Don, CE marking is neither appropriate nor required for RoHS. In fact it has no meaning whatever in the context of RoHS. It applies only to the New Approach Directives such as EMC, ATEX, Medical Devices, Machinery, etc etc. There is no defined conformity assessment process, but a common one is to obtain RoHS declarations from all suppliers, assess your own manufacturing processes, and draw the conclusion that if all parts are compliant and your processes are compliant, then the whole product is compliant. Other approaches include analysis of all the materials. There are no product markings required for RoHS, but some manufacturers are choosing to mark products to seek some short term market advantage. Best regards
Neil R. Barker CEng MIEE FSEE MIEEE Manager Compliance Engineering e2v technologies (uk) ltd 106 Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford Essex CM1 2QU UK Tel: (+44) 1245 453616 Fax: (+44) 1245 453410 Mob: (+44) 7801 723735 From: UMBDENSTOCK, DON [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 24 February 2006 13:54 To: [email protected] Subject: RoHS and CE marking Dear Colleagues, The Europa website gives a list of directives to which CE marking does not apply. RoHS is not on that list. The website also gives a list of directives that CE marking does apply. RoHS is not on that one either. <http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/index_en.htm> http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/index_en.htm For CE marking, conformance assessment is required. I have found limits, but not a standard for establishing that the product itself is less than the limit. Of course we have the "knowledge" (supplier specs) that no part has restricted substances. What is the conformance assessment process for RoHS? Are there alternatives? Is CE marking appropriate? Don Umbdenstock Manager Compliance Engineering Tyco Safety Products / Sensormatic 6600 Congress Avenue Boca Raton, FL 33487 USA Phone: 561.912.6440 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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
