Greg I think your statement needs some clarification.
Even if it is produced by Company A, the DoC must clearly state the name and model number of the Company B which sells the product in question in the EU, so that the document is clearly and specifically associated with that product as sold in the EU.. By comparison, if it were only to reference only the brand name and model number of Company A, the document would have no obvious relationship to the markings on the product itself. This would not go down well with inspecting authorities such as UK Trading Standards Officers, who could reasonably argue that the DoC - and thus the CE Marking - was of dubious provenance. Furthermore, I think that some "Company B's" might be somewhat unhappy from a marketing perspective to offer DoCs which clearly show that the product was manufactured by someone else (Company A) - and if multiple Company B's sell exactly the same product from Company A (especially if they charge different prices for it!). Therefore I believe that many of the former would prefer to produce their own DoCs which made no mention of Company A - which should be OK as the Company B's are legally required to hold the supporting technical files/documentation prepared by Company A. Regards John Allen Technical Consultant Electromagnetics, Safety and Reliability Group ERA Technology Ltd Cleeve Rd Leatherhead Surrey KT22 7SA Tel: +44 (0) 1372-367025 (Direct) +44 (0) 1372-367000 (Switchboard) Fax: +44 (0) 1372-367102 (Fax) (sent from my home email address) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 7:10 PM Subject: Re: EU DoC > > <<<Company A builds a device for company B which sells the device in the EU > under their own brand name. The device is subject to a Declaration of > Conformity, and both companies are located within the EU. Must both > companies issue a Declaration?<<< > > No. A declaration from either company will suffice. > > > > 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"
