I read in !emc-pstc that John Allen <john.al...@era.co.uk> wrote (in <BFE68AB0084CD311B4FB00508B014C8703CF9CD3@MERCURY>) about 'EU DoC - ATEX Examples' on Fri, 8 Nov 2002: >In response to John's comment/question, the answer could well be that the >Commission and it's national enforcing authorities do not want to be faced >with the possibility of having chase 2(or even 3 or more under a multiple >branding situation) companies over a non-compliance/safety situation. Thus - >as far as Directives compliance is concerned - they want only 1 company to >take the responsibility for each product.
Maybe, but legally it won't wash. If Company B (marketer) were pursued for a violation, its lawyers would immediately involve Company A (manufacturer), and if they had previously earned their keep, that would be based on the contract between A and B requiring A to provide a DOC in every way and in every effect the same as if it were a DOC as required by the relevant Directives. -- 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: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com 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: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
