I believe the conflict arises because the Commission has moved from the old
approach to the new approach and they have also been revising their own
point of view on standards. Here is the latest from the R&TTE Directive.
Article 2(h): "'Harmonized standard' means a technical specification adopted
by a recognized standards body under a mandate from the Commission in
conformity with the procedures laid down in Directive 98/34/EC for the
purpose of establishing a European requirement, compliance with which is not
compulsory."
Article 5.1: "Where apparatus meets the relevant harmonized standards or
parts thereof whose reference numbers have been published in the Official
Journal of the European Communities, Member States shall presume compliance
with those of the essential requirements referred to in Article 3 as are
covered by the said harmonized standards or parts thereof."
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From: Jim Eichner [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 5:36 PM
To: 'emc-pstc'
Subject: RE: Harmonized Standards
Greetings all:
I eagerly visited this site, particularly the page dealing with
Harmonized Standards at
http://www.newapproach.org/NewApproach/402.htm
but was a bit disappointed. The description is thorough and filled
with
new ways of using words that I used to think I knew the meaning of,
but
it doesn't answer the fundamental question that was the focus of the
forum discussion a while back:
Is publication in the OJ a mandatory pre-requisite of a standard
being
considered Harmonized (and therefore providing a presumption of
conformity)?
I will eagerly await the update a couple of weeks from now, and any
new
input on this question!
Regards,
Jim Eichner
Statpower Technologies Corporation
[email protected]
http://www.statpower.com
Any opinions expressed are those of my invisible friend, who really
exists. Honest.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WOODS, RICHARD [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 6:27 AM
> To: 'emc-pstc'
> Subject: Harmonized Standards
>
> The Commissions official viewpoint on the rules for the use of
> harmonized
> standards can be found at www.newapproach.org
> <http://www.newapproach.org> .
> Click on "Concepts." According to the webmaster, "The concepts
text
> originates from the Commission, however I understand it is
currently
> under
> revision and it is on the agenda for a meeting to be held next
week. I
> expect the final "official" text to be on the site in the
following
> week.
>
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