Hello John,
For the EU, see section 5.3 of the Blue Guide. It states “The technical documentation must be kept for at least 10 years from the last date of manufacture of the product, unless the directive expressly provides for any other duration.” http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies single-market-goods/files/blue-guide/guidepublic_en.pdf The new EMC Directive, in Annex II item 4, specifically calls out the 10 year retention except for fixed installations. Annex I item 2 requires documentation for fixed installations to be held as long as the installation is in service. I am unaware of any FCC requirement to retain documentation for radiated emissions. Regards, Ted Eckert Compliance Engineer Microsoft Corporation [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> The opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. From: Flavin, John [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Test report retention times What are the required retention times for a test report for EMC testing? I thought the FCC was 10 years from date of last manufacture. Can anyone provide me with the reference to the relevant portion of 47CFR (or whatever portion of CFR it is). What are the requirements for the European EMC Directive? Here again, a reference would be helpful. Thanks. John D. Flavin Teradata TCP Engineering 17095 Via del Campo San Diego, CA 92127 [email protected] V: (858) 485-3874 F: (213) 337-5432 - 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 <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]> - 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]>
