I’d be very interested in seeing more on this topic as well. I frequently get questions from my clients regarding EU enforcement activities.
Doug Nix d...@ieee.org +1 (519) 729-5704 > On 29-Oct-18, at 19:34, Regan Arndt <reganar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Greetings fellow members, > > > > Out of curiosity, has anyone been privy to any recent EU statistics for those > manufacturers who have been subjected to customs investigations pertaining to > CE marking, penalties, sales bans, etc. due to, not only selling an unsafe > product but, having no CE marking on product, no DoC, insufficient technical > files, non-compliance to the directives, etc? > > The only thing I can find on the web that has something close is from Yvonne > Halpaus of QNET, LLC where she recently published a guide on CE marking in > 2015. An excerpt is below: > > Findings in earlier reports show that 37,600 items of equipment tested in > Switzerland showed 1,100 cases of CE Conformity problems. Of 3,962 items that > were subjected to rigorous measurements, a high proportion of the devices > were found defective (976 altogether) and that none of these met the EMC > specified requirements. > > In 23 cases a sales ban was imposed and legal proceedings were launched. Two > other Member States also revealed problems when testing against the EMC & > Machinery Directive: 33% failed the EMC tests, 47% did not meet the Machinery > Directive formal rules and 89% had technical non-conformities. > > These negative findings were not the result of regular surveillance > mechanisms, 58% was based on examinations triggered by accidents, 33.3% > following inspection of equipment installation, 8.5% based on complaints from > competing manufacturers and 0.2% following visits to trade fairs. > > > > Thanks for sharing any information you have. I'm wanting to update my CE > marking training slides with some good solid facts. > > Regan Arndt > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > <emc-p...@ieee.org <mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org>> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > <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/ > <http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/> can be used for graphics (in > well-used formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ <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 > <http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html> > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org <mailto:sdoug...@ieee.org>> > Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org <mailto:mcantw...@ieee.org>> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org <mailto:j.bac...@ieee.org>> > David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com <mailto:dhe...@gmail.com>> > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <emc-p...@ieee.org> 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 <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
