Hi, My understanding is that the DOC has to be signed by an officer of the company that has the responsibility and authority (stop shipment if not in compliance) of the product. In your case the Compliance Engineer may have the responsibility but probably not the authority. The President would have both the responsibility and authority and unless there was fraud involved, he is going to be liable.
Ned Devine Entela, Inc. Program Manager III Phone 616 248 9671 Fax 616 574 9752 e-mail [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Mark Schmidt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 1:55 PM To: Courtland Thomas; emcpost Subject: RE: Responsibilities Courtland, It has always been my understanding that the Company/President or VP of Engineering is ultimately responsible for product compliance. Ignorance of Regulatory law at a senior management level is not a valid excuse. Granted the Compliance person may be terminated in the process, but the responsibility resides with the Company. Mark Schmidt -----Original Message----- From: Courtland Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 4:06 PM To: emcpost Subject: Responsibilities Hello group, I have a question concerning responsibility when signing off on compliance issues. Who is ultimately responsible for the product, the compliance engineer or the company. Let's say that a device has been 'Self Declared' to be 'CE' compliant. The D of C is signed by the compliance engineer as well as the President of the company. For some reason, whatever it may be, the unit is found to be non-compliant. Who gets locked up? I may be exaggerating somewhat, but you get the idea. Courtland Thomas ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
