Hello Mark, Much information is given in this link of my blog http://globalcompliance.blogspot.com/search?q=Europe Should you need special guidance regarding this issue, I can hook you with our specialists at TUV Rheinland who are in constant communication with the authorities Best Regards, Peter
--- On Thu, 11/5/09, Mark Gandler <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mark Gandler <[email protected]> Subject: Market survey on EuP, regulation 1275 To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 4:40 PM Hello, Apologies in advance for raising the dead from the grave, but I have a feeling what I am not the only one in this boat. Can we have a short survey on how the consumer electronics or any other ITE Class B equipment vendors intend to comply with EuP Directive, implementing commission regulation 1275? It's being discussed previously on this forum what if you believe it is inappropriate for your product to have off or standby mode, than you don't do it. But, new published guidance, clearly require to provide technical justification to support your position. Today we received a letter from legal department at one of the biggest retail buyers in Netherlands, explicitly asking for off mode (by means of on/off switch) and agreeing for not having standby mode. The equipment we sell to them revolves around home networking: wlan, gateways, routers, switches. Can we all share some opinions, if you prefer without mentioning your company name, on this matter? Are your products going to have off mode? if not, what is your technical justification? Just some known facts: if product is Class A, it is exempt. If product uses 6V or less adapter, it is exempt. Off mode is defined by being still connected to mains (here goes one of the arguments of disconnecting power cord), but not providing any function. Not a fact, but there most likely will be different document for networked standby, so we might can get a away for now from having standby mode for networking equipment. As well I believe there is a preparatory study going in one of the EU commission, excluding all networking products from 1275. And last, but not least, Switzerland has their own law/regulation on this matter, which somewhat differ from EU. Do we have anyone on this list who is (or can point us to) some kind of authoritative figure or institution whom we can contact to get some answers? can I go to attend some EU commission hearing on the matter? Are where any experts for hire who can provide their opinion? NB? CB? Mark ________________________________ Find the right PC with Windows 7 and Windows Live. Learn more. <http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/pc-sc ut/laptop-set-criteria.aspx?cbid=wl&fil =200,2400,10,19,1,3,1,7,50,650,2,12,0,1 00&cat=1,2,3,4,5,6&brands=5,6,7,8,9,10, 1,12,13,14,15,16&addf=4,5,9&ocid=PID247 7::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:112009> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
