1. The LVD, MD, and EMCD refer to the DoC in the annex as "EC Declaration of Conformity". But in the RoHS Directive, it is referred to as "EU Declaration of Conformity". Is one more correct than the other or is EC and EU both acceptable as the title of your DoC?
2. The Machinery Directive states in several locations that the DoC must "accompany the machinery". Now I get burned by definitions all the time so your input to the meaning of "accompany" is appreciated. One might say this means that the DoC has to be in the box when you ship the product; another's would say the DoC has to be created or exist or occur at the same time as the product is placed on the market, but the DoC does not have to physically ship with the hardware. Does the DoC even have to be provided to the customer or can it just be made available upon request, or make it available for download online? Can we provide the DoC separately such as via an email to the customer or as part of the Sales Agreement Documentation? We currently provide the DoC in the User's Manual but it has become a nightmare. Any time a standard or directive number or date changes, we have to create all new DoCs. This means hundreds of new or revised prints, part numbers, and ECNs to update thousands of Bill of Materials. Manual Packs already built have to be reworked. So we really need to get the DoC out of our BOM system because of how often it changes. Thanks for all input. The Other Brian ________________________________ LECO Corporation Notice: This communication may contain confidential information intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you received this by mistake, please destroy it and notify us of the error. Thank you. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
