Hi Greg The newly formed EMC Industries Association www.emcia.org is already in contact with UK Trading Standards and will be offering seminars.
With regards to the threads on test houses Greg Galluccio and others I will find out more about the details of this product. Will also seek comments from an eminent UK lawyer on these matters. (but I will not be paying him) Cheers Alan E Hutley EMC Compliance Journal www.compliance-club.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Gregg Kervill To: 'Emc-Pstc Discussion Group' Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 5:17 PM Subject: RE: EMC Prosecution in UK - Safety??? Saving money on Enforcement There have been many good issues raised in this thread - in particular the issue of 'bad' case-law being set. I remember a very good UK lawyer friend of mine predicting that initial case-law would be suspect and based upon incomplete knowledge and understanding of the issues. And that until cases were taken to the High Court where a knowledgeable technical defense was made the law would remain unsound. HOWEVER. If the product failed EMC I would bet a dollar to a doughnut that it would also fail safety! I also know that in some countries there are few resources for training Enforcement Officer and therefore I will offer to make a short multimedia-training program available (free of charge) to ANY Eu Enforcement Officer that contacts me directly. EMC requires expensive testing equipment - BUT most Product Safety non-compliances can be identified with a physical inspection. - Hence this is an opportunity for the enforcement services to save money. Best regards Gregg Gregg Kervill DipIM, MIMgt, MIEEE VP Engineering Test4Safety.com Inc PO Box 310, Reedville, VA 22539. USA Phone ( 804) 453-3141 Fax (804) 453-9039 http://www.test4safety.com/
