Where appropriate, the self-certification route is the quickest and least expensive. For example, our products must conform to the EU EMC and Low Voltage (safety) Directives.
For EMC, we test to the harmonized European EMC standards at an approved site, and maintain a file of the test results. For safety, we obtain a third party CB Certificate and Test Report to include the country differences listed in the latest Official Journal. These are to IEC 950 (and IEC 825 for lasers) and the country/regional equivalents, e.g. EN60950, EN60825, etc. An EU Declaration of Conformity is signed and kept on file at our French facility. If requested, we can provide the EMC data and CB Report to substantiate our DoC. Obviously this method is not appropriate for some products, or those without the necessary in-house testing facilities. Regards, George Alspaugh Please respond to janzen%[email protected] To: emc-pstc%[email protected] cc: (bcc: George Alspaugh) bcc: George Alspaugh Subject: Thanks (Notified or Competent) I just want to thank everyone out there for the information on the Notified/Competent question I posted. This is a fantastic resource. Thanks again to all! Ed Janzen EMC Engineer CAE Electronics Montreal, Canada
