See section 2.3 of the " Guide to the implementation of directives based on the New Approach and the Global Approach" for guidance on "placing on the market". Here is a link: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/single-market-goods/files/blue-g uide/guidepublic_en.pdf
Couple other things to point out: The 01-Jun-2012 60601-1 date in the EU is only for products not covered by a particular (-2-xx) standard. If a particular standard exists, it takes precedence and drives the deadline in the EU. Some are before the 01-Jun-2012 date and some are after. You can see the dates in the OJ here: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/european-standards/harmonised-st andards/medical-devices/ In the EU the date applies to any product "placed on the market" after that date, whereas the 60601-1 implementation dates for the US & Canada are based on new product registrations submitted (not for existing products). US is 30-Jun-2013 for all products under the scope of 60601-1 (not based on the particular standard). Canada was 01-Jun-2012, but recently came out with some guidance, which clarified the date. The date is either 01-Jun-2012 or 3 years following the date the 2-xx particular standard was published, whichever is later. Nick -----Original Message----- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of McInturff, Gary Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 2:51 PM To: 'John Woodgate'; 'EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG' Subject: RE: [PSES] 60601-1 drop dead date - June 2012 for EU John and Brian, Thanks for the input. I do appreciate it. Gary -----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 12:21 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] 60601-1 drop dead date - June 2012 for EU In message <d250d01e39356a4e9cc3b4b459d665503ccd0...@ms-cda-01.advanced-input.com>, dated Mon, 2 Apr 2012, "McInturff, Gary" <gary.mcintu...@esterline.com> writes: >What about products that are in our customers warehouses in the EU at >that time? Do they have to be recalled or can they be used until the >warehouse is empty? If they are in *customers* warehouses, they have a 'reasonable time' to clear stocks. What is 'reasonable' depends on the type of product. >They are in EU but can they cross boarders? Yes. -- 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 <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> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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>
