Mark, I also posed this question again at a meeting at NIST in 2009 / 2010 timeframe where European representatives we giving presentations. I was also told that the European Union has no intention of publishing replacements for the TBRs / CTRs in the form of EN standards to regulate wireline telecom. Also since the R&TTE directive came out April 7th 2001 (I will not forget this date), new technologies like ADSL2, ADSL2+, HDSL, HDSL2, VDSL were still at the very least in the development stage. Therefore there are not even TBRs to fall back on for the new xDSL technologies even if you wanted to make an attempt at something to show compliance. There are ETSI standards and Broadband forum (DSL forum) standards as you know, but the equipment cost for a test lab to acquire everything to perform a full suite of tests to a set of standards that are not regulated / required just is not going to happen. I know because I researched it extensively and came to that very conclusion as I'm sure other tests labs did. Larry Stillings _____
From: Mark Gandler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 7:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: 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 <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/ <http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/> can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ <http://www.ieee-pses.org/> Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html <http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html> List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html <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]>
