I read in !emc-pstc that Joe P Martin <[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'Custom Units in EU' on Wed, 19 Feb 2003:
>We are planning to manufacture up to 50 units for laboratory use. Each of >these units will be one of a kind. These units will be shipped to the EU >to our own laboratory and operated by our personnel. If I recall correctly >there are exemptions for one of a kind units for EMC, LVD and Machinery >Directives. Not for EMC and LVD. >However, I was unable to locate this information in the >guidelines to these Directives. Can members of the group provide me with >specific information regarding the requirements, if any, for one of a kind >units located in the manufacturers facility and operated by employees of >the manufacturer in the EU? The products are 'taken into service', so the Directives apply. You MIGHT, in some countries, be able to argue that they are not 'in free circulation', but most countries probably won't accept that. What matters, and what you don't say, is the degree of commonality between the 50 products, even though they all differ. You can use the Technical Construction File route for EMC, based on a selected 'worst- case' product and statements of the variation. However, there is no such short-cut under the LVD, for obvious reasons. OTOH, depending on the nature of the product, you may be able to have one sample third-party tested and self-certify the others on the basis of that. This is the sort of situation where a good consultant could save you more than the consultancy fee, but I'm not bidding for the job. -- 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
