Chris, This is why I refer to the EMC Directive as the "EMC Professionals Employment Act of 1989". If they did away with these regulations, we'd all have to actually work for a living. Long life the regulators! ;)
Ghery Pettit I guarantee that the opinion expressed above is NOT that of my employer! -----Original Message----- From: Chris Maxwell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:09 AM To: Chris Chileshe; [email protected] Subject: RE: CE Mark I'll tell you what CE means. It means "Continued Employment" for "Compliance Engineers" so that we can "Continue to Eat". That's about the size of it. No shipments to Europe equals no business equals no job. So do the tests, document your tests, put the sticker on, ship product and send out the invoice. Personally, I wouldn't care if they told me to put a sticker with Donald Duck on the unit. As long as the customs officials accept it. :-) Actually, this probably is the opinion of my employer, so no disclaimer needed. Chris Maxwell | Design Engineer - Optical Division email [email protected] | dir +1 315 266 5128 | fax +1 315 797 8024 NetTest | 6 Rhoads Drive, Utica, NY 13502 | USA web www.nettest.com | tel +1 315 797 4449 | > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Chileshe [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 7:53 AM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: CE Mark > > > > This understanding (appended e-mail below) is correct AFAIK. I also > checked > out the website http://www.conformance.co.uk and they seem to agree > with > the notion it doesn't really mean anything *any more*. Here is an > excerpt > from > their site .. > > ..................... > > "We quite often get asked what the 'CE' in the CE logo stands for. > > If anything it probably stands for Communitee Europeen being the > French way > of saying European Community. It could also represent Conformite > Europeen. > However, it is far from certain that whoever invented the mark (some > bureaucrat in Brussels) had anything particular in mind other than to > create a logo which would be universally recognised in the European > Union, > and given all the national prejudices about language in the different > countries of the EU, even if the original inventor had something > specific > in mind, it was probably conveniently forgotten by the time it became > 'official'. So, officially, it's just a logo and has no linguistic > meaning. > > .................................. > > Best regards > > - Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:44 PM > To: Jody Leber > Cc: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: CE Mark > > > > Hi Jody > > According to sources within the European Commission the letters CE now > have > no > meaning. Communitie European seems to have been assumed from the > inception > of > the directives but now CE means CE. > > Slaint > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet > delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. 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