Carl You're correct, and there's no such thing as "certification" for the EU.
The relevant part of the Directive are: Article 10 Conformity assessment procedures 4. Where a manufacturer has applied the harmonised standards referred to in Article 5(1), radio equipment not within the scope of paragraph 3 shall be subject to the procedures described in any one of Annexes III, IV or V at the choice of the manufacturer. 5. Where a manufacturer has not applied or has only applied in part the harmonised standards referred to in Article 5(1), radio equipment not within the scope of paragraph 3 of this Article shall be subject to the procedures described in either of Annexes IV or V at the choice of the manufacturer. If you haven't used a Harmonised Standard (which must of course be current at the point in time that particular product is placed on the market), you must use a Notified Body. And for Annex IV, a NB should follow R&TTECA guidance, which says (in effect) Harmonised Standards should generally be used where possible. . . . The important thing though is the word "apply". It may well be that a Zigbee device compliant with V1.7.1 would actually need little or no actual "testing" in order to be compliant with V1.8.1, but an "assessment" must be done and documented. Regards Charlie From: Carl Newton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 15 July 2013 17:02 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [PSES] Grandfathered ETSI standards for CE Marking? Group, I'm in a debate with a lab and a manufacturer that insist that a R&TTE device doesn't need to be re-evaluated against a new revision standard when the previous is withdrawn. ETSI EN 300 228 V1.7.1 loses the presumption of conformity in 2014 (December I think). Customer is installing a ZigBee component within his ITE device and wishes to apply the ZigBee transceiver compliance to his device. I've argued that revision V1.8.1 which is listed in the OJ must be applied after the DoW. Both the ZigBee component manufacturer and the test lab involved argue that once a device is "certified" that retesting is not necessary. I've double-checked the Blue Guide and I believe that their interpretation is not correct and that after the DoW the current revision listed in the OJ must be stated on the DoC. Safety in numbers, looking for a sanity check here. Thanks, Carl - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> David Heald <[email protected]<mailto:[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]>
