The original question related to the UK and EU certification regimes , but it seems to have “drifted” to the regimes across the Pond ! That being the case, one might have “reminded” the marketing manager (and others of like mind) of the US legal framework and the effect of NOT having the relevant safety/EMC certifications/”listings” on potential sales, especially in states & cities where those are mandated by the local legislation AND on the likely penalties for non-compliance &/or after accidents and the resulting court cases!. 😊
FWIW, OTOH, over this side of the Pond (both in the UK & EU) we tend to have a more “measured” approach to enforcement (where we are quite similar) and the penalties for non-compliance tend to be somewhat lower (but differ between countries), and that’s not likely to change that much after BREXIT . As regards the UK, the current political & financial “situations” are delaying a lot of frankly “more important” legislation that affects large sections of the population and so finalisation and implementation of the latter (and definitely should) takes priority over changes in these certification regimes! On the thorny subject of “BREXIT or not”, in today’s modern (or should be) World, I would generally prefer to be part of a larger group of countries that have strong collective policies and targets – and with the “negotiating power” that comes with that – than be trying to work out and agree individual trade deals with all the large politico-economic groupings elsewhere in the World. That’s why I consider the issues around the perceived importance of UK national sovereignty is actually rather overrated and over-egged by quite a few politicians and, even more sadly, a large proportion of what is a unfortunately large aging and poory-educated segment of the population (who still remember/dream of the old British Empire!) – and can you the possible parallels “elsewhere but closer to home”?? John E Allen W. London, UK From: Richard Nute <[email protected]> large Sent: 07 November 2022 19:40avi To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PSES] Pending Regulatory Change to UKCA Program “It’s a fact the CE mark adds way tiomore cost than the return on investment of performance improvement.” E p Reminds me of a marketing manager saying to me that safety (and, I assume, safety certification and EMC) do not generate sales. p Rich - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Mike Cantwell <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > David Heald <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > _____ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC <https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1> &A=1 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> _________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1
