Just ensure the updated mandatory Essential Requirements.  They are:-

CE Marking
LVD
EMC
ErP
RoHS Recast
WEEE Recast

Regards,

Scott


On 17/8/12 11:31 PM, "John Cotman" <[email protected]> wrote:

> The CE marking process includes mandatory Essential Requirements, (written
> into law), which change infrequently, and to support them, voluntary
> standards, which are constantly being updated.
>  
> There is nothing in these standards which brings about a cessation of
> conformity with Essential Requirements, and therefore nothing which
> automatically mandates retesting.  The cessation dates are of the Presumption
> of conformity, not the conformity itself.  After that date, you cannot presume
> that you conform, but most of the time, when you analyse the effect of an
> amendment, you still will.
>  
> The alternative approach, which would be to write the standards into the law,
> would be very much more onerous and inflexible.
>  
> John C
>  
> 
> 
> From: Pearson, John [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 17 August 2012 15:13
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [PSES] CE Marking Provoqium
>  
> 
> Hi
> 
>  
> 
> For the sake of discussion, I would like to open up for debate the suggestion
> the EU process is one of the most unreasonably excessive in the world.
> 
>  
> 
> With the exception of China and Brazil this is the one major region that
> imposes retrospective recertification costs due to the introduction of new
> Safety and EMC standards on an existing design.  I would like to suggest that
> the dates of cessation of conformity impose a requirement to reassess (test if
> necessary depending on the variance to the old standard) which achieves little
> and costs manufacturers unnecessarily.
> 
>  
> 
> Can we discuss?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
>  
> 
> John
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>  
> 
>  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sykes, Bob
> Sent: 17 August 2012 14:11
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [PSES] EC vs EU suffix
> 
>  
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> CE = Check Everything or Compliance Expensive....
> 
>  
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> ...It's Friday
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> 
> -Bob
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> <mailto:%5bmailto:[email protected]%5d> On Behalf Of Sundstrom, Michael
> 
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 8:45 AM
> 
> To: Crane, Lauren; [email protected]
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> Subject: RE: [PSES] EC vs EU suffix
> 
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> And here all these years I thought it meant: Compliance Extraordinary...
> 
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> 
>  
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> Michael Sundstrom
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> OHD TREQ Dallas
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> Electronic Lab Analyst EMC Lead
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Crane, Lauren [mailto:[email protected]]
> <mailto:%5bmailto:[email protected]%5d>
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> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 4:50 PM
> 
> To: [email protected]
> 
> Subject: Re: [PSES] EC vs EU suffix
> 
>  
> 
> The CE marking remains the same.
> 
>  
> 
> The meaning is 'Caveat Emptor'   ;-)
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Lauren Crane
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> KLA-Tencor
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Brian Oconnell [mailto:[email protected]]
> <mailto:%5bmailto:[email protected]%5d>
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> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:44 PM
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> To: [email protected]
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> Subject: Re: [PSES] EC vs EU suffix
> 
>  
> 
> Conformité Européenne
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> <mailto:%5bmailto:[email protected]%5d> On Behalf Of Doug Powell
> 
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:30 PM
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> To: [email protected]
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> Cc: [email protected]
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> Subject: Re: [PSES] EC vs EU suffix
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> And the "CE" mark, what happens to it?
> 
>  
> 
> CE = Communauté Européenne
> 
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> --
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> Thanks, -doug
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> Douglas E Powell
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> On 8/16/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> > EU = European Union
> 
>> > EC = European Community
> 
>> > 
> 
>> > The Treaty of Lisbon  which came into force in in December 2009
> 
>> > provided
> 
> for
> 
>> > the absorption of the entity known as the European Community  by the
> 
>> > European Union.
> 
>> > 
> 
>> > Regards
> 
>> > 
> 
>> > Peter.
> 
>> > 
> 
>> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>> <mailto:%5bmailto:[email protected]%5d> On Behalf Of Scott
> 
>> > Xe
> 
>> > Sent: 16 August 2012 15:37
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>> > To: [email protected]
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>> > Subject: EC vs EU suffix
> 
>> > 
> 
>> > The EU regulations/decisions/directives published after 2010 have a
> 
>> > suffix of EU rather than EC.  Is there any particular reason for this
>> change?
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>> > 
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>> > Scott
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