The whole point of Notified Body status is that it is supposed to denote the technical competence required to make judgements about whether or not a product meets the essential requirements of the Directives, and on occasions this judgement requires the direct application of the Essential Requirements of the directives, not just blind compliance with the standards.
Nick. At 04:27 -0500 8/10/09, Anthony Thomson wrote: >I'd appreciate some wisdom and advice! > > > >How rigorously should Notified Bodies (R&TTED & EMCD) require full >use of Harmonised Standards? Do they have scope to give positive >opinions on the basis of alternative evidence and technical >justifications rather than testing to Harmonised Standards even >where these harmonised standards exist? > > > >How much consistency is there between NB's, are some more 'relaxed' >than others? > > > >I look forward to your experiences and opinions. > > > >Many Thanks, > >Tony > > >-- >Be Yourself @ mail.com >Choose From 200+ Email Addresses >Get a Free Account at <http://www.mail.com>www.mail.com! >- >---------------------------------------------------------------- >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 <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> > >All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at ><http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-ps c>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/>http://www.ieee-pses.org/ >Instructions: ><http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user guide.html>http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html >List rules: ><http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.ht l>http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > >For help, send mail to the list administrators: >Scott Douglas <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> >Mike Cantwell <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> > >For policy questions, send mail to: >Jim Bacher <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> >David Heald <<mailto:[email protected]>[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]>
