In message <[email protected]>, dated Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Benoit Nadeau <[email protected]> writes
>We do sell these products almost everywhere on the planet using >distributors but, also, we sell to OEMs that integrate our products and >do sell them as part of their offerings. And there lies a problem, >especially for those markets where the manufacturer has to have a ?in >countries? signatory for the EMC Declarations of Conformity and where >we don?t have an office. For instance, Australia, Taiwan and South-Korea. > > > >Since our local distributor would not allow us to use its name on >Declarations of Conformity for our sales to the OEMs, we are stuck when >these OEMs ask to see our DOCs. Why? Your DoCs apply to the modules you sell. Such a DOC doesn't have to be a DOC that is valid in the OEM's country, because such a supply of a DOC is outside the scope of any Directive, and the OEM has to produce its own DOC, and THAT one has to be valid in the country where the product is sold. Yours doesn't. But check with your lawyer. I'm sure I'm right, but.... -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Swine wave - a waveform whose spectrum is exceptionally difficult to calculate. 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 ______________________________________________________________________
