Joe, To the best of my knowledge, the implementation of RTTE differs from all previous telecoms directives as *all* Member States *must* start using it on April 8, 2000. The current TTE Directive is valid until April 7, 2000. As you know, the current Directive took much too long to implement in certain countries (no names...) and I guess this is the reason for this unusal approach.
Roger Magnuson Manager, Marketing & Business Development TGC AB Dalvagen 28, 169 56 SOLNA, Sweden TEL: +46 856250050 (direct) FAX: +46 856250045 mobile: +46 707770594 mailto:[email protected] internet: http://www.tgc.se -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:13 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Using RTTE directive before April 2000? Listmembers: I have a question that perhaps some of you can help me with. I'm developing a regulatory compliance plan for a new telecom product that is scheduled to begin shipping in the first quarter of 2000. The exact date is not certain, but it is likely to be before the April 8, 2000 date that appears in the RTTE directive. If possible, I would like to avoid the whole notified body route called out by the current directive 98/13/EC, especially since it would only be required for the brief period until April 2000. I seem to recall that a new directive can be used as soon as *any* member state has transposed it into national law. If so, this suggests that the RTTE directive could be used prior to April 2000 if at least one member state has transposed it into national law. In the case of the UK, however, recent postings on the emc-pstc listserver indicate that the draft legislation for the UK calls out an effective date of April 8, 2000. In other words, even if the UK transposes the directive prior to April 2000, the national law itself will call out an effective date of April 8. I do not know what the other member states are planning to do. So, am I stuck with using directive 98/13/EC and the notified body route if the product ships prior to April 8, 2000? Joe Randolph Telecom Design Consultant Randolph Telecom, Inc.
