Mark, The only marking requirement for legalpurposes is the CE marking. TUV or GS or other third-party marks are purely voluntary, and are generally available from the certifying body, following tests for CE marking purposes, on payment of a moderate fee. Other legal requirements are that the power connector must be appropriate to the country in which the product is to be marketed, which can mean multiple variants if the power cord is attached or multiple loose power cords to suit every country. usually wise that such power cords are approved by a third-party body and that the cable has <HAR> marking. EMC Directive wil also apply. EN60950 is not the only standard; it depends on the intended use. If the adapter is for 'measurement, control, or laboratory use' the standard would be EN61010. if the intended use is medical, the standard would be EN60601. I know that one European manufacturer of power adapters designs for EN60601 by default on the basis that it is usually the most arduous standard to meet. Best regards
Neil R. Barker CEng MIET FSEE MIEEE Manager Quality Engineering e2v technologies (uk) ltd 106 Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford Essex CM1 2QU UK Tel: (+44) 1245 453616 Fax: (+44) 1245 453571 Mob: (+44) 7801 723735 P Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: Mark Gandler [mailto:markgand...@hotmail.com] Sent: 15 March 2007 04:05 To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Legal requirements for selling ac/dc power adapter in EU Dear Group, Legally speaking ONLY, is there any other LEGAL requirement, besides CE Mark, to sell power adapter (240AC/12VDC) in EU? Follow-up question: is where any part in LVD, which will require to obtain any type of certification for power adapter, such as TUV/GS Mark? Is where any other directive/standard, besides LVD/EN60950, required for power adapters, in order to get CE? Thanks, Mark Gandler ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ Sent by E2V TECHNOLOGIES PLC or a member of the E2V group of companies. A company registered in England and Wales. Company number: 04439718. Registered address: 106 Waterhouse Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 2QU, 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 emc-p...@ieee.org 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 emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
