The key word in 1.7.12 is 'country'. At the moment, Canada is one country, with two official languages, either of which is legally acceptable. I will say though, that regradless of the law, I believe we are morally obliged to make safety instuctions as clear and understandable as possible, as a misunderstanding of an instruction could potentially cause a hazard to someone. That means, we translate important instructions/labels into French and English for Canada.
Regards Doug [email protected]@majordomo.ieee.org on 08/02/2002 11:37:56 AM Please respond to [email protected] Sent by: [email protected] To: [email protected] cc: Subject: Re: Marking Languages for Canada Gary McInturff wrote: >>>>I believe UL does require it, but as Rich pointed out it isn't always followed up, and II think is somewhat vague about it, intentionally I imagine. To be very specific about it one would have to know what countries the equipment will be installed in? Often the manufacturer doesn't know, or if they do initially that is subject to change. If you can't control the export then do you require warnings in Malayalam (Southern India I believe), Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, (which dialect). ad nausium. How about those countries where UL 60950 has no real standing. I think EN60950 has the same clauses and they are no more illuminating. 1.7.12 Language Instructions and equipment marking related to safety shall be in a language which is acceptable in the country in which the equipment is to be installed. <<<<<<< This is pretty much on the mark. I was a manager at UL when this issue was put forth to the chief engineer's office. It was recognized that the standard required warning markings to be placed on the product in the appropriate language for the intended market, and the follow-up service procedures specifically included that requirement. However, it was also understood that there is no way for any UL follow-up inspector to know where the product was intended to be shipped, nor is it possible for a FUS inspector to evaluate a warning marking in Swahili, for example and determine its compliance with the standard. Therefore, the decision was to have the inspectors verify the english wording of the warning marking and place the burden of compliance with local language (other than English) on the manufacturer. Greg Galluccio www.productapprovals.com ------------------------------------------- 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" ------------------------------------------- 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"
