Brian, The answer to your second question is 'no'.
With respect, you seem to have missed the point that the NLF has no direct bearing on manufacturers - it is a set of rules and principles for legislators, enforcement agencies and accreditation bodies. You can be forgiven for failing to understand this, others have made the same mistake. However, in practice what it means is that if you are a manufacturer, you can essentially ignore the NLF and focus on what is in the directives and regulations themselves. Competence is not legislated for in any of the New Approach directives, nor is any such requirement introduced in the current set of proposed amendments which will align several of the older Directives with the principles of the NLF. Nick. On 20 Feb 2012, at 22:45, Brian Oconnell wrote: > I concur that, for now, the principle that "self declaration remains the > basis of the system" remains in place. How should the requirements for > competence and accreditation be addressed? > Conformity assessment requires: > 1. Internal product control > 2. Recurring product testing > > The presumption of conformity is based on the competence to perform these > two activities. Will NB audits be the only acceptable way? > > Brian > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. 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 <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
