Hello Vic: I checked out this very question myself, as I did not know that BSI had recently attained Notified Body status in the EU. They have. Therefor, BSI has (as near as I can tell now) all of the (TTE) approval authority that BABT does in the EU, however, they DO NOT (yet?) have the authority that BABT has in the UK. In other words, BSI can grant TTE approvals to a CTR, but not to a UK NTR.
I believe that they are also a Notified Body to the LVD. Hope this helps. This is correct Barry? Thanks! Mel Pedersen Midcom, Inc. Homologations Engineer Phone: (605) 882-8535 [email protected] Fax: (605) 886-6752 ---------- From: Victor L. Boersma[SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 23, 1998 4:19 PM To: INTERNET:[email protected] Subject: RE: BSI a Notified Body I need de-confusing. Probably has to do with the abuse of language again. Many have contributed to our stock of knowledge, for which, on behalf of all of us, I want to give a big thank you. Under the EU schemes of things, I understood there to be: (1) Regulatory Bodies (2) Approval Authorities (3) Notified Bodies, Competent Bodies and other things of that ilk. In many cases, there is a government agency that appears to be the Approval Authority, and any number of Notified Bodies that have the power to approve equipment that meets the requirements, but is not "THE" Approval authority. To take the UK as an example, BABT is the approval body and is also a notified body. BSI is a notified body, but appears not to be the authority that BABT is. Is the distinction I make valid, or are all these bodies equal ???? (I am not even, for now, going to ask what powers exactly the BABTs have that the BSIs don't have.) I would be grateful for enlightenment. Vic
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