What if it conflicts with upcoming LVD Directive ? The EU LVD/EMC directives are currently under revision as part of alignment with new NLF Directive, and placing those importer contact information in a document will be one of the allowed options once the proposal is passed by EU Council (highly likely).
LVD Directive (2006/95)- Alignment package proposal: Article 8 " Importers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the address at which they can be contacted on the electrical equipment or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying the electrical equipment" Thanks, Ben Kim -----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: German Product Safety Act (ProdSG) - Label requirement In message <72b8947772cf0948adaa9853631663fb6477498...@pbi-namsg-02.mgdpbi.global.pv t>, dated Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Jim Hulbert <[email protected]> writes: >Under the new German Product Safety Act (ProdSG), as of Dec 2011 >consumer products are required to have a label with the name and >address of the manufacturer (or importer if the manufacturer is outside >the EU). Simply providing that information with the operator guide is >not good enough anymore. Does this new requirement apply only to >products that have the GS certification mark, or does it apply to all >consumer products? If it's an Act - i.e. a law, it must apply to all products. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK If 'QWERTY' is an English keyboard, what language is 'WYSIWYG' for? - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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.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 <[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.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 <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
