Hi Andy,
A certificate of incorporation is what should be issued with a sub-assembly that cannot operate on its own, and will be incorporated into a larger machine once shipped into the EU. See the machinery directive 98/37/EC, article 4, para 2, for the requirement for an article of incorporation, and see annex II, section B for the information to list on the article of incorporation. In general, an article of incorporation is exactly like the DOC with these exceptions: 1. At the top, you list "Article of Incorporation" instead of "Declaration of Conformity" :-) 2. You do not have to list any directives or standards, as the item is not required to comply with any AT THIS TIME. 3. You must include the statement "This machine must not be put into service until such time as the machinery into which it is incorporated has been declared in conformity with the provisions of the Machinery Directive 98/37/EC", or something very similar. Note that an interesting point is that at the time of import, the equipment does not have to comply with the machinery directive nor any technical standards. It must comply eventually, when the equipment is incorporated and the larger assembly is declared to be in compliance. The machine also should not be CE marked under the machinery directive when this route is used. An second interesting aside is that while the machinery directive has provision for a declaration of incorporation, the EMC directive and LVD directives do not. A purist would insist that while MD compliance can be delayed, compliance with the others can not. However, in practice, we delay compliance with all three if needed until incorporation time. Best Regards, Frank W. ---[From the computer of...]----------------------------------------- Mr. Frank West Sr. Engineer TUV Rheinland 7853 SW Cirrus Dr. Beaverton, OR. 97008 T 503-469-8880 Ext 205 F 503-469-8881 [email protected] "Veit, Andy" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent by: cc: owner-emc-pstc@majordom Subject: Certificate of Incoorporation??? o.ieee.org 06/28/2001 11:28 AM Please respond to "Veit, Andy" Hello- Can someone explain to me what a "Certificate of Incorporation" is? One of our vendors wants to supply this in lieu of an "EU Declaration of Conformity" for CE compliance. Can someone enlighten me? Thanks again- -Andy Andrew Veit Systems Design Engineer MTS Systems Corp Ph: 919.677.2507 Fax: 919.677.2480 1001 Sheldon Drive Cary, NC 27513 ------------------------------------------- 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: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall," ------------------------------------------- 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: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
