I realise that the (ominous?) silence which has greeted my earlier enquiry is probably the result of me failing to be clear enough in my original question, so I will re-state it. Please ignore my earlier post!
The concept of 'end user' to which I refer is contained in the definition of what is within the scope of the EMC Directive, contained in article 2(1)b: "‘apparatus’ means any finished appliance or combination thereof made commercially available as a single functional unit, intended for the end user and liable to generate electromagnetic disturbance, or the performance of which is liable to be affected by such disturbance;" According to this clause, products which are not intended for the 'end user' are not within the scope of the EMC Directive. I would like to gain some insight into how the concept of end user came to be included within the new Directive, and what it means. To re-iterate what I said earlier, the phrase 'end user' was not in the original EMC Directive 89/336/EEC, nor was it introduced by any of the amendments brought in before the whole Directive was replaced by 2004/108/EEC in 2007. However, the phrase is used in the UK Regulations which implemented 89/336/EEC, and these include a definition. The phrase was introduced into the new EMC Directive 2004/108/EC, although it is not actually defined in the Directive itself. This usage in the section defining scope is carried through to the UK Regulations (as one would expect) but the definition of the term 'end user' which was in the 2005 Regulations is no longer in the 2006 version. The Commission guide on the new Directive contains some guidance which is broadly consistent with, although by no means the same as, the definition in the UK's 2005 Regulations. The reason for my interest is that, on the face of it, the change to make the EMC Directive only applicable to products intended for an end user has a very significant impact on the scope of the Directive and I am surprised that more was not made of this at the time that the new Directive came into force. Or have I missed something? Nick. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.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 <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
