Category: Technical Regulations
Global Distribution – Electrical Equipment Compliance Responsibilities
“We simply ship someone else’s product. It’s not our responsibility to make sure the product is in compliance.“ This thought process comes up quite often…
Fire resistance test of timber doors
Fire resistance is the ability of a closure to meet the requirements of integrity (E), integrity and isolation (EI1 or EI2) or integrity and radiation…
California Proposition 65 for consumer products
In a complex and ever-evolving chemical regulatory landscape, it is very important to ensure accurate and sustained chemical product compliance. Chemicals can contribute significant value…
ISO/IEC 17065 Standard “Conformity assessment Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services”
Accreditation Bodies – which are signatory members of the IAF MLA (International Accreditation Forum Multilateral Agreement) – must have their accredited Product Certification Bodies according…
Glancing at Technical Regulations in South America
After giving a general description/opinion about Technical Regulations in the first Post, I would like to make a quick review of main Technical Regulations (hereinafter…
Misunderstanding the CE mark
Reducing potential liability and increasing quality assurance with electrical industrial/laboratory equipment One day, a great idea comes to you. Your mind is made up, your…
Technical Regulations – South American Perspective
During the past decades, many countries realized that conformity assessment can be a good method to regulate markets. A market can be regulated to offer…