I read in !emc-pstc that Alexandru Guidea <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'subcontracted parts - compliance with EN's' on Wed, 25 Sep 2002: > >Dear colleagues, > >This questions might have been asked before. Still looking for answers... > >Our company purchases power distribution equipment designed per our specs. >This equipment is not put on the market, but integrated in our products, and >does safety/EMC functions(EMI filtering, protection, emergency stop) among >other things, in accordance to the EC Directives applicable to our product. >We believe there is no point to have it CE marked but only compliant with >the standards we need.
Correct. >The text of the EMC Directive reads "the manufacturer >may subcontract certain operations, e.g., apparatus design or production, >provided that he retains overall control and responsibility for the >apparatus as a whole. By the same token, he may use ready-made items or >components, CE marked or not, to produce the apparatus without losing his >status as a manufacturer." > >We follow the Technical Construction File route for CE marking. What's the >documentation required from our sub-contractors that proves compliance with >the EN standards we indicate? Do we need complete copies of test reports, >technical description, analysis, or just a statement of compliance would do >the job? You need all the data you list, to go the TCF route. >What's the legal value of such a paper in North-America? As we >don't control their production (parts, quality, etc,) what's the >documentation we shall request to ensure all production units are compliant? >What's the industry/your practice in this case? > > >Alexandru Guidea >CAE Inc. >Montreal, CANADA > > > > > >------------------------------------------- >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" -- 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"
