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amyk:

--- Quote from: HighVoltage on April 06, 2015, 09:30:31 am ---At one time I got a package from Japan with a small instrument and the seller (probably knowing the trouble with the German Zoll) declared on the outside of the box and on the invoice: "adult plastic toy" !
It was delivered to my house without being opened up for inspection.
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:-DD Probably works only for items coming from Japan...
Howardlong:

--- Quote from: mcinque on April 06, 2015, 11:12:14 am ---
--- Quote from: HighVoltage on April 06, 2015, 10:32:26 am ---If I declare the need for research and development, I can almost buy anything in parts, as long as I buy it for my company.
Only the final end product has to fulfill the requirements for end users
At least in Germany that is the case.

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This is an EU directive, we cannot talk about Germany only.

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Therein lies the problem. A "directive" is only a bare framework, it is up to the local legislatures of each member state to determine how a directive is implemented in detail.

(In addition, in certain states like France, for example, they can also exhibit local selectivity on implementation by pronouncing "Bof".)
bitwelder:

--- Quote from: rob77 on April 06, 2015, 09:38:23 am ---btw. delivering in disassembled state (populated PCB, separate box and screw terminals) and declaring it as electronic parts should work for the whole EU.

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Any idea to what point can this rule be applied for a semi-disassembled item (up to the extreme case, e.g. everything has been mounted except ICs have not been plugged into their sockets) ?
zapta:
This thread made to appreciate the lesser government control and taxing here. It's also a reminder that we shouldn't take it for granted.
Zad:
I remember just before the Raspberry Pi was launched, and they went into partnership with Farnell and RS Components. Up until this point they had only intended making a few thousand, and there was no real thought about CE / EMC testing, but Farnell wisely decided that they should do the whole RF anechoic chamber thing, and it was all a bit of a stressful rush. Anyway, the point was that the RaspPi was intended to be used as a component, or for experimentation rather than an end-user item, and the legal advice had been that no testing or compliance marking was necessary.

It is not unlike agricultural vehicles. Farmers here in the UK (and probably a lot of other places too) can basically run any heap of junk on the road, with no need for Department of Transport testing, emissions regulations or whatever. The assumption is that the person using it knows what they are doing.

I think in this case that Dave probably needs to write on the packaging that the contents are industrial test equipment which require some user assembly.
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