In message <[email protected]>, dated Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Grace Lin <[email protected]> writes >Can someone help me to interprete "a legally recognized laboratory"? >This term was found from the "INTRODUCTION TO THE R&TTE DIRECTIVE" >(http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/rtte/intr.htm), under "Introduction of >manufacturers' declaration of conformity" of "The main changes which >this Directive brings, compared to the old regimes, are:"
I think it's a rather unfortunate expression, because as far as I know, it's not defined or used in either the Directive or any other document associated with it. But since you now DON'T need to use one, does it matter exactly what it means? > >I believe most of well-known laboratories are legally recognized >laboratories. Does "a legally recognized laboratory" mean (in the US) >a laboratory that is accredited by A2LA and/or NIST NVLAP plus some >addtitional requirement(s)? The Directive is European, of course; US accreditations are only relevant in the context of mutual recognition agreements (MRAs). -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex 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/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 email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
