Self Certification for CE.
Self Certification for CE.
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Hello,
I have a couple of questions on the Self Certification procedure:
1. In the Declaration of Conformance document, do the Security Standards tested have to be listed also, apart from the emissions and conductance standards.
2. Can a Company Self Certify for CE under the following conditions:
* The testing of the product to be certified, by a 'Notified Body', resulted in failure to pass in certain aspects.
* The Notified Body recommended some changes to the product, so that it may pass the test next time.
* The Company has noted those recommendations and has implemented those to the product.
* The modified product was sent for re-testing for CE.
* The Company is running out of time for release of the product to the market and goes ahead to Self Certify the product for CE. The Technical Construction File at this point will contain the previous failed test report and another document explaining the modifications made to the product in order to make it pass (of course, one can't be 100% certain that the product will pass the test this time).
* Once the final test reports arrive, saying that the product has passed the test, the Company simply modifies the documentation in the Technical Construction File.
There is a need to meet a deadline by the Company to market the product, but the question is, "Is this a legal way of going about things?"
Thanks for your help.
I have a couple of questions on the Self Certification procedure:
1. In the Declaration of Conformance document, do the Security Standards tested have to be listed also, apart from the emissions and conductance standards.
2. Can a Company Self Certify for CE under the following conditions:
* The testing of the product to be certified, by a 'Notified Body', resulted in failure to pass in certain aspects.
* The Notified Body recommended some changes to the product, so that it may pass the test next time.
* The Company has noted those recommendations and has implemented those to the product.
* The modified product was sent for re-testing for CE.
* The Company is running out of time for release of the product to the market and goes ahead to Self Certify the product for CE. The Technical Construction File at this point will contain the previous failed test report and another document explaining the modifications made to the product in order to make it pass (of course, one can't be 100% certain that the product will pass the test this time).
* Once the final test reports arrive, saying that the product has passed the test, the Company simply modifies the documentation in the Technical Construction File.
There is a need to meet a deadline by the Company to market the product, but the question is, "Is this a legal way of going about things?"
Thanks for your help.





RE: Self Certification for CE.
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Christopher Caserta
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RE: Self Certification for CE.
RE: Self Certification for CE.
Christopher Caserta
ccaserta@us.tuv.com
Ph:904-225-0360
RE: Self Certification for CE.
Thanks,
madhudc.
RE: Self Certification for CE.
RE: Self Certification for CE.
What seems logical to me (and is therefore probably wrong, since laws are so rarely what seems logical to non-lawyers) is:
If using a notified body was not required in the first place, then bringing the product into conformity and self-certifying seems reasonable. If using a notified body was required and self-certification alone is not adequate, then self-recertification after failure would probably not be adequate either.
RE: Self Certification for CE.
Some Directives make a distinction between the verbs "comply" (which means to satisfy every requirement of the Directive) and "conform" (which means to meet a standard).
In all cases, you must "comply" with the "Directive". For CE, you are not required to "conform" to the "standard", unless the Directive says that you are. (However, in some cases, conforming to the standard may be required for other markings, such as UL.)
If the "Notified Body" tested whether the product "conformed" to the "standard" and found that it did not, but the product does "comply" with the "Directive", then you probably can self-certify, unless the "Directive" indicates otherwise.
However,
1) you cannot self-cerify if you do not comply with the "Directive" (whether or not you "conform" to the "standard")
2) you cannot self-certify if the Directive requires certification by a notified body
3) you cannot self-certify if you do not conform to the standard AND the Directiive requires you to either comform to the standard or obtain certification by a notified body
4) you cannot self-certify if you do not conform to the standard AND the Directive requires you to conform to the standard