Courtland, I saw many quick responses to your question that may be missing the essence of your question.
Actually, the answer which you seek depends on what you mean by "CE" To "CE" mark most electronic products, meeting the radiated immunity requirements IS required. A Declaration of Conformity IS required. A test IS NOT required (literally). So, if you are confident enough to put your name on the Declaration of Conformity that the product meets the radiated immunity requirements without testing. There's nothing to stop you. Just remember, if an agency in Europe spot checks your product and it fails their test; they are going to throw the book at you if you didn't test at all. Because not testing shows a lack of "due diligence". However, if you make a flashlight (which is electronic, but consists of only a battery, switch and a bulb) you can pretty much guarantee that it will meet the radiated immunity requirements without testing. It is for these types of products that CENELEC gives us the option of Declaring without testing. I believe that "CE" for medical products is different. For them, you can't just declare conformity to the radiated immunity standards. A radiated immunity test (or review by a Competent Body) IS required. "CE" for non electronic products such as toys, pillow cases, couch cushions, chia pets ..., of course won't include radiated immunity testing. (Although personally, I would love to fry a chia pet just for payback for those annoying TV commercials. Does anybody actually collect their "trading cards"?) I think the moral of this story is that "CE" can mean many different things to many different people. I have first hand experience with people from the factory floor all the way to executive managers throwing around "CE" as a buzz word without really knowing what it means. That's why they pay us to take care of the details. Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Courtland Thomas [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 5:51 PM > To: emcpost > Subject: Radiated Immunity > > > Hello group, > > I have heard that the Radiated Immunity test is not required for 'CE'. I > don't recall reading that anywhere, so I would like to know what the story > is. > > Thanks, > > Courtland Thomas > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
