 98-112 - E/S (P.6112) > concerning > EMC of electrical and electronic equipment. > This includes a section (III - Role du Service) which reckons that any > importation is the first placing on the (EU) market of that item and > demands > that the importer must produce, at the time of importation, the necessary > documents, including the EC Declaration of Conformity, in order to support > the > customs declaration. Production of the document at a later date is not > authorised. > > Because customs inspections are applied only to goods from outside the EU, > the > problem occurs with products imported from US, etc. > > Does anyone have experience of this or believe it contravenes any EU laws? > > Thanks for any help, > > Roger Viles > Group Standards Manager > Wavetek Wandel Goltermann > > > > --------- > 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).
