To all, The key rests with the requirements of the EMC Directive and in its guidance document in that if this device could be considered as a finished assembly (apparatus) or not and if it is intended to be put on the market or placed into service (made available to the end user) or not.
As Martin has indicated, this particular device is not a finished assembly and is not intended to be made available to the end user, therefore it shouldn't need to comply with the EMC Directive. The integrated system, in which this component will be installed, however must of course comply with whatever EU directives apply to that system. However, that all changes at the moment that this component is put on the market or put into service for end user use, in which this device would then be considered as an apparatus no matter what its intended application is. I make this point as Martin has not made it clear if this device is also or will be also put on the market or put into service for end user use. If it is, then Martin has no choice but to comply with the EMC directive (CE mark this device) regardless of its intended application. Martin, please advise. Best regards, Ron -----Original Message----- From: Martin E. Cormier [mailto:mcorm...@matrox.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:17 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Shipping into Europe - Basic question Oh! This is getting interesting... It was the exact pupose of my original question. We know that our "regular" products, i.e. the ones that may be put directly into market, have to be CE marked. But in this case, we would ship our add-in boards as components, only to a manufacturer/integrator. My understanding, up to now, was that in that case, the final manufacturer is responsible of declaring its product compliant. He would be putting the CE marking on the complete product. But do the add-in boards, here sold strickly B2B as components, need to have the CE marking to pass customs inspection when entering Europe? Martin On 2012-03-28 12:51 PM, ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen wrote: > A PC add-in board is just one of the examples that need ce-mark. I > hope you were just kiddin .... > > Gert Gremmen > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] Namens Martin E. > Cormier > Verzonden: woensdag 28 maart 2012 16:50 > Aan: emc-p...@ieee.org > Onderwerp: Re: [PSES] Shipping into Europe - Basic question > > Thanks to everyone for their inputs, and they confirm the feeling I > had. It just seems scary to me to try and pass customs with a pallet > of "PC Add-in boards" that don't bear the CE logo. > > The products are not in a seperate housing, but could be compared to > graphics adapters. They will not be going to the end users directly, > only to a European manfuacturer/integrator. > > Thanks again, and have a great day. > > Martin > > On 2012-03-28 8:39 AM, Martin E. Cormier wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> This will seem to many as a very basic question, but I am having a >> hard time finding clear information on this: >> >> If a non-European manufacturer wants to ship products to Europe, >> exclusively to another manufacturer/integrator, who will then put the >> products onto the market, after integrating them in a complete system >> that is CE marked, do the non-European products need to be CE-marked >> before first entering Europe? >> >> Thanks for your comments, >> >> Martin >> >> - >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society >> emc-pstc discussion list. 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