Steve:
Canadian Standards have somewhere in the list of normative references CSA C22.2 No. 0, “General Requirements – Canadian Electrical Code, Part II.” In that standard, Clause 5.3 says: 5.3 Language of Markings 5.3.1 Caution and warning markings shall be in English and French except as permitted by Clause 5.3.3. 5.3.2 Individual Standards shall include the French translation of the markings (in an appendix). Note: The preferred French translations of the words WARNING and CAUTION are AVERTISSEMENT and ATTENTION, respectively. 5.3.3 Where the product is intended for use outside Canada, caution and warning markings may be in other languages. So, if you have “caution” or “warning” markings, and you have an NRTL mark showing use in both the US and Canada Listing, then you will need to get French translations. If your Listing mark does not have the “C” for Canada, or your product does not bear the traditional CSA mark, then you will not need French translations. Best Regards, Don Gies, N.C.E Senior Product Compliance Engineer Alcatel-Lucent Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636 USA ________________________________ From: Steve Brody [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] Labels for US/CDN Listed/Certified Products Once upon a time several years ago, for 61010-1 products, CSA [and I think UL] added a statement to the Listing/Certification reports that it was the responsibility of the manufacturer or distributor to make sure warning labels and manuals were bi-lingual. This would allow Listing/Certification with English only labels and manuals I have recently been informed by another NRTL/SCC approved 3rd party that this is no longer the case and that any products they certify for CDN must have bi-lingual labels. Remember that these are not consumer products and they may or may not be sold in CDN. Anyone have any recent experience with or comments on this? - 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]> - 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]>
