John My text that you quote below is from the Guide. I know that this is not legislation, but the Guide will be read by enforcement authorities as well as manufacturers, so enforcement authorities may be expecting this information on the DoC. I therefore think it is wise to include it. It may reduce the chances of having to produce the full technical documentation for inspection.
If referenced specifications are changed during the life of the product, I think it is a good idea to update the DoC anyway, as has to be done for harmonised standards past the date of cessation of presumption of conformity. Best wishes Brian Brian Jones EMC Consultant From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: 23 April 2007 08:57 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Declaration of Conformity to new EMC Directive In message <[email protected]>, dated Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Brian Jones <[email protected]> writes: >If European harmonised standards have not been used or only partially, >a reference to the manufacturer's technical documentation needs to be >included and a reference to any identifiable non-harmonised standards >or specifications that have been applied. ..which is very close to what I wrote. But if the 'identifiable non-harmonised standards or specifications that have been applied' are referenced in the technical documentation, as they surely must be if it is to be satisfactory, I don't see any need to reference them directly >from the DoC, especially since they might change during the life of the product. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk There are benefits from being irrational - just ask the square root of 2. 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 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 ______________________________________________________________________
