Neil is correct, but to throw a slightly different light in this, the CE marking directives are rooted in Article 100a of the Treaty of Rome and it is a requirement of Artice 100a that member state governments must not introduce any additional requirements to those which are contained in the Directives.
WEEE is not an Article 100a Directive and one of the side effects of this is that, unlike RoHS (which is an article 100a Directive and therefore represents a common requirement across all EEA member states) the WEEE Directive represents the minimum requirements which a member state must enforce, and states can augment these requirements if they choose to. Nick. At 17:39 +0100 13/5/09, Barker, Neil wrote: >Scott > >Generally, legislation applicable to products frequently require CE >marking, whereas legislation that is applicable to companies does >not. Packaging and REACH legislation affects organizations, but does >not directly affect product. RoHS is the exception, but that is >probably why the current re-draft proposal now includes CE marking >for RoHS, thus removing this anomaly. Another exception is WEEE, >where the product requires marking (with the crossed-out wheelie >bin), but the obligation is on the manufacturer, there being no >specific requirements on the product other than having to be >identified as being within the scope of the WEEE Directive. > >I hope this helps. > >Best regards > >Neil Barker - 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]>
