In article <[email protected]>, Kevin Harris <[email protected]> writes >In our line of business, there are several European harmonized >documents (ENs) related to our products that have nothing to do with >any directive. Where there was a national standard speaking to the same >topic it seems clear to me that the national one still must be >withdrawn. What is not so clear to me is, is a country required to >enforce an EN even when they had no national standard before and no >directive is involved? If the answer is no, would it change if they had >had a previous national standard?
No, it's not *required to* by any EU organ. But it MAY make conformity with an EN mandatory under national law, whether there was a previous national standard or not. However, this cannot prevent non-compliant products entering the country from other EU member states, so it's a good way of shooting your indigenous industry in the foot. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. There are two sides to every question, except 'What is a Moebius strip?' http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
