Thanks to Enci, and the link he provided, I have my answer, and perhaps it will cut through some of the semantics discussion, by introducing the one term that seems to really count in discussing the standards route: "presumption of conformity".
The New Approach guideline seems pretty clear: a standard is NOT considered to provide a presumption of conformity until it has been published in the OJ. That tells us 2 things: 1. Until it is published in the OJ it does not satisfy the standards route to compliance. You can use it but you're not within the bounds of the standards route. 2. If a single standard applicable to your equipment is published in the OJ without limitations, it provides presumption of conformity for your equipment. You do not need to use any other standard, even if others that appear also to cover your equipment have been published in the OJ. Comments? Jim Eichner, P.Eng. Manager, Engineering Services Xantrex Technology Inc. Mobile Power phone: (604) 422-2546 fax: (604) 420-1591 e-mail: jim.eich...@xantrex.com web: www.xantrex.com -----Original Message----- From: Brian Jones [mailto:e...@brianjones.co.uk] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 1:01 AM To: John Woodgate; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: SV: Generic emissions - EN 61000-6-3 John We will have to agree to disagree on the semantic issues BUT I will not accept your putting words in my mouth on interpretations of the current and draft EMC Directives. For the record, I deliberately used the word "apply" which is the wording of the current Directive. Apply does not necessarily mean "test". I did not mention the draft revision. Brian Jones EMC Consultant and Competent Body Signatory ------------------------------------------- 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: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org 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. ------------------------------------------- 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: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org 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.
