Jim, Yes. We were asked by our South African dealer to show compliance. We submitted our EU Decalrations of Conformity. They came back and said this was not acceptable and that full test reports need to be provided. We then sent them copies of our GS Mark certifications. Again this was not acceptable.
I called my local TUV office and they said that because we had GS Mark certificates, that should be good enough. I told them about South Africa and asked for copies of my test reports. When they checked my files, they found that the test reports were not existing, were in German or were incomplete. There were no official test reports because I did not ask for and pay for them. I ended up spending $8,500 to have them all generated based on past test data. Needless to say, I no longer obtain GS Mark certifications but instead ask for full and complete test reports, which I pay for. I submitted these test reports to our South African dealer and that seems to have satisfied them for now. We manufacture laser based film and plate recorders (imagesetters) and use the ITE category of test criteria (73/23/EEC - EN 60950 and 89/336/EEC EN 55022). Don't really know what the requirements are in S.A. other than our dealers request. Regards, Scott Douglas ECRM Incorporated _______________________________________________________________________________ From: GOEDDERZ, JIM on Mon, Jan 5, 1998 8:55 PM Subject: South Africa safety To: 'PSnetPost' Safety group: We have just been informed by our clearing agents in South Africa that from 1st of January 1998, there is new legislation in place regarding the importation of electrical and electronic goods. We have to lodge with customs "an acceptable test report from a recognized test house, that their electrical and electronic equipment on sale is safe" One year ago, this topic was addressed in this group, and it appears that "there is no separate labeling or submittal requirements. The SABS felt that our compliance with EN 60950 more than satisfied this requirement." I now have information from SABS that full test reports, in English, from an accredited test house, must be submitted. After evaluation, a certification letter will be issued to the company for use at the port of entry. Testing must be to EN60950 or IEC (60) 950. What I'd like to know is if anyone has information on whether this is a legal requirement for all mains connected equipment, or only for some subgroups of IEC 950 equipment? Also, has anyone else been hit with, and complied with the requirement? Thanks James Goedderz [email protected] ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by macgtwy.ecrm.com with SMTP;5 Jan 1998 20:55:43 -0400 Received: by highlight.ecrm.com (AA07769); Mon, 5 Jan 98 20:20:17 EST Received: from ruebert.ieee.org by maildrop.ecrm.com (UAA06519); Mon, 5 Jan 1998 20:21:03 -0500 (EST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by ruebert.ieee.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13666 for emc-pstc-list; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 17:05:32 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <C11FE16E92EDD011B40800609770ACCF11EAE0@FLCICEX1> From: "GOEDDERZ, JIM" <[email protected]> To: "'PSnetPost'" <[email protected]> Subject: South Africa safety List-Post: [email protected] Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 17:10:21 -0500 X-Priority: 3 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: [email protected] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "GOEDDERZ, JIM" <[email protected]> X-Resent-To: Multiple Recipients <[email protected]> X-Listname: emc-pstc X-Info: Help requests to [email protected] X-Info: [Un]Subscribe requests to [email protected] X-Moderator-Address: [email protected]
