Brent,
I wasn't going to answer this because I don't have my references at
hand, but I see you haven't a response to this point.
The short course is you can't market or accept money prior to
receiving approval. With the DOC process that can be as soon as you get the
data, really.
The more interesting questions is when can you operate the device,
and part 2, I believe, does have several allowances for operating the
equipment ahead of time. All of which still require that the non-compliance
be plainly marked - not stuck in the Marketing folks' jacket at the trade
show for example. But you are allowed to operate on the manufacturing site,
trade shows, and other areas that are under the manufacturers control. A
beta test site, and you have taken no money for the product yet, is in my
opinion one such place. The purpose of Beta sites is to wring out or to
locate the last few bugs and other "hitches in the git-along" for complex
equipment.
You have to notify the customer that it is not yet approved and that
it will be before it is actually sold to them.
Sorry don't have the appropriate paragraphs to point you at for the
movement, but they are easy to find just by looking at the section indices -
again it has to be either part 2 or part 15.
If you run into a real grind give me a call and I'll try and get the
actual paragraphs into your hands.
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Pahl [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 11:26 AM
To: EMC-PSTC
Subject: Beta Shipments
I am researching the stipulations for the shipping of Beta versions of ITE
type equipment that is not yet compliant with the EU or FCC requirements. I
hope I won't need to use this information, but just in case, I would like to
know what my options are. Any help in these two arenas (i.e. Europe and US)
would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Brent Pahl
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