Thank you all for your responses. Once again, insightful and informative. -doug
Douglas E. Powell Engineering Manager Corporate Product Compliance Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Powell, Doug Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 5:23 PM To: EMC-PSTC (emc-p...@ieee.org) Subject: CE Declaration Signatory Hello colleagues, In the 1990s we held a discussion on this forum about who should be the authorized signer of a CE Declaration of Conformity. As I recall it was a rather spirited discussion. For example; in the early days of CE marking, there was a fairly high sensitivity to the question of fraudulent declarations and marking. Also, there was concern about liability and the signatory’s personal risk of litigation. Over time, attitudes, perceptions may have changed and we certainly see a change in business with outsourcing, insourcing and a host of other business models in operation. So, I would like to pose the question once again. I am not asking for anyone to reveal the secret inner workings of their company, so this is more a question about what are the best practices and why. So here is my question; Who is the “best person” to sign an EU Declaration of Conformity and why? When I say best person, I’m talking about a person with a departmental position as well as role or rank within the organization that manufactures the product. Some of the possible responses I have anticipated are: 1) Engineering Department, Quality department, or Operations department. 2) Engineering Director, V.P. of Engineering, or officer of the corporation. I look forward to your responses. -doug Douglas E. Powell Engineering Manager Corporate Product Compliance Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. This message, including any attachments, may contain information that is confidential and proprietary information of Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. The dissemination, distribution, use or copying of this message or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. - 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 <emc-p...@ieee.org> 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 <emcp...@socal.rr.com> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com> This message, including any attachments, may contain information that is confidential and proprietary information of Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. The dissemination, distribution, use or copying of this message or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. - 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 <emc-p...@ieee.org> 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 <emcp...@socal.rr.com> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com>
