Typically the requirements for a European power cord is that it should be marked <HAR>, indicating that it has been approved through a European "harmonized" scheme for the approval of such cords. Without going into the complications of this arrangement, I believe that manufacturers of such cords in countries which do not adopt European standards cannot obtain HAR approval, and to get round this, they get an approval to the appropriate European standard from a European test house such as VDE (or indeed, from many test houses). Without entering into the debate on whether a power cord is a component, and whether components should be CE marked, I can only say that I haven't seen a CE marked power cord, only cords marked either with <HAR> or VDE, etc. To summarise, I believe that your VDE approval is all you require. Regards, John Crabb, (Product Safety) , NCR Financial Solutions Group Ltd., Discovery Centre, 3 Fulton Road, Dundee, Scotland, DD2 4SW E-Mail :[email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1382-592289 (direct ). Fax +44 (0)1382-622243.
From: George Stults [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 13 May 2003 18:20 To: [email protected] Subject: required power cord markings Hello Group, I have a detachable AC power cord proposed for shipment to Europe. It has VDE markings which I take to be a German safety approval, but no CE mark. Must it have the CE mark for shipment to Europe? The ITE equipment that it ships with is CE marked. Thanks in advance George Stults WatchGuard Technologies Inc.
