I read in !emc-pstc that Robert Macy <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'Non- compliant product put into EU marked', on Thu, 27 Dec 2001: >Wow! I've been telling clients that even a Beta test is allowed, as long as >absolutely no revenue is derived from it. Can't sell it. Can't rent it. >With no revenue, it is an exhibition, a test. > >Is this wrong?
Yes, it is wrong. An extensive beta test means putting into the field numerous samples of a product which may be unsafe and/or may cause interference to safety-of-life systems. The exemption for exhibitions etc. is on the balance of probability that ONE unit is unlikely to cause a problem. This is the implication of the Directive wording about 'taking into service', which stands *in parallel* with 'placing on the market'. In other words, if you do EITHER of those things, the Directive applies. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero. ------------------------------------------- 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: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
