Hello all, I don't know if this helps and maybe it's not the full answer, but I remember the conversation regarding colour photographs on the DoC when we were progressing the early drafts of the new Radio Equipment Directive.
There is an attempt to harmonise the administrative requirements between Directives of course, which can mean taking the requirements of one Directive and applying it to the others. Assuming you do not want to 'soften' any Directives, you therefore end up 'toughening' the others. I believe the Toy Safety Directive requires a good quality colour photo of the device on the DoC; therefore there was a proposal that all DoCs, to all Directives, should have a good quality colour photo on it. This was finally rejected from the Radio Equipment Directive and EMC Directive as being an unnecessary requirement. However, it was left that if you do decide to put photo on your DoC, it should be good quality and in colour (to align with the photo requirements of the Toy Safety Directive). Therefore, it should not be mandatory to put the photo on your EMC or RE Directive DoCs, but it's an option if you want it. Thanks, Michael. -----Original Message----- From: Kunde, Brian [mailto:brian_ku...@lecotc.com] Sent: 17 March 2015 07:53 To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Harmonised Standards for EMC Directive 2014/30/EU and Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU John, Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't notice the "MAY". I'll have to make a point to do that in the future. However, with my luck, I'm sure some country will translate this into a Must Have requirement in their law. As you may know from other treads I've been participating in that we are currently looking at the current and future requirements of the DoC and Nameplate so I have to consider all possibilities. I appreciate everyone's input. It has been most helpful. Thanks for your input. The Other Brian -----Original Message----- From: John Woodgate [mailto:j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk] Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 4:57 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Harmonised Standards for EMC Directive 2014/30/EU and Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU In message <64D32EE8B9CBDD44963ACB076A5F6ABB026D385D@Mailbox-Tech.lecotech.local>, dated Mon, 16 Mar 2015, "Kunde, Brian" <brian_ku...@lecotc.com> writes: >“4. Object of the declaration (identification of apparatus allowing >traceability; it may include a colour image of sufficient clarity where >necessary for the identification of the apparatus):” > > > >Does this mean we have to include a color picture of the product on the >DoC? No, it quite clearly says 'may', which gives permission. >What would be an acceptable alternative? For most products, the other data the Directive requires is sufficient, but for some products it might be inconvenient or impossible to add all the marking, so a picture would make things clear. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. With best wishes. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk When I turn my back on the sun, it's to look for a rainbow John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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