I read in !emc-pstc that Tyra, John <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'CE Marking for Passive speakers' on Tue, 17 Sep 2002:
>I was wondering if anyone out there can provide me with help in determining >whether passive speakers and headphones are required to be CE-Marked for >entry into the EU? Yes, they are. > >We have an old document from BAPT in Germany which implies that passive >speakers are required to be CE Marked but this does not seem to make sense >to me since there are no active components in the products and we would be >declaring compliance by default. I have the same concern for Headphones. The absence of active components is irrelevant. The EMC and Low Voltage Directives apply. > >Also does anyone have a good contact person in the EU possibly with the >European Commission they could share I would like to try to get some kind of >official ruling on this issue. It's already established. You don't need a 'golden word'. > >While it would be simple to CE-Mark our passive speaker products there are >costs involved so I would prefer not to do it if it is not required. What cost? You can self-certify. If the loudspeaker magnets are not shrouded, you should put in the user instructions something like: 'Keep this product at least 30 cm from items sensitive to magnetic fields, such as magnetic discs and cathode ray tubes.' -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! ------------------------------------------- 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: Ron Pickard: [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://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
