[time-nuts] CE Mark

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <48A5E93D.5030606 at tiscali.co.uk>, David Ackrill writes:
>Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>> Correct, provided if you don't otherwise end up "placing the product
>> on the market", ie: by advertising directly in the EU or in global
>> media targeting EU audiences (ie: in native language).
>
>That's interesting, given that it is often said that the UK and the US 
>are two countries separated by a common language.

I can warmly recommend "The midatlantic companion" by David Frost.

>What about if a non-EU company sponsors a website, hosted in Europe, and 
>has their logo and products shown on the website, must their products be 
>CE marked even if the end users import the units from the non-EU supplier?

Well, this is where you get to ask yourself if your lawyers are better
than their laywers.

As long as your product cannot kill anybody, the amount of liability
you can have if you just slap a CE mark onto your product is limited,
and that's all the testing what a lot of battery/low-voltage products
go through.

>If so, that could impact on a lot of Amateur Radio, and other specialist 
>interest, forums...

I doubt it, proving that something is _not_ CE compliant is a pretty
expensive process, and you can't sue somebody without evidence of
wrongdoing.  Just "supecting it is not CE compliant" will get you
thrown out of a european court with a fine.

So before anybody gets in trouble, somebody has to get hurt enough
that tests are carried out.

Most of the enforcement cases I have heard about have been form
jealous competitors, which as I read it, also started this thread.

Poul-Henning

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