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The New EU Directive and How it Impacts You
Repealing Directive 89/336/EEC
By Don Ballard, Elliott Laboratories
Background: The Directive 89/336/EEC will be repealed as of 20
July 2007 by the new Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council, of 15 December 2004, on the approximation of the
Laws of Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility,
published in the OJEU on 31 December 2004 (L 390/24).
The new EMC Directive has been published in the Official Journal
of the European Union, L 390/24, 31 December 2004, and will repeal
Directive 89/336/EEC as of 20 July 2007. It will greatly simplify
regulatory procedures and reduce costs for manufacturers, while
increasing information and documentation on products for inspection
authorities. The revised directive abolishes two cumbersome
conformity assessment procedures for producers, which required the
mandatory involvement of an independent inspection and verification
body, thus reducing costs. Manufacturers will be solely responsible
for establishing the conformity of their products and for the "CE"
marking. The EMC directive governs the electromagnetic emissions of
electrical and electronic equipment and their immunity to
interference. It ensures for instance that a microwave oven does not
interfere with radio reception, or that a radio alarm clock must not
come on if a mobile phone is used nearby. The directive will come
into force in the Member States within the next three years.
Apart from the simplified conformity procedures, the main
elements of the revised directive are:
Stricter requirements concerning information and
documentation. The new directive requires manufacturers or their
agents to provide inspection authorities with additional means of
control, such as clear identification of a product (type, serial
number, etc) and indication of the name and address of the
manufacturer or his agent and, if necessary, of the importer
established in the territory of the European Union. This improved
product traceability will make it easier for the authorities to
monitor the market. By eliminating products for which it is
difficult at the moment to identify the origin, competition will be
on a fairer basis
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FCC Continues Enforcement Actions...
The Federal Communications Commission is continuing its strict
enforcement efforts against the marketing of unauthorized equipment,
proposing a $75,000 forfeiture against one manufacturer, and
affirming a $65,000 forfeiture order against another. The proposed
forfeiture was levied against San Jose Navigation, Inc. for marketing
four models of the company's GPS signal re-radiator kits that
operated on restricted frequency bands allocated for safety-of-life
operations. In this instance, the Commission acted on complaints from
the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, the
Department of Transportation and other federal agencies which had
expressed concern that the GPS re-radiator equipment could
potentially interfere with federal government GPS operations.
The Commission also issued a Forfeiture Order in the amount of
$65,000 against ACR Electronics for willful and repeated violations
of its equipment marketing requirements. Specifically, the company
was found liable for unlawfully marketing its personal location
beacon device to the industry and the general public before it
obtained certification and without the requisite disclaimer notice.
In a separate matter, the Commission affirmed its proposed forfeiture
in the amount of $14,000 against Gibson Tech Ed, Inc. for marketing
two models of unauthorized FM broadcast transmitters.
As previously reported, the Commission recently proposed a $1
million forfeiture against Behringer USA, Inc. for illegally
marketing over a five year period as many as 66 different models of
mixers, amplifiers and digital effects processors, none of which had
been verified for compliance with FCC requirements.
This article was reprinted with permission from Conformity Magazine
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Elliott to offer Web-Based Seminars |
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Are you looking to learn more about a specific compliance-related
topic? Would you like to further your knowledge of EMC, Product
Safety, Telecom or Wireless compliance requirements? If you missed
some of our live seminars in the past that doesn't mean that you've
missed your only chance!
Elliott Laboratories will soon be offering a series of web-based
seminars - or "webinars" - on a variety of compliance topics, and we
would like your feedback on subjects that would be of interest to
you. Our experts will be presenting timely and insightful
information on the topics that matter to you, and you'll be able to
participate right from your desktop using a standard web browser.
Please send us your suggestions or requests for webinar topics to
info@elliottlabs.com.
We will be announcing our compliance webinar schedule in a future
edition of the Elliott CAS. Thanks in advance for your feedback!
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