That indeed is an important issue. ENs based on IEC and ISO standards would have to be completely re-written so as to be 'technically equivalent' but not copies.
However, the IEC publishes only in English, French, Spanish and (rarely) Russian. It is not clear what would happen about ENs in other languages. With best wishes OOO - Own Opinions Only www.jmwa.demon.co.uk J M Woodgate and Associates Rayleigh England > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian O'Connell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 8:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PSES] Will the ECJ end the New Approach? > > People more familiar with the Brussels mime and actor troupe needs to expound. > But for U.S., the IEC-based standards, even where adopted by ANSI and listed > by the OSHA NRTL site, cannot be released to the public domain because the > original IP belongs to an NGO not financed by the public. Suppose that the IEC > could be considered publicly funded if the various states all paid for their > respective National Committees. > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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]>
