Does your DoC (Declaration of Conformity) need updating?

If you are a manufacturer or importer of IT type products you need to check your DoC is up to date.

From 1^st October this year the 2006 + amendment 1 2007 version of EN 55022 (Emission standard for IT Products) will become the oldest available version of the standard still published in the EU Official Journal (OJ), which can be used for presumption of conformity to the EMC Directive.

To show presumption of conformity to the EMC Directive manufacturers will need to ensure their products meet the requirements of at least, this version of the standard.

The following standards cease to give a presumption of conformity from 1^st October 2011:

EN 55022:1998,

EN 55022:1998 + A1:2000,

EN 55022:1998 + A2:2003,

EN 55022:1998 + A1:2000 + A2:2003.

This means that if you have had your equipment tested to any of the four standards mentioned above, you will need to update your existing Declaration of Conformity (if you are still placing your product on the EU market) and you may  need to re-test your equipment. 

The main difference between the superseded version and the 2007 version is that emission testing may now be up to 6GHz.  The decision making process is as per the table below.

Highest frequency intentionally generated or used (MHz) by the product	Radiated Emissions Measurement will need to be performed up to....
<108	1000 MHz
>108 - 500	2000 MHz
>500 - 1000	5 GHz
>1000	5 times the highest internally generated frequency or 6 GHz (whichever is less)

Please note that EN 55022: 2010 is the latest listed version in the Official Journal, and should be used when updating your DoC to provide maximum product longevity.

TÜV SÜD Product Service can offer advice and testing if required.  For more information please contact our experts:

Dave West (Midlands lab) - DWest@tuvps.co.uk      T: 01789 731155

Kim Archer (Fareham lab) - Karcher@tuvps.co.uk       T : 01489 558259

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TÜV SÜD: "More has to be done about children's safety in cars"

The latest crash tests for children's car seats carried out by TÜV SÜD on behalf of German special-interest magazine auto motor und sport have delivered some alarming results: only five out of nine seats tested received a 'recommended' rating, and the restraint system of one seat failed entirely. Yet all the seats in the tests complied with the statutory requirements of the ECE R44 regulation. In this context, TÜV SÜD points out that the statutory approval standard demonstrates compliance of the products with specific minimum requirements. However, parents seeking more effective protection for their children as car passengers should be sure to investigate the results of the latest independent consumer tests, which generally apply more rigorous criteria than legal standards – as, indeed, was the case in the tests for the car magazine auto motor und sport .

To read the full article please follow the link: http://bit.ly/nytcrG

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TÜV SÜD: Green fleets point the way to the mobility of the future

The winning projects of the fourth GreenFleet®-Award on 20 September, presented this year at the International Motor Show (IAA) for the first time, demonstrate that vehicle fleets are the trailblazers and drivers of the transport revolution. Berlin's city cleaning services (Berliner Stadtreinigung, BSR), print shop Lokay, Linde AG and WALA Heilmittel GmbH received the coveted award for their innovative transport solutions. Bernhard Kerscher, CEO of TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH, and Roland Vogt, Managing Director of FleetCompany, presented the awards at the fleet management strategy forum in Frankfurt, which was attended by fleet managers from all over Germany and Europe.

To read the full article please follow the link: http://www.tuvps.co.uk/home-psuk/company/news-and-downloads/tuev-articles/tuev-sued-green-fleets-point-the-way-to-the-mobility-of-the-future

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Is it correct, that using Annex V, the NB may never have seen or been informed of the device that bears their NB number?

A product by product assessment is not required under the current implementation on Annex V although any sensible Notified Body would require the manufacturer to inform them promptly of any products placed on the market and to maintain an up to date list of products placed on the market. This would normally be achieved under routine information to be supplied to the Notified Body. Alan Binks Page 5 of 5 1st March 2010

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TÜV SÜD Product Service is hosting an ATEX Webinar on Wednesday 26th October 2011, at 2:00pm

Overview of the presentation

Topics to be covered include:

• What is the ATEX Directive?
• Explosive environments and their classifications
• Equipment categories and how they correlate to Zones
• Assessment procedures for ATEX equipment
• Quality systems and the ATEX Directive
• And more

Who should attend

If your company is selling, or plans to sell, products into Europe, then this informative webinar is for you.

Professionals involved in the manufacture and development of equipment used in potentially explosive atmospheres in Europe, as well as equipment that will be connected to such equipment used in potentially explosive atmospheres.

Benefits of attending

Join us for a one-hour overview outlining the requirements for approval and scope of the ATEX Directive. You will learn what an organization must do to obtain compliance to sell equipment intended for potentially explosive atmospheres in the European Union, and how it relates to electrical and non-electrical apparatus and equipment.

TO REGISTER PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK: http://www.tuvps.co.uk/home_psuk/services/webinars

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Is there actually a current example of a product with a longer transition period?

See OJ list. For example, EN 60601-2-28 set the transition period to 1 April 2013, which is longer than 1 June 2012. Further examples are 60601-2-41 and 60601-2-43.

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Factory equipment, however large, is apparatus and not fixed installation, and if so, is the recommended conformity assessment for these "in situ" testing?

Manufacturers of equipment only supply apparatus. A fixed installation cannot be supplied. Apparatus is installed within a fixed installation. Therefore the Apparatus route to conformity should be followed including all necessary Technical Documentation (i.e. EMC Testing, Risk Analysis etc). The EMC Technical Documentation for this apparatus will then be handed over to the Responsible Person of the specified Fixed Installation who is required to retain it within the Fixed Installation's EMC Technical File. The only exception to this is for apparatus intended for a given fixed installation and not otherwise commercially available where a formal EMC Assessment is not required but must meet the documentation requirements given in the Directive for Fixed Installations. This might include the need to do in-situ testing to demonstrate that the fixed installation EMC characteristics remain unchanged. For any apparatus, ideally EMC testing should be conducted within an EMC Chamber. If this is not possible (e.g. due to its physical dimensions) then 'in-situ' testing should be undertaken. A risk assessment taking into account the tests that cannot be performed and the differing testing techniques employed in-situ will be made and included within the apparatus' EMC Technical Documentation.

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