Product category: Compliance Engineering
News Release from: TUV Rheinland UK | Subject: US/Canada approvals
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 26 April 2004
CE marked equipment fails in North
America
The CE mark or certification of equipment by foreign testing organisations does not carry much weight in the USA and Canada, says Glenn Moffat of TUV International.
In the USA there are over 4000 local jurisdictions responsible for the safety of equipment These jurisdictions may operate at state, county or city level and are known as AHJ
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Jan 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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