Re: EMC prosecution

2002-10-02 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Dean Gerard (gdean) gd...@ncht.trent.nhs.uk wrote (in 41e1d962cb500644907f3835aaf9c8161df...@exchange.ncht.trent.nh s.uk) about 'EMC prosecution' on Wed, 2 Oct 2002: Indeed the regime of 'approved' British standards under UK product legislation, compliance with which did

EMC prosecution

2002-10-02 Thread Dean Gerard (gdean)
With regard to discussion on 'presumption of compliance' conferred by application of harmonised standards I thought the following passages might be of interest (taken from 'Safer by Design' by Abbott Tyler, who according to the sleeve-notes are a product safety management consultant and a

Re: EMC Prosecution in UK - Safety??? Saving money on Enforcement

2002-09-28 Thread Alan E Hutley
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

Re: EMC prosecution UK

2002-09-28 Thread SOUNDSURFR
In response to the 9/27/02 post from Gregg at Test4safety.com: There are some serious questions and there is a lot of information missing from your description of the situation. I'll try to address your statements one by one and offer my reaction as a former certification agency manager: Can

RE: EMC Prosecution in UK

2002-09-27 Thread Gert Gremmen
...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Jim Eichner Sent: donderdag 26 september 2002 20:17 To: 'EMC-PSTC - forum' Subject: FW: EMC Prosecution in UK I read this article with some consternation, since in my mind it challenges not the manufacturer or importer, but the concept of Presumption of Conformity

RE: EMC prosecution UK

2002-09-27 Thread Gregg Kervill
-Original Message- From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Alan E Hutley Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 8:53 AM To: Neil Helsby; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC prosecution UK

RE: EMC Prosecution in UK - Safety??? Saving money on Enforcement

2002-09-27 Thread Gregg Kervill
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

EMC prosecution

2002-09-27 Thread Ted Rook
2c in addition to the rights and wrongs of the technical issue is the quesion of a level playing field for all manufacturers that compete for the UK market with a given product, like our hair dryer example. EMC directive and regulations for domestic products gives teeth to the trading

Re: EMC prosecution UK

2002-09-27 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Alan E Hutley nutwoo...@nutwood.eu.com wrote (in 01a501c26624$cce34f20$0d01a8c0@alan) about 'EMC prosecution UK' on Fri, 27 Sep 2002: Can someone advise if the importer or manufacture takes the product to a test house and asks to test to a certain standard is there any

RE: EMC prosecution UK

2002-09-27 Thread Colgan, Chris
On the other hand There seems to be some question about this recently reported case, and regardless of the outcome of any appeal, the following points need to be remembered. 1)The cost goes far beyond a fine. The TS can prohibit the sale of goods in store until any required

Re: EMC prosecution UK

2002-09-27 Thread Alan E Hutley
is there any legal obligation on the test house to advise of other implications or standards. Alan E Hutley EMC Compliance Journal - Original Message - From: Neil Helsby nei...@solid-state-logic.com To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:07 AM Subject: EMC prosecution

Re: EMC Prosecution in UK

2002-09-27 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Gert Gremmen g.grem...@cetest.nl wrote (in oleokfnbajjejfkplbbmcelgcdaa.g.grem...@cetest.nl) about 'EMC Prosecution in UK' on Fri, 27 Sep 2002: I understand your concerns, but that is exactly why harmonised standards give only PRESUMPTION of Compliance only

EMC prosecution UK

2002-09-27 Thread Neil Helsby
There seems to be some question about this recently reported case, and regardless of the outcome of any appeal, the following points need to be remembered. 1) The cost goes far beyond a fine. The TS can prohibit the sale of goods in store until any required corrective action has been

Re: FW: EMC Prosecution in UK

2002-09-26 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Jim Eichner jim.eich...@xantrex.com wrote (in 67C475A5ECE7D4118AEC0002B325CAB603510EDA@BCMAIL1) about 'FW: EMC Prosecution in UK' on Thu, 26 Sep 2002: I read this article with some consternation, since in my mind it challenges not the manufacturer or importer

FW: EMC Prosecution in UK

2002-09-26 Thread Jim Eichner
, September 25, 2002 11:43 PM To: Emc-Pstc Discussion Group Subject: EMC Prosecution in UK EMC Prosecution, the company mentioned in the report Hot UK Ltd is owned by Helen of Troy based in El Paso Texas. For full story go click below http://www.compliance-club.com/TS%20Prosecution.doc http

Re: EMC Prosecution in UK

2002-09-26 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Price, Ed ed.pr...@cubic.com wrote (in b78135310217d511907c0090273f5190d0b...@curly.ds.cubic.com) about 'EMC Prosecution in UK' on Thu, 26 Sep 2002: HOT was fined $9,000 by the British magistrates. Not the point: if reports are true, part of the prosecution case was ill

RE: EMC Prosecution in UK

2002-09-26 Thread Price, Ed
-Original Message- From: Alan E Hutley [mailto:nutwoo...@nutwood.eu.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 11:43 PM To: Emc-Pstc Discussion Group Subject: EMC Prosecution in UK EMC Prosecution, the company mentioned in the report Hot UK Ltd is owned by Helen of Troy based in El Paso

EMC Prosecution in UK

2002-09-26 Thread Alan E Hutley
EMC Prosecution, the company mentioned in the report Hot UK Ltd is owned by Helen of Troy based in El Paso Texas. For full story go click below http://www.compliance-club.com/TS%20Prosecution.doc Alan E Hutley EMC Compliance Journal www.compliance-club.com