Hi Mark, I believe you understand the crux of it and I don't believe you are missing anything according to your questions. When the R&TTE directive was published, it made very little sense to me as to why there were no harmonized TTE standards associated with the R&TTE directive, which was a departure from the earlier TTE directives. It's been my understanding that the general position on this is that non-compliant TTE will eliminate themselves from the EU market soon enough mainly due to their lack of interoperability with the EU's PSTN networks (briefly stated). This has also been echoed by more than one individual knowledgeable with this.
IHTH. If anyone else has anything to contribute or has more inside information on this, please let us know. I look forward to your reply. Best regards, Ron (Please note my new email address, [email protected]) From: Mark Gandler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 4:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] EU Telco Regulatory Requirements for xDSL or Voice products Hi, Do you find yourself wondering if all those years you have been doing the right thing? Regarding this or that requirement, standard or procedure? You think you know the answer, but doubting worm keep messing up your head, bringing this very unsettling feeling of "oh (enter your own expletive)" , what if I am wrong? You hope 4-5 years ago you made a right decision, but the reasons why seem to be eluding you at this moment? Product: ADSL Gateway. Regon: Eurpean Union. Are where any similar to FCC part 68 or A-tick regulations and processes in EU for ADSL products? R&TTE Directive regulates ADSL products, but primarily from EMC and Safety point of view. Under RTTE harmonized standards, there are no standards regulating connection to public networks in EU. There are other (unrelated to RTTE) ETSI, TBR, IEC standards describing connection requirements, but I can't find any standards products will be required to comply with as part of CE Mark compliance assessment. Am I missing something? Or are these standards part of RTTE but not harmonized? If PSTN connection requirements are not part of RTTE CE process, which processes it falls under and how it gets regulated or enforced? In addition to CE, are where any other legal requirements to sell modems in EU? I will be now bracing myself for feedback onslaught. Thanks, Mark - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> David Heald <[email protected]<mailto:[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]>
