> In other words, if a manufacturer finds a notified body in the EU to issue a > certificate based on CTR 21 (just because national law doesn't conflict), > what could prevent the manufacturer from shipping in all member states?
This was the basis of my misunderstanding till Roger enlightened me. Up until the day that CTR21 was approved by the Council, indeed some Notified Bodies did give national approvals to CTR21, in countries that accepted CTR21 as the national standard. Such a certification by a National Certification Organization that also happened to be a pan-European Notified Body, was only good for the country in which that Certification Organization operated and did not give the manufacturer the right to affix the CE marking accompanied by the number of the Notified Body. The marking had to be the national mark of that Certification Organization. Now that CTR21 is published in the OJ, the manufacturer can go back to the Certification Organization that approved the equipment for national use, and ask them to convert that certification into a pan-European certification and give the manufacturer the right to affix the CE marking with the number of the Notified Body. Ancient Sankrit Proverb: Look To This Day ! For it is life, the very life of life In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of existence; The bliss of growth, the splendor of action, the glory of power. For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. >
