John, For marine applications, there is a “Wheelmark” that may be applicable in place of CE Marking. I don’t know too much about it, other than to say that I have run across references to it.
Doug Nix [email protected] "If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for example, is just a matter of opinion." Brian Cox in Seed magazine > On 25-Aug-16, at 08:27, Charlie Blackham <[email protected]> wrote: > > John > > The rumour may be based on some fact, but might not be applicable to your > product > > MD Article 1. 2. The following are excluded from the scope of this Directive: > (f) seagoing vessels and mobile offshore units and machinery installed on > board such vessels and/or units; > (g) machinery specially designed and constructed for military or police > purposes; > > > Clarified in the guide: > § 58 Seagoing vessels and mobile offshore units and machinery installed on > board such vessels and/or units > Seagoing vessels and mobile offshore units such as, for example, mobile > drilling rigs, and machinery installed on them are excluded from the scope of > the Machinery Directive by Article 1 (2) (f) since they are subject to the > Conventions of the International Maritime Organisation. > Some of the equipment concerned by this exclusion may also be subject to the > Marine Equipment Directive 96/98/EC18 as amended by Directive 2002/75/EC19 A > mobile offshore unit is an offshore unit that is not intended to be located > on the oil field permanently or for the long term, but is designed to be > moved from location to location, whether or not it has a means of propulsion > or of lowering legs to the seafloor. > However, floating units intended for production, such as, for example, FPSOs > (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading installations - usually based on > tanker designs) and FPPs (Floating Production Platforms - based on > semi-submersible vessels) and the machinery installed on such units are not > excluded from the scope of the Machinery Directive. > Machinery intended to be installed on fixed offshore platforms such as, for > example, oil production rigs, and machinery which may be used on both fixed > and mobile offshore units is also subject to the Machinery Directive. > > § 59 Machinery for military or police purposes > The exclusion set out in Article 1 (2) (g) applies to machinery specially > designed and constructed for defence purposes or for the purpose of > maintaining order. Ordinary machinery used by the armed forces or by the > police but which is not specially designed for defence purposes or for the > purpose of maintaining order is subject to the Machinery Directive. > In some countries, certain fire services belong to the military, however > machinery designed for use by such fire-fighters is not thereby considered to > be designed and constructed for military purposes and is thus subject to the > Machinery Directive. > > Regards > Charlie > > From: John Allen [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: 25 August 2016 12:52 > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [PSES] Oil Spill recovery equipment for CE - Exemption?? > > Hi, > > We're working with a client that supplies Oil Spill response equipment. > We're evaluating the pumps and systems to the Machinery Directive, among > others. However, I heard a "rumor" there is an exemption for Emergency > Response Equipment. Has anyone heard this or knows of this exemption? I > searched on europa and cannot find anything. > > Thanks, > > John > > > > John Allen | President | Product Safety Consulting, Inc. > Your Outsourced Compliance Department® > http://www.productsafetyinc.com <http://www.productsafetyinc.com/> > 630-238-0188 > > Visit us at the D2P Show in Marlborough, MA. > Booth 537 Sept 28th & 29th > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. 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