If I remember correctly, Rich Pescatore and others advocated the developement and use of a mark that indicated compliance conformity via the third party certification system. It could be used by any accredited Lab (NRTL, IECEE etc.) and demonstrats to all a continued compliance program as well as conformance to an internationally harmonized standard.
Scott Barrows KTL Dallas > -----Original Message----- > From: roger.vi...@wwgsolutions.com [SMTP:roger.vi...@wwgsolutions.com] > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 6:25 AM > To: geor...@lexmark.com > Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > Subject: Re: LVD voltage range. > > > > > George said: > >In the ideal world, there will be one global mark to indicate that the > >product meets all safety, health, EMC, environmental, and other > applicable > >standards. The CE mark is virtually this ideal mark, but is only > accepted > >within the 15 member states of the European Union and a few other > countries. > > The CE Mark is not accepted outside Europe as a guarantee of compliance, > nor > indeed in Europe is it fully accepted as such, althoutgh that was the > intention. > Because there is no mandatory third party involvement, unscrupulous > companies > and especially importers can apply the CE mark even when it is not > supported by > any evidence. That's why there is currently some pressure for a > third-party > approval mark. Trouble is, today you need dozens of these - UL, IRAM, VDE, > TUV, > GS, FI, Chinese marks, etc...... > > Roger > > > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, > jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or > roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators). > --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
