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/si2005/2005 803.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
