I read in !emc-pstc that Locke, Darrell <[email protected]>
wrote (in <[email protected]
input.com>) about 'Declaration of Conformity by 3rd Party' on Mon, 4 Aug
2003:
>    I have a question on the Declaration of Conformity for CE Marking.  
>    It is my understanding that it is created by the party placing the 
>    product on the market in the EU.  Has anyone ever heard of a 
>                                                                 DOC by 
>    a third party such as a test lab?  What about when one manufacturer 
>    CE marks a subassembly that another manufacturer places on the 
>    market?  I would think the DOC is still issued by the party placing 
>    the product on the market.
>
The manufacturer (of the final product) has a NON-DELEGATABLE
responsibility to produce and sign the DOC. Anyone, other than the
manufacturer, who produces a document that appears to be a DOC, with
intent to deceive, commits an offence in most European countries.
-- 
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