The BIS view at the last Machinery Directive Notified Bodies meeting I went to (in May) was that there were unlikely to be any revisions to the Machinery Directive for at least five years.
Nick. On 15 Jul 2013, at 23:25, "Crane, Lauren" <lauren.cr...@kla-tencor.com> wrote: > In the Machinery Directive…. > 1. If a manufacturer has designated an Authorized Representative, the > AR name must be marked on the machine (ref Annex I, 1.7.3 1st indent). > 2. A person must be identified in the Declaration of Conformity who is > established in the EU and is authorized to compile the technical file (ref > Annex II (1)(A)(2)) > > > Both these criteria are absent from the new legislative framework (NLF) > model, and the recent directives implementing the NLF model, namely RoHS2, > LVD3 (still in works), EMCD3 (still in works). The NLF model requires the > importer of equipment to “indicate their name, registered trade name or > registered trade mark and the address at which they can be contacted on the > apparatus/equipment or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a > document accompanying the apparatus/equipment.” > > Does anyone know if the MD anomalies marking the AR on the machine and > indicating in the DoC the person authorized to compile the technical file > will be retired soon through some sort of NLF revision of the Machinery > Directive? > > > 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 > <emc-p...@ieee.org> > > 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 <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> > Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> > David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com> > Nick Williams Director Direct line: +44 1298 873811 Mobile: +44 7702 995135 email: nick.willi...@conformance.co.uk ----- Conformance Ltd - Product safety, approvals and CE-marking consultants The Old Methodist Chapel, Great Hucklow, Buxton, SK17 8RG England Tel. +44 1298 873800, Fax. +44 1298 873801, www.conformance.co.uk Registered in England, Company No. 3478646 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <emc-p...@ieee.org> 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 <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
