> > > >A CTR is the designation of a TBR as a harmonised standard and is > >published in the Official Journal of the European Commission. Until > >a specific CTR has been published in the OJ, the relevant published > >TBR is not classed as a harmonised standard and therefore cannot be > >used to gain Pan-European Approval.
This is much clearer than what I orignally said, yet still a slip occured (I think) in that the OJ announces that a particular TBR henceforth is a CTR. The text of the TBR is referred to but not, to my knowledge, published in the OJ. I guess that if changes to the TBR were required to make the document acceptable as a CTR, that could be done through the OJ, but believed that the preferred route would be to change the TBR, before that time. Anyway, you first need to find the TBR of interest to you, and than you have to establish whether it has be promoted to CTR status AND, as always make sure that nothing happened to your TBR before it became a CTR. I still se many people who believe that the original LVD and EMC Directives are still valid as writtne, They are no aware of the amendments to those documents by subsequent Directives. I don't think you can "buy" an official version of those Directives that have the amendments worked in. Some private purveyors can provide the amended documents to you, but than you have to rely on them having done their editing job properly. Ciao, Vic
