You do not make it clear as to what Directive you are referring to. I can respond regarding safety and the LVD. The requirements under the LVD are that equipment must be safe and complying with the principle elements of the safety objectives of Annex I and that they should be constructed in accordance with good engineering practise. If the product complies with the safety provisions of harmonized standards (listed in the OJ) then in general it shall be considered to be safe.
The Directive does not say that products not complying with standards are unsafe, and it does not directly specify which standard should be used for a particular product (this is only obtained from the scope of the standard in the OJ). Therefore you can apply any requirements you like including those of a 'non-appropriate' standard as long as the product is safe in the situation that it being used. If you use an inappropriate standard and the product is found to be unsafe, you will be liable! - particularly if using the appropriate sandard would have made the product safe. Using the example below the options are: Retest to the appropriate standard for audio/video (Much of the testing will already be covered by the testing to the primary use standard), then list the new standard on the DOC. Make the judgement that there are no additional hazards associated with the secondary use and that compliance with the standard already used is sufficient, do not list the new standard as it has not been used. If your product is certified with an agency and the secondary use will also require certification, I expect there will be no choice but to use the new standard I hope this helps. Best regards Glenn Moffat TUV International UK Tel: +121 634 8000 Fax: +121 634 8080 Assume a product is primarily intended for a particular use (example: CCTV for surveillance use) and the appropriate ENs are applied for that intended use and a Declaration of Conformity is issued listing the applied standard. Now assume that the product is marketed and sold for a secondary intended use (example: professional audio/video) where the same essential requirements apply but other ENs exist for that application. Is it legally required to also apply the other ENs and list them on the Declaration? ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
