>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.
One Response > >The CE Mark is not accepted outside Europe as a guarantee of compliance, >nor indeed in Europe is it fully accepted as such, although 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.... In my assumed "ideal world", there would be no unscupulous companies, and all would design fully safe products, not requiring third party assessments, only a self-declaration and globally accepted "mark". In the real world, your comments on the CE mark are accurate. However, it does represent the first attempt to employ a multi-national "mark", and drastically reduce the number of individual assessments required. The CB Scheme is another giant step in this direction. Although it does not automatically result in any marks, it does make the required approvals and marks easier to obtain than a decade ago. If a CB Test Report (and EMC report) is used to support a CE mark, then you do have an ideal "world", if only for a dozen or so countries. Incidentally, even though the LVD does not require a CB Scheme assessment, there are many non-European nations that have begun to require and accept a CB Test Report as the only means of local approval. George Alspaugh --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
