Nick, Wrong, read the GPS directive and the Commission's guidance notes. This was true under the old GPSD, but things have changed.
Richard Hughes Nick Williams wrote: > The GPSD will only apply if one of the CE marking directives which > has safety objectives (e.g. the LVD, but not the EMC Directive) does > not apply. The GPSD also applies only to 'consumer' products. > > I agree with your second paragraph, the logic of which applies to all > product safety directives, whether or not they involve CE marking. > > Regards > > Nick. > > At 10:34 pm +0000 7/3/06, Richard Hughes wrote: > >The General Product Directive will apply to your products, and in > >the UK that means the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 apply. > >See > ><http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/200 1803.htm>http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20051803.htm > > > > >Under these Regulations the authorities have the ability to require > >producers (manufacturers, importers and own branders) to withdraw > >product from the marketplace if they are unsafe. This can involve > >requiring producers to place public notices withdrawing all affected > >product. Therefore, it is in the manufacturers own interest to have > >a means of identifying products having a particular build standard > >that end users can recognise (otherwise you'll have to recall every > >single product). Most companies use serial numbers or manufacturing > >date codes in combination with the model number as the means of > >providing that traceability. > > > >Regards, > > > >Richard Hughes > > > - 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/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: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
