John, Yes, it applies. Look at the definition for "placing on the market" in, for example, article 2 of the machinery directive. It includes "... whether for reward or free of charge." Under only very limited circumstances can items built for own use be considered out of scope. But definitely any *imported* item will be in scope of an applicable directive regardless of whether the end user in Europe is financially related to a producer outside of Europe Keep in mind that companies cannot legally cross national borders (incorporation-wise). Acme Inc is a separate legal entity from Acme GmbH or Acme Ltd. Be sure to check for all possibly applicable directives... there are so many these days. Does your machine include florescent lights? There's an "app" for that!
Regards, Lauren Crane Applied Materials america - europe - asia Corporate Product EHS www.amat.com lauren crane (mr.) product regulatory analyst (t) +1.512.272.6540 [email protected] - external use o Save paper and trees! Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. <[email protected]> Sent by: [email protected] 08/10/2010 01:49 PM To <[email protected]> cc Subject [PSES] CE on Machinery that is not for Sale Hi, Management is saying CE is not needed on a machine because it's for internal use. Built in the USA, used in the EU. Is CE required or not? I cannot find anything in the Directive that says it applies only to equipment for sale. I actually find several references that make me believe the Directive is applicable to anything placed on the market or in use. Any help in confirming the correct article(s) would be appreciated. John Allen Product Safety Consulting, Inc. 605 Country Club Dr. | Stes. 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Then permanently delete all copies of the message. Thank you. From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Calibration supplier for signal generator with pulse modulation In message <[email protected]>, dated Tue, 10 Aug 2010, "Sundstrom, Michael" <[email protected]> writes: >I seem to recall that the military wants to see ambient scans with at >least 6dB under any limit. Kind of a inside out measurement >uncertainty?. Yes, it's a sort of insurance against a 6 dB favourable error. But the point is that it's FAR easier to cope with in practice, and it may well give a more dependable assurance of compliance than a complex uncertainty assessment. Of course, in some cases it may be difficult to achieve, but for products made in any significant volume a 6 dB margin at the compliance test stage is no more than is needed for a quiet life in the months to come! -- 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. 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