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SENT 02-13-97 FROM SMITH_JOHN_W @MAILE1
Greetings,
Whatever happened to the CTE Directive as a replacement
for the TTE Directive and all those 'orible national approval
arrangements? Will it creep-up on us suddenly or is it
gathering dust in someone's 'pending' tray in darkest Brussels?
Is there good news if so what?
Stewart Davidson of CEC DGXIII will be presenting the
latest at the next AEA Standards and Certification meeting in
Brussels on 5th March. In anticipation of the meeting please
send ME questions, points of view, fears and proposed
solutions. I will collate them and ensure that they are
addressed.
To get your thought processes going, issues covered before
include:
* The scope of equipment to be covered by the CTE Directive
* Use of Conformity Modules, which ones for what
* Extent of product information to be made available in the
public domain
* The relevance of non-Telecom aspects in the Directive
* How innovative products/services are dealt with
* Speed of adoption of the Directive into Member States' national
laws.
And here's some new ones:
* Have DGXIII and DGIII reached agreed position? (My information
is that they have).
* Should Europe be looking for an FCC equivalent body governing
EMC and RadioCommunications and dispose of the myriad of
Notified and Competent Bodies and layers of Committees?
* Where do the US/EU MRA negotiations fit with the Directive?
This is an opportunity for you and your company to get
some answers; please let me have your input by 28th February.
Cheers JohnS.............
John W. Smith Tandem Computers Inc.
Tel: +44(0)1494-557020 Fax: +44(0)1494-450571
Home:+44(0)1582-767254 EMail: [email protected]
