Hi Charlie, Many thanks for your kind advice!!
As the conformity review of this product is required by a NB, it is quite difficult to challenge their result due to their status but we can require them to issue a confirmation of continual compliance with the latest essential requirements of RED on the repeat orders. Regards, Scott On 21 June 2018 at 02:46, Charlie Blackham <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott > > > > I understand the issue you describe, however it should be remembered that: > > - The manufacturer is always responsible , whoever advises them. If > they are going to ask a 3rd party (lab or consultant) then they should > satisfy themselves that the advice is correct, perhaps by asking what the > recommendation is based on. > - A test lab cannot issue a “Declaration of Conformity” only a > manufacturer (or suitably contracted representative) can do that – test > labs should (only) issue “Certificates of Conformity” as a summary of test > results, which are not the same thing > - Copying someone else who got it wrong isn’t much of a defence > > > > In my experience, you should be prepared for challenges from market > surveillance if you don’t apply Harmonised Standards (but whether you > actually get challenged may be down to luck and whether your product type > has been selected for market surveillance activity) > > > > Regards > > Charlie > > > > *Charlie Blackham* > > *Sulis Consultants Ltd* > > *Tel: +44 (0)7946 624317* > > *Web: **www.sulisconsultants.com* > <https://outlook.hslive.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=02be3bf3e3a544d1bdf7b6c99fbd12f5&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sulisconsultants.com%2f> > > Registered in England and Wales, number 05466247 > > > > *From:* Scott Xe <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 20 June 2018 17:31 > *To:* Charlie Blackham <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [PSES] RED products in EMC compliance part > > > > Hi Charlie, > > > > Understand that the manufacturer is free to choose any conformity > assessment to meet the essential requirements for EMC without using a > Notified Body. However the manufacturer must have expert in this area to > provide the appropriate advice. Most of oem manufacturers lack of such > luxury resource and reply on renowned test houses to do it for them. Can > we use the declaration of conformity from the test lab for selecting the > right test standards for EMC part even those standards are not in RED and > EMC harmonized lists. Would we receive extra challenges from the market > surveillances due to the fact that we use non harmonized standards. > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > > Scott > > > > On 21 June 2018 at 00:12, Charlie Blackham <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Scott > > > > EN 55035 is the (only) article 3.1(b) EMC standard that is Harmonised for > broadcast receivers under the RED. > > > > As per RED article 17, the manufacturer is free to choose any conformity > assessment to meet the essential requirements for EMC without using a > Notified Body, but: > > - Your approach to EMC needs to be considered in your Risk Assessment > (whether or not a Harmonised Standard is applied) > - Market enforcement and customs would “expect” to see Harmonised > Standards such as EN 55035:2017 listed on the DoC > > > > If the DAB radio contains Bluetooth then EN 301 489-1 and -17 would also > apply, though these won’t be in the OJ until Q4 2017 or Q1 2018 > > > > Regards > > Charlie > > > > *Charlie Blackham* > > *Sulis Consultants Ltd* > > *Tel: +44 (0)7946 624317* > > *Web: **www.sulisconsultants.com* > <https://outlook.hslive.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=02be3bf3e3a544d1bdf7b6c99fbd12f5&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sulisconsultants.com%2f> > > Registered in England and Wales, number 05466247 > > > > *From:* Scott Xe <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 20 June 2018 16:05 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [PSES] RED products in EMC compliance part > > > > Dear All, > > > > We have a DAB radio with BT speaker. It held NB a cert using EN 55032 : > 2015, EN 55020 : 2007 + A12 : 2016, …. for EMC part compliance last > year. Currently we are reviewing the continual compliance. It is > discovered that both EN 55032 and EN 55020 disappears in the latest list of > EMC harmonized standard list. In RED harmonized standard list, there is a > new harmonized standard EN 55035. Is it in need of meeting EN 55035 : 2017 > instead of EN 55020 : 2007 to maintain the continual compliance of RED? > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > > Scott > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. 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