In my experience, these EMC standards apply to sale of new products, not components provided for service. My previous employer was called upon to provide parts and modules to maintain older equipment. A number of these instruments predated CE marking entirely and there was never a problem shipping replacement parts to Europe, or shipping the entire instrument out of and back to Europe for repair. Service and maintenance cannot be expected to bring instruments sold under earlier standards up to every new standard. There is of course an important gray area of what is a component or what is a product in its own right, but this really rests on how something is being sold. If it's a replacement part you order through a service department, specific to the installed equipment base, then I would expect no problem. Just my opinion, based on what I've seen and read.
Paul O'Shaughnessy Affymetrix, Inc. Woburn, MA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 5:37 PM To: Don Rhodes; '[email protected]' Subject: Re:Customer service issues w/ EN61000-3-2 & 3-3 forwarding for [email protected] ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Customer service issues w/ EN61000-3-2 & 3-3 Author: Don Rhodes <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: 9/27/00 10:56 AM Does anyone know how the Harmonics & Flicker requirements apply to non-compliant, yet non-saleable product after 1/1/01? We will need to provide customer service on products via warrantee exchanges & parts shipments, etc. to the EU after 1/1/01, for product which does not comply and will not be offered for sale in the EU after the cut-in date. Is there any known exemption for such cases? References to any cited documentation is appreciated. Don Rhodes [email protected] <mailto:[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]
