In message <[email protected]>, dated Tue, 10 Aug 2010, "ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen" <[email protected]> writes:
>I object…. So do I. You have misrepresented what I wrote and accused me of encouraging manufacturers to avoid compliance. This is extremely reprehensible indeed. Observance of any law requires that one understands what the law requires, not some 'interpretation' by a third party. The EMC Directive requires that the Essential Requirements are met. One could carry out tests required by a dozen standards, but if the Essential Requirements aren't met, the CE mark cannot legally be applied. Furthermore, you wrote: The EMCD in the latest version requires compliance to a harmonized standard AND (written) proof of that compliance You must know that that is simply not true. There is NO requirement in the Directive, for a manufacturer to apply a particular standard, or any standard at all. This by no means minimises the responsibility of the manufacturer - it emphasises how great it is. He first has to decide which standard(s) to apply and THEN make sure that his product complies. But that is not all. He then has to verify that the application of the standard(s) is sufficient to satisfy the Essential Requirements. It is a very bad situation when prominent consultants publish incorrect information and attempt to justify their distortions of the facts by presupposing that people read only parts of the information they are given, and using that assumption to criticize the person offering the advice. -- 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]>
