Vic Go ahead with my blessing.
I should expand on my arguments re: accessing USA vs Europe. We deal with a lot of Computing devices. The reasons why I believe it is easier for US companies manufacturing this kind of product to access Europe than vice versa are as follows: 1. EMC For a US company wanting to test for Europe, the choice of test resource is unlimited and the company probably has a lab (competent or otherwise) within 50 miles. For a European company, particularly if a product is subject to FCC certification our choice is either to send it to a US lab which is "accredited" or do the testing in Europe and wait an extra 4 to 6 weeks for the European test report to be filed with FCC. 2. Safety Again, a US company can do its safety testing wherever it wants. Our experience with the USA is, although not a requirement everywhere, many of our European customers are being forced to go through UL to allow sales in certain states/cities, etc. UL will accept CB test reports but will levy an additional charge (1/2 test fee) for reviewing the report. Admittedly, neither of the US EMC or safety processes are particularly onerous or costly on a one off basis but the playing field is not quite level yet between USA and Europe. Best Regards Nick ---------- From: [email protected] on behalf of Victor L. Boersma Sent: 08 April 1997 17:10 To: INTERNET:[email protected] Subject: RE: CE MARK: Value-added?? Rephrased Nick, I wish I had used your excellent arguments to justify my somewhat snotty reponse. With your permission, I'm going to use your treatise to counter some of the arguments we hear in North America. (As long as the CTE is not proclaimed in full glory, don't think it is easier for NA mfrs to enter EC, than vice-versa. May change after CTE though.) Regards, Vic
