Hi Greg
The newly formed EMC Industries Association www.emcia.org is already in contact
with UK Trading Standards and will be offering seminars.
With regards to the threads on test houses Greg Galluccio and others I will
find out more about the details of this product.
Will also seek comments from an eminent UK lawyer on these matters. (but I will
not be paying him)
Cheers
Alan E Hutley
EMC Compliance Journal
www.compliance-club.com
- Original Message -
From: Gregg Kervill
To: 'Emc-Pstc Discussion Group'
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 5:17 PM
Subject: RE: EMC Prosecution in UK - Safety??? Saving money on Enforcement
There have been many good issues raised in this thread - in particular the
issue of 'bad' case-law being set. I remember a very good UK lawyer friend of
mine predicting that initial case-law would be suspect and based upon
incomplete knowledge and understanding of the issues. And that until cases were
taken to the High Court where a knowledgeable technical defense was made the
law would remain unsound.
HOWEVER. If the product failed EMC I would bet a dollar to a doughnut that
it would also fail safety!
I also know that in some countries there are few resources for training
Enforcement Officer and therefore I will offer to make a short
multimedia-training program available (free of charge) to ANY Eu Enforcement
Officer that contacts me directly.
EMC requires expensive testing equipment - BUT most Product Safety
non-compliances can be identified with a physical inspection. - Hence this is
an opportunity for the enforcement services to save money.
Best regards
Gregg
Gregg Kervill DipIM, MIMgt, MIEEE
VP Engineering
Test4Safety.com Inc
PO Box 310,
Reedville, VA
22539. USA
Phone ( 804) 453-3141
Fax(804) 453-9039
http://www.test4safety.com/
