John, I understand your point in who will suffer. But the current fines that are imposed do not prevent these companies from curtailing their current activities. I believe at least a public humiliation of that company will help subside some of the blatant failures.
By the way I do not work for a test house, I am just trying to clean up and legitimize the rules that were set up by the EC and FCC as well as other EMC laws out there. If these Rules do not have any teeth, then more people will be loosing their jobs because more and more companies will be doing the same. Mark J. Kirincic [email protected] From: "John Woodgate" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:02 AM Subject: Re: OK, what's going on? > > I read in !emc-pstc that Mark Kirincic <[email protected]> wrote > (in <091001c2f4dd$85c69910$6501a8c0@kristina2005>) about 'OK, what's > going on?' on Thu, 27 Mar 2003: > > >In my opinion, what really needs to be done is full accountability for failed > >products that the company by having the company name made public at the FCC and > >CE websites and trade journals. Also have the companies pay for audits of all > >the units that are in the country that fail to meet FCC and CE standards. What > >I am saying is to charge a flat fee per unit that fails. Secondly, I would > >prevent them form selling into a market segment if the audit shows non > >compliance of multiple units. Have the company provide future proof of > >compliance before shipping which will hurt them in their pocket book a lot more > >than just a simple fine. > > Can you produce a justification for such Draconian measures? Economic > damage or risk to human life comparable with the penalties you propose? > Remember, every penalty you apply to a company ends up with either its > employees losing their jobs or its customers paying higher prices. So, > who would benefit from your proposals, apart from test-houses? > -- > 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
