For the European law, company B is considered as "manufacturer" and shall issue the DoC. No point company A issues its own DoC.
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." There are two ways company B ensures compliance with EU Directives: 1. Company B shall request from company A all necessary proof of compliance with the relevant standards. 2. Company B qualifies the product and prepares supporting documentation. Company B will do QA, audits and inspections at company A to ensure consistency of all products with the test sample(s). Alexandru Guidea CAE Inc. Montreal, CANADA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: 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? Richard Woods Sensormatic Electronics Tyco International ------------------------------------------- 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"
