Monrad, I am not aware of any need to save hard copy reports, especially after "enough" time has elapsed. Document retention in the EU for liability directive is still 10 years (you might double check that).
Otherwise, I have been doing electronic submittals (of safety reports) to my certifiers for more than 10 years. I see no need to subsequently print these simply for archival purposes. Doug Douglas E Powell Compliance Engineering and Consulting http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 -----Original Message----- From: Monrad Monsen <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 17:31:55 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: Monrad Monsen <[email protected]> Subject: [PSES] Original Signed Reports Versus Digital Scanned Reports for EMC Technical Files We have EMC lab currently files and saves the original signature documents for every test report. However, we retain the electronic scan copy version of the reports which are backed up and have disaster recovery procedures in place for off-site storage. We would like to stop saving the paper copies and just rely on the electronic scanned copy reports. If we have a scanned electronic copy of the test reports, is there any need to have the original signed paper version? Are there any countries or agencies that require us to have the original signed paper versions on hand? Thanks. Monrad Monsen +1.303.272.9612 Office - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
