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
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