Looking at the LVD guidance, (and of course it's "guidance" not "law")
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/electrical/files/lvdgen_en.pdf , page 28
Products Scope of LVD Examples of products Comments
Cables Yes [picture of cable]
Marked with HAR to increase tractability
Regards
Charlie
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From: Cortland Richmond [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 26 April 2013 06:36
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [PSES] <HAR> factories for marked cable
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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