On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:11:15 -0400, you wrote:

>On 8/14/06, Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote:
>
>> If some do, and all allow self-certification, you may do just that. This is
>> basically the "stick a sticker" route (of course after having ensured that
>> the product is engineered and produced so that it fulfills the requirements
>> imposed by the directives).
>
>I think it is more than a "stick a sticker" since there might be an audit
Audit by who? In most EU countries the system is complaint driven.
>and the customer might want to request an EMC test report. 

Which you can probably refuse on the grounds of commercial confidentiality (of course the customer
may decide to go elsewhere..). All you have to supply is a declaration of conformance.

>So you
>still have to do all the tests according to the relavant standard. . 
>Small
>companies normally do not have the equipement and expertise to do
>that. So you will still have to go through a qualified test agency.

Not necessarily - there are alternatives to formal tests, which can be reasonably inexpensive. 
ISTR last time we did an informal half-day session at at test house for EMC radiated & conducted
emissions it cost around GBP400 (~US$750)

>And for companies which do self-certification, sometimes it actually
>has more stringent internal audit and internal testing requirement.

That's entirely up to the company's own policies.



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