Your understanding is correct. Delivery of the file to anyone other than an enforcement authority is a contractual matter, it is not an obligation of any of the directives.
Nick. At 11:23 -0600 1/6/10, Chris Anderson (cmanderson) wrote: >Hi, > >I've been receiving conflicting responses on the following situation >and would like to get your responses: Company A designs and >manufactures a custom product for Company B. Company A tests the >product for compliance to EN55022/EN55024, issues a DOC and applies >the CE mark to the product. Company B integrates this product into >one of their systems for resale. Who can request (demand) the >technical file? So far I've received the following answers: > >1) only the authorities enforcing the directive can demand it > >2) Company B can demand it since Company A is selling the >product directly to them but the end-customer cannot demand it from >Company A since their business is with Company B > >3) any end-customer can demand it, > >My understanding is that number one is correct. From a business >standpoint, it would seem reasonable for Company A to comply with a >request from Company B (perhaps delivering only required parts and >with an NDA in place to ensure it is not redistributed), but it >would not legally be required. > >Thanks in advance to anyone who cares to offer their thoughts. > >Chris > - 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]>
