John, and everyone Annex IV of 2004/108/EC sets out *minimum* requirements for the content of the DoC. Additional information can be added, although in my view it should not make the required content unclear.
The EC Guide <http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/electr_equipment/emc/guides/emc_guide_2007.p df> in 3.3.2 on page 34 contains the following guidance: "In most cases, the dated references to the specifications under which conformity is declared, will be those of the European harmonised standards that are applicable to the apparatus in question as listed in the OJEU. 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. The layout of the DoC can take any form as long as the minimum required relevant information is provided. If any of the minimum required content is missing, the DoC is considered not complete and thus not valid and may lead to an appropriate action from the competent authorities of a Member State." There is no need to reference a Notified Body on the DoC, and if the manufacturer has not used a Notified Body, there is nothing to reference anyway! If a Notified Body has issued a statement, I would recommend that a reference to it be included on the DoC. Best wishes Brian Brian Jones EMC Consultant ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 20 April 2007 17:08 To: [email protected] Subject: Declaration of Conformity to new EMC Directive This is really for Brian Jones (sorry Brian) but I thought I'd post it for general discussion Rightly or wrongly we have become accustom to people listing the harmonised standards they have applied (and even the test lab they used) on their D of C. In the absence of harmonised standards they have listed a TCF file number with a competent body name and certificate / report number. When the new EMC directive comes into force in July what do people write on their D of C when they a) haven't applied all (or any) of the harmonised standards and b) haven't chosen to use a notified body to bless their EMC assessment. Thanks John John Harrington EMC Technical Manager F-Squared Laboratories Tel: 440 834 8926 x 203 Fax: 440 834 8914 Cell: 440 832 0558 - 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 ______________________________________________________________________
