Courtland, Assuming all of the standards that apply to your equipment are harmonised, you are correct there is no need for a Notified Body. Not a bad idea however to have them do your testing. As far as the authorized representative within the community, I have long believed that this was not necessary. In fact the RTTE and the EMC directive use the same language: "Where neither the mfg. nor his authorized representative is established within the community, the obligation to keep the DoC and the technical documentation at the disposal of the competent authority shall be the responsibility of the person who places the product on the Community market". 9 times out of 10 that person will be the mfg. or the authorized rep, but clearly, it does not have to be.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sam Wismer Lead Regulatory Engineer/ Radio Approvals Engineer LXE, Inc. (770) 447-4224 Ext. 3654 Visit Our Website at: http://www.lxe.com -----Original Message----- From: Courtland Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 5:07 PM To: emcpost Subject: RTTE Directive Hello group, I have been reading through different articles on the RTTE Directive and getting somewhat confused. I have concluded that there is no requirement for an authorized representative within the Community any longer. This may have been the case all along, but it was good to have that person to submit the technical files to a notified body. I believe the notified body requirement goes away with the RTTE directive also. Now all that is required is for the manufacturer to maintain the technical file and produce the Declaration of Conformity. Am I on the right page? Thanks, Courtland Thomas Patton Electronics ------------------------------------------- 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,"
