In message <[email protected]>, dated Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Brian O'Connell <[email protected]> writes:
>I am aware of the various requirements for regulatory/test document >retention periods. > >But I cannot find any IECEE or directive guidance or national laws that >would indicate when docs must be retained by a company that has >acquired another company that had previously been acquired by another >company. > >I would really really really like to dump all docs that pertain to >products that were made with a previous company name and that are no >longer made under the current company name. > >Any references for this ?? Probably not. It's a case for judgement, and something else - read on! I think a court would find it reasonable for documents related to regulations, i.e. safety, EMC and other EU Directives or the equivalent in other countries, to be kept for 10 years after production of the product ceased. However, a longer period would be required for products that normally have a longer useful life, such as the test gear in my lab. I don't actually have a TF144, but I suspect that some are still in use. (;-) The 'something else' is to explore with a really good commercial insurance broker whether you can insure at reasonable cost against any demand for data from way back, i.e. more that 10 years after production ceased. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK If at first you don't succeed, delegate. But I support unbloated email http://www.asciiribbon.org/ - 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]>
