Sounds interesting - anyone know where to go for more details on registration, etc. (not obvious where to look once you are on DoC web page)?
Regards, Scott Lemon (esn 351-4487, 919-991-4487) Fax: (919) 991-8724 Network Dependability Nortel Networks RTP, NC > -----Original Message----- > From: Victor L. Boersma [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 1999 12:01 PM > To: TREG > Subject: Invitation to EU workshop for all CABs (Washington, D.C., > April 2 7-29) > > For those who prefer to stop guessing and would like to get some > information from the horse's mouthes: > > There will be two consecutive workshops, to be > held in Washington, D.C. on April 27-29, 1999. > > On Tuesday, April 27, representatives of the European Commission, > and other European experts, will brief interested parties from > both the United States and Canada on responsibilities under relevant > European directives (98/13/EC and 89/336/EEC) and the respective > Canadian and US MRAs with the EU. A draft agenda for this all-day > workshop is enclosed. Attendees are advised to bring copies of the > relevant EU directives and the EU MRA with them to the workshop. > > On Wednesday, April 28, the National Institute of Standards and > Technology (NIST) invites interested parties, including Canadians, > to attend a workshop to develop the following two sets of criteria, > for implementation purposes: > > (1) criteria for a sub-program under the National Voluntary > Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation (NVCASE) Program to satisfy > product testing, certification and quality systems requirements of > the telecommunications equipment and EMC annexes of the US/EC MRA; > > (2) criteria for the qualification and operation of telecommunications > certification bodies (TCBs) under the FCC Report and Order 98-338 of > 17 December 1998. > > The Tuesday and Wednesday workshops will be held from > 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the Department of Commerce Auditorium, at > 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. > > (Note: there also is a workshop on Thursday, doing much the same thing > for the Canada - Switzerland MRA, in the Canadian Embassy in Washington. > Since the US has no MRA with Switzerland (yet) this may be of interest > only to Canadians). > > You must pre-register to attend any of the workshops by providing the > full names and affiliations of planned participants from your > organization by April 16, so that appropriate arrangements can be > made. > Note: I don't know where US attendees must register. > Check with DoC or NIST. > > EU Workshop for North American CABs > > A.M. Overview of Practical Implementation of the MRA Transition > Period (EMC and telecom/radio): > - Manufacturer Responsibilities > - Role of CABs > - Competent Bodies' Role (EMC) > - Notified Bodies' Role - both EMC and TTE > - Annexes I - IV of the TTE Directive (98/13/EC) > - Exchange of Test Reports, Etc. during the Transition Period > - Confidence Building > > P.M. Overview of the Proposed R&TTE Directive: > - Description of the provisions of the directive > - Essential requirements > - Role of voluntary standards; shift from CTRs to TBRs or other ETSI > standards, etc. > - Availability of network technical information > - Role of notified bodies > - Need for quality systems > > > The week following, ICC has arranged for a seminar and workhops that > will allow for further elaboration, including full discussion on the > new R&TTE Directive that will replace the TTE Directive covered under > the MRAs. This will provide you with valuable insights into where the > Conformity Assessment of information and communications technology > (ICT) equipment approvals is moving: > > The Third Annual Approvals Seminar > Dallas, Texas > May 3 & 4, 1999 at the Intercontinental Hotel. > > This year's program looks as if it will be the most significant > event in North America this year, on world-wide approvals and > compliance issues. > > Mark Bogers of the European Commission, who has the primary > responsibility for expediting the R&TTE Directive will talk about > how this will revolutionize the principles of equipment approval > in Europe, and he expects, on a global scale. Mark will speak in > the morning and conduct a workshop in the afternoon. > > Manfred Mall of Siemens, the chair of an EC Implementation ad-hoc > on the R&TTE Directive (and an active member of TIA TR41 during his > years of service in Boca Raton) will speak about the need for further > significant simplification on a global scale, in the longer term. > He will elaborate on an ECTEL/Eurobit Green Paper on "Global Product > Approval for the Future" a proposal to the WTO. Manfred will talk > in the morning as well and conduct a parallel workshop in the > afternoon. > > The second day of the seminar will be devoted to extensive > treatment of approvals issues in South America, North America, > Central Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, China, Japan > and Brazil. > > > Approval manuals for the Africas, Americas, Asia-Pacific, > Central & East Europe, Europe and the Gulf States will be > on display (and sale, I assume). > > For more info look up http://www.icc-uk.com/ > > To register, contact Pat Cannon at <[email protected]> > > > Hope to see you'all there, > > > Vic Boersma >
