In message <[email protected]>, dated Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Doug Kramer <[email protected]> writes:
>I thought that manufacturers testing using harmonized standards (when >available) was a correct route to demonstrating compliance to the EU >directives and that CE-marking was only mark needed. Yes, that is so. There IS no 'CB' mark. You do not need CB within the EC: while the responsibility for compliance with the Directive rests with the manufacturer, he may, at his discretion, have testing done by any qualified test-house. > Am I getting marking confused with national and international levels? >And what would be an example of a difference? I think so. See above for Europe. However, if you wanted to use the European test-house results to support a case for compliance with, say, the Australian standard, then you would need the test-house results to be presented as a CB certificate. > >It also seems that the CB-scheme is promoting as an alternative to >accreditation? I'm not sure what you mean by 'accreditation'. The term is usually applied to the assessment of competence of a test-house by a national surveillance body. I don't know whether a test-house that is not 'accredited' in that way can issue a CB certificate, because some countries may have competent test-houses but no national body set up to assess them. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Either we are causing global warming, in which case we may be able to stop it, or natural variation is causing it, and we probably can't stop it. You choose! John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - 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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc 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]>
