Benta,
We only sell to retailers or interior designers. This will likely turn into a mass production thing where we import many lamps (hundreds) and a portion of those will need to be either "wired" or "rewired" for export to Europe.
What makes you believe what you just stated is true. For what I understand who ever places the CE sticker with their marking on it is liable for the proformance of the product and takes liability for compliance.
Thank you, that was informative. We are not looking to take the risk of backing up the wiring or taking liability for it. That is the sole purpose we are trying to find someone to take care of certifying the product for us.
John,
I do appreciate the feedback, but Ohio is further then Atlanta and so is Maryland. I have spoke with Han about this as well and he was able to give me a clear understanding, but it still does not help my situation in finding someone to take the lamps and certify.
Thanks again,
Jason
Why can I not simply find someone who deals with this aspect of business in this region? I assume at this point it is "most always the manufacture" that has to deal with these regulations and this is something that is not typically outsourced. You all seem to know some of the details about this...
RoHS talks about hazardous substances within the electrical equipment. I feel as long as we are not senting the items with bulbs in them - we won't need to worry about RoHS. The components of lamps are pretty basic and only hazardous if wired incorrectly.
I have a company in Austin that seems interested in taking this on. She has a lady that has wired chandeliers for export to Europe and this something they seem to want to dabble in. I found another guy in Austin that speaks with a European accent that is also interested in looking into doing...
I know - the whole deal is odd to me as well, but it is what it is I guess. It seems that what you do is self-certify by creating a 1 page Declaration of Conformity, showing how the requirements are being meet. It would be the option of the person doing the certifying to have a third party lab...
This link will best explain how to get the certification. It is the best website that I found that explains how to get to get certified or self-certify.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_mark
VE1BLL: I tried ACC Global Compliance (deals with certifying machines) and they did not have any information for me. The guy I spoke with said surely there is someone in the region and suggested me do a lot of things that I have already done.
I did get in touch with a lamp repair company in...
Ozmosis: You seem to be very knowledgable about this subject. Would you happen to have any leads on where I can send some lamps to be wired for export, someone that has the means of wiring and tagging our products according to standards? My goal is to find someone in this region (Dallas, TX)...
eng1ne: "to put their branding and mark the lamp with the CE Marking in order to export it to our client." - you will make a lamp, or import a lamp, give it to another company so they can write "CE" on it and hand it back to you with a declaration of conformity?
Global: That is correct! We...
Even if UL Standards were acceptable, we need someone certified or self-certified to put their branding and mark the lamp with the CE Marking in order to export it to our client. The client we are working with is requiring it, just as we require the UL stamp from our vendors. Thank you for...
Eng1ne: We will not have to pay someone to go through the certification process if they have already have been certified or have self-certified.
I do not know anything about harmonised standards, but I will do some research on it here shortly.
export.gov - will show you what countries...
In some parts of Europe I hear UL is accepted in some areas. Like I said before, someone else can get self-certify and wire for us, but our company does not want to have that liability. I appreciate the feedback though.
To DPC: I answered the question the first time, sorry if you did not notice, but I am located in Dallas TX.
To Eng1ne: I do understand that our company does not need to be certified, we can even self-certify, but we simply do not want to do any wiring at our facility. As of now we only have a...
Let me be a little more clear. I work for a import company. We buy and sell some lamps. We are exploring the European market, but must first find someone here in the region that has the proper certification to do so. For USA it is UL Certification, Canada CL, but for many European contries it...
