Hi folks, A year or so back the IEC decided to extend the IECEE CB Scheme to cover EMC as well as safety. The list of EMC standards which can be used in conjunction with this scheme is given at http://www.iecee.org/CBSCHEME/Standard/emc.htm - it is quite a list!
The IECEE have more recently decided to to publish some information regarding the category of products where CB Certificates have bee issued on their web site (see http://certificates.iecee.org cbtestcert/cbtestcert.nsf/476c88daa9b602fbc12570990038ef4b/ ). Looking at the above site shows that while some certificates have been issued in respect to CISPR 14 (which covers domestic appliances), none have been issued in that period to CISPR 22. I am interested in knowing why the scheme is (or seems to be) so little used for EMC. Of course, I can understand that in many parts of the world EMC compliance is a first party (supplier's declaration) activity whereas safety requires a third party certificate - so this mitigates against companies paying for something they do not see a market demand for. However, many manufactures of finished goods often contractually require their sub-assembly and component suppliers to have those items CB 'approved' because it eases the burden on them, both in terms of initial compliance and on-going follow-up. Why then does the scheme seem so under used? Thanks for your consideration and replies. Richard Hughes p.s. And in case you were wondering, no I do not work for a test house and I'm not trying to drum up business! - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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
