The answer is a universal "Declaration of Conformity" which declares all compliances for the product, where required by law, backed up by the appropriate marks from 3rd party Conformity Assessment houses, be they private or government. It will require a mark of the CE marking type, where violation of use of that mark will be enforceable. Since the booklet with the DoC will probably get lost, we will probably, as an industry, have to set up some "1-800-whats that mark" number that will tell authorities what model xyz of ACME electronics complies with. There may even be a universal product for inspectors, cheaper than a lap-top, that does this job.
Ciao, Vic NB in the last year the FCC alone added two labels to each telecom product. There will be more requirements for labels for green stuff etc. There are 178 countries in the UN, which probably require as a minimum 4 labels each for a product for the Global Information System. Hence, your universal Information Highway product is looking at a minimum of 712 labels. I know this is absurd, but most inspectors tell me that they have trouble determining whetehr something is compliant or not, if there are more than 5 labels on a product. The label business has outlasted its usefulness for the very people who need them. VB
