As many know, the LVD is in the process of being recast for alignment with the New Legislative Framework (NLF).
The Commission proposed text, (COM(2011) 773 final), calls for what looks like a unique equipment identification number do be provided in the Declaration of Conformity (DoC). The same sort of language is used in the NLF Council Decision 768/2008, and RoHS2 criteria for the DoC. This seems to imply there must be a DoC provided with a unit that contains that unit's unique identification number (e.g., serial number), and that a DoC that references an entire model line would not be acceptable. Hints that this is the case can be seen in the Parliament's proposed amendments to the Commission's text of the LVD, where they cleverly change the unique unit number into a unique DoC number (much easier to deal with). ==== Amendment 48 - Zuzana Roithová Annex IV - point 1 Text proposed by the Commission --> 1. No xxxxxx (unique identification of the electric equipment): Amendment Proposed --> 1. No xxxxxx (unique identification of the declaration): ==== Also, the previous Draft version of the RoHS2 FAQ had a question 9.9 which said, in effect "no, no, we meant a unique DoC number" has been entirely withdrawn in the current version of the FAQ. Does anyone reading have any additional perspective on this battle? Will a "model line" DoC be possible in the future? Regards, Lauren Crane KLA-Tencor - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
