CE marking allows a product to be imported/cross borders without barrier. If something is assembled and sold inside the same EU country (the product never crosses borders), who is responsible for CE enforcement? Is it only complaint-based, or are there authorities who scan the marketplace?
Pat Lawler EMC engineer On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:18 PM, John Woodgate <[email protected]> wrote: > In message > <OF0A9DF6FC.3AF371A2-ON88257A63.005D9B3C-88257A63.005E0795@US.Schneider-E > > lectric.com>, dated Thu, 23 Aug 2012, [email protected] > writes: > >> I'm surprised that customs are looking for the CE mark. I didn't think it >> was necessary for import, I thought it was only needed if the product was >> placed on the market or put into service in an EU country. It would require >> CE mark on the packaging; something else I didn't think was necessary. > > > Customs look for it where it enters the EU, and, to varying extents, when it > crosses state borders. I don't think you can get something into Germany or > Austria without a CE mark, if it should have one. > > -- > OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk > Instead of saying that the government is doing too little, too late or too > much, too early, say they've got is exactly right, thus throwing them into > total confusion. > John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]>
