Oooops! Brent, I don't think you want an agency "....that has a more relaxed interpretation of the "CB Update" requirement." You will find that your CB report would not be accepted by other countries/agencies. The CB Scheme requires all its participant labs and agencies to "update" their CB reports every 3 years, change or no change. You should be grateful that your agency is reminding you of this fact. Can you imagine your surprise or better yet, the surprise of your Marketing organization, that you flubbed and that the CB report you were counting on is no longer valid!!!!!
My recommendation is that you update your budget to take this into account, and schedule this on a timely basis. Try to align your changes every year and a half. Tell your purchasing department to buy enough parts to last in between. Or..... pay the price. Tania Grant, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Lucent Technologies, Intelligent Network Unit Messaging Solutions Group ---------- From: Compliance [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 3:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Actual requirement or money making scheme? Hello wise colleagues - Just recently, we have decided to add some alternate components to one of our CB Reports and was informed by a particular agency that we needed to have a new CB Report issued since we already have 3 updates to the existing report. In the past, we were able to add an alternate plastic to the CB report and just pay for an addendum (few thousand...I know, I am already getting ripped off). But, now to add an alternate component and pay for a full CB Report and Certificate?! That does not make sense. After talking to the project engineer, he indicated that this is the direction of his organization and this interpretation will be implemented across the board with all member agencies. We only have a few products with few changes. I would hate to work for a computer manufacturer who changes the disk drive manufacturer and model numbers like it was last month's model. Oh yeah, it was last month's model. All I know is that this change in policy will push me well over budget this year. Without turning this into a bashing session of any particular agency, can anyone direct me to an agency that has a more relaxed interpretation of the "CB Update" requirement? Thank you very much for your time and your expert advice. Best Regards, Brent Taira ------------------------------------------- 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]
