Russell Beattie wrote:Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 10:58:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Russell Beattie Subject: Reassessment of Equipment To: johnjuh...@ge-interlogix.com
John With regard to the reassessment of your equipment which was first assessed several years ago. Quoting directly from the EMC directive, Article 3 "Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that apparatus as referred to in article 2 may be placed on the market or taken into service only if it complies with the requirements laid down by this directive when it is properly installed and maintained and when it is used for the purpose for which it is intended" Apparatus refers to each and every piece of equipment and not a product range. It applies to a specific, individual piece of equipment when it is placed on the market. Therefore even though your product may have been approved many years ago, if you manufacture new examples they are now required to meet the new, and more stringent requirements in place today in the form of harmonized standards. The EMC Directive IS NOT A TYPE APPROVAL REGIME. There is no Grandfather clause. I hope I may of helped, I was until I came to the USA a competent body in the UK best regards Russ Beattie --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better
