Charlie:
I used to sell directly to the UK MoD and Australian Armed Forces. The sale is done by a contract with their respective government, which is typically exempt from going through customs. OTOH, you should read the contract very carefully, because they can invoke whatever they want, and if you signed it, that's what you have to do to fulfill the legal contract. For instance, sometimes I had to meet US MIL-STD-461, sometimes DEF-STAN 59-411, sometimes they would add the UK radiation standards, sometimes there was an ANZAC standard. And just maybe your contract spells out certain commercial standards you may have to meet. But, unless things have changed in the past two years, it's almost like their government meets you offshore and does the deal and you walk away. Governments always exempt themselves from what vexes mere civilians. Ed Price WB6WSN Chula Vista, CA USA From: Charlie Blackham [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 7:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] Australian EMC requirements for military equipment All A client is looking to supply a radio spectrum monitoring and direction finding system to the Australian Army. I understand from http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/aca_home/publications/reports/industry/manuals/ emcbook.pdf that such equipment is exempt from ACMA EMC requirements and should meet Department of Defence requirements. I have a couple of questions: . How should the equipment be described for customs purposes - or is just addressing equipment to military sufficient for customs? . What are the "Department of Defence requirements" - are they specified as part of contractual requirements on a product-by-product basis? Regards Charlie Charlie Blackham Sulis Consultants Ltd Tel: +44 (0)7946 624317 Web: www.sulisconsultants.com <http://www.sulisconsultants.com/> Registered in England and Wales, number 05466247 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.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]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) 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]>
