It looks very much as if this is a NGO, an association of firms who have
trademarked a useful indicator of compliance, but one that is in no way
required for entry to the EU marketplace
If it were to become a required mark, however, that could compare to the
situation of some decades ago, when localities and States in the US
sometimes required a "UL" (tm) mark on electrical equipment, thus
restricting testing to that one firm's labs. This was eventually ruled
an unlawful barrier to competition, and we now use the term Nationally
Recognized Test Laboratory (NRTL) to describe all the recognized labs
whose marks are acceptable.
I suspect a similar logic might then apply, were a non-EU cable
manufacturer to find his product denied entry for lack of the "HAR" mark.
Could be wrong: I am not a lawyer.
Cortland Richmond
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