Please re-read John - we are not is disagreement My original statement - 'ONLY If they comply to harmonized standards they are "deemed to be" "safe"' is correct.
You statement "Conformity to standards is NOT the only way of demonstrating compliance with Directives" is also correct - but they are not "DEEMED" nor are they "Presumed" to be in compliance with the Directives. The point that I tried (and failed) to make was that the other ways of demonstrating compliance place a greater onus of proving (and associated risk) upon the company PROVING safety. After all - we cannot PROVE something is safe - the best we can do is to eliminate the potential hazards that we can find. Best regards Gregg From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 2:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Custom Units in EU I read in !emc-pstc that Gregg Kervill <[email protected]> wrote (in <015801c2d8e0$0abf5360$7100a8c0@MENHADEN>) about 'Custom Units in EU' on Thu, 20 Feb 2003: > > >The Simple * rule for the EU goes:- > >* Product SHALL be "safe" >* ONLY If they comply to harmonized standards they are "deemed to be" >"safe" No. Conformity to standards is NOT the only way of demonstrating compliance with Directives. But the other ways are, for most equipment, more costly and less certain. OTOH, for some products, they are the BEST way. I did read the disclaimer in the part of your message that I've snipped, but I don't think it was prominent enough to state the position fairly. -- 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: [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] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc 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] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
