EMC Compliance

[Forbes, William - EE - UK/Leamington]

The CE marking requirements are for any product sold in any
country in the European Union. It is a legal requirement that
all products are CE marked before that can be sold.

By marking a product with a CE mark, you are declaring that
the product is electrically safe (complies with requirements),
does not generate EMI and will operate safely (or not operate
but remains safe) under EMC conditions.

The CE mark is applied by the manufacturer (some products
have to be independently assessed, but I don't think this
will worry you).

The manufacturer of a product (or the person/distributor
who brings the product into the EU) has to keep a technical
file on the product, so that proof can be shown that the
necessary legal requirements have been met. The authorities
can request this information at any time.

The odds of being asked to supply details are relatively
small as there are very few enforcement officers (at least
in the UK).

So to summarise, you must apply a CE mark to any product
that you wish to use in the EU. If your product is runs on
low voltage, does not generate interference and remains safe
with EMC, then you should be safe to apply the CE mark to
your product. You may be called upon to prove the above.

Hope this helps,

Bill Forbes.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lincoln Fong [mailto:Linc at christeld.freeserve.co.uk]
> Sent: 18 January 2001 11:57
> To: Synth-Diy
> Subject: EMC Compliance
> 
> 
> Someone mentioned the 'CE' mark with reference to 
> interference/compliance. I
> have a question for you manufacturers and kit sellers with 
> ref to this mark:
> If I'm going into business selling a small cased battery 
> powered (9 volt
> type) unit or effect with no oscillator or HF inside and 
> fairly immune to
> external interference, does sale to the public still require 
> the display of
> this mark in the UK,US and or elsewhere and if so, from what 
> I read, is a
> sort of honour system involved? Ie do you mark the product 
> and register
> compliance with an authority (if so whom?). Further if you 
> don't mark the
> product what happens? Is your product going to have trouble 
> being accepted
> by outlets even if electromagnetically speaking it's harmless?
> 
> Any answers appreciated.
> 
> Lincoln
>