EMC & Safety
Link
PRODUCT SAFETY RESOURCES
- A2LA - American Association for Laboratory
Accreditation
- ABINEE - Ass'n of Brazilian Industries
for Electrical & Electronic Equipment)
- ABNT - Associacion Brasileira
de Normas Technicas
- ACIL - National Trade Ass'n for Test Labs
- ACTS Testing Labs
- ADLNB - Ass'n of Designated Laboratories
& Notified Bodies(Telecom)
- AENOR - Spanish Testing and Standards Org
(in Spanish)
- AFNOR - Association
Francaise de Normalisation (French Testing & Cert. Organization)
- APAVE - (France, in French only, so far)
- ANCE - Asociacion Nacional de
Normalizacion y Certificacion del Sector Electrico (Mexico - in Spanish)
- ANSI - American National Standards
Institute
- ASSE - American Society of Safety Engineers
- ASTM - American Society for Testing and
Materials
- A-Pex International (Japan, Test Lab,
mostly in Japanese)
- Assessment Services,
Ltd. (A TUV-PS U.K. Test Lab )
-
Associated Research (Dielectric Test Equipment)
- Standards Australia
- Austest Laboratories (Australian Test
Lab)
- BALSO - Bay Area
Laser Safety Officers (California)
- BAPCO - A Provider of Product Safety
Test Equipment
- BCIQ -
Bureau of Commodity Inspection & Quarantine - Product Safety (Taiwan
R.O.C.)
- BEAB - British Electrotechnical Approvals
Board
- BEC - Belgian Electrotechnical Commission
- BfG -
BerufsGennosenschaft der Feinmechanic & Electrotechnik (Germany)
- BIS - Bureau of Indian
Standards
- BSI - British Standards Institution
- CB Scheme - The IEC Scheme for Testing
and Certification
- CCIB - China National Import and
Export Commodities Inspection Bureau
- CCIC - China National Inport
and Export Commodities Inspection Corp.
- CCL - Communication Certification
Laboratory
- CDRH - Center for Devices and
Radiological Health (FDA)
- CE - Compliance Engineering Magazine
- CECC (Harmonization of
specifications and QA procedures for components)
- CEI - Italian Electrotechnical Commission
(in Italian, has inactive English link)
- CEN - Comite European de Normalisation (European
Committee for Standardization)
- CENELEC - Comite European de Normalisation
Electrotechnique
- CEPEL - Centro de Pequisas de Energia
Electrica (Brazil)
- CESI - Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale
Italiano (Test Lab - Italy)
- CETECOM, S.A. (Test
Lab - Spain)
-
CSA - Canadian Standards Association
- CSI - Czech Standards Institute (Czech
Republic)
- Christie's List -
Internet Health & Safety Resources ((3000+ Links)
- CPSC - Consumer Product Safety Commission
Website
- CPSC - Consumer Product
Safety Commission Gopher (Recalls & Press Releases)
- Cosmos (Japan - Test Lab)
-
CSSinfo - A Standards Source (Search, Order & Download Online!)
- DELTA - Danish Electronics, Light &
Acoustics (Danish Test Lab)
- DEMKO A/S - Danish Test
Lab (a UL subsidiary)
- DIN - Deutsches Institut fur Normung
- Document Center -
Online Catalog & Inventory of Standards
- DS - Dansk Standard (Danish Standards Ass'n)
- DZNM - State Office for Standardization and
Metrology (Croatia)
-
ED&D - Educated Design & Development (Product Safety Test
Equipment)
- Europa - The European
Commission's Web Server
- ECMA - European Organization for
Standardizing Information & Communication Systems
- EIA - Electronic Ind's Ass'n (check the
Engineering Dept. Link)
- ELOT - Hellenic Organization for
Standardization (Greece)
-
Entela, Inc.
- EOTC - European Organization for Testing
& Certification
- EPL Ltd. (Telecommunications Testing, UK)
- ERA Technology Ltd. (U.K.)
- ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards
Institute
- European Union -Delegation of the EC to
the U.S.
- Europort - A
Standards Source
-
FM - Factory Mutual
- FIMKO - Finnish Test Agency
- Finnish Standards Association (SFS) (multi-lingual)
- FORBAIRT/NETC Home Page (Irish Test Agency)
- GASTEC - Gas Appliance Testing (Dutch Test
Agency)
- GTW - George T. Willingmyre Assoc's
(Standards matters)
- HKSTC - Hong Kong Standards
& Testing Centre Ltd.
- Horrocks Technology - A source for EC
Documents, Telecom & More (U.K.)
- HSI -
Hungarian Standards Institution (MSZT)
- IAEI - International Association of
Electrical Inspectors
- IAS - International Approval
Services for Gas & Electric Products (A CSA divsion)
- ICONTEC - Instituto de
Columbiano de Normas Technicas y Certification
- IEC - International Electrotechnical
Commission (Primary Site)
- IEC -
International Electrotechnical Commission (Secondary Site-Japan)
- IEC
417-Graphical Symbols
- IECC - Int'l Electrical
Certification Centre (Hong Kong)
- IECQ - The IEC's Quality
Assessment System for Electronic Components
- IG -
Instituto Giordano S.P.A. - Italian Test Lab
- IHS - Information Handling Services (A
Document Source)
- IMQ - Instituto Italiano Del Marchio Di
Qualita' (in Italian - 7/97)
- INEN - Instituto Ecuatoriano de
Normalizacion (Ecuador, in Spanish)
- INN - Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion (Chile,
in Spanish)
- IPSN - Int'l Product Safety News
- IPSB - Int'l Product
Safety Bookshop
- IPQ - Instituto
Portuguesa da Qualidade (Portugal)
- IPT - Instituto de Pequisas Technologicas (Brazilian
Test Lab)
- IRAM - Instituto Argentino de
Normalizacion
- ISA (Check the Standards & Practices link)
- ISO - International Standards Organization
- ISO Guide 25 Home Page - Laboratory
Accreditation
- ITIC - Information Technology Industry
Council (formerly CBEMA)
-
ITS - Intertek Testing Services (formerly Inchcape T.S.)
- JIS - Japan Industrial
Standards Committee (Primary Site)
- JIS -
Japan Industrial Standards Committee (Secondary site)
- KAITECH - Korean Test Agency (in Korean)
- KEMA - (The Netherlands Test Agency)
- KEUR - Keurmerkinstitut Konsumerprodukten
(the Netherlands)
- KTL - Kingston Telecommunications Lab (UK,
US, Canada)
- KTL - Korea Test Lab (test lab of KAITECH)
- LAP - Laboratorio Accreditato de Prova
(Accredited Testing Lab, Italy)
- LGA - Landesgewerbeanstalt
Bayern (A German Test Lab)
- LTAI - Laboratory of
Automatic Identification Technology (Poland - ITE Testing Dept.)
-
M.A. Lamothe & Associates, Inc. (Product Safety Approvals - CSA, UL,
TUV, CE + Special 1010-1 Guide)
- MET - MET Laboratories, Inc.
- MSHA - Mine Safety and Health Administration
- NACLA -
National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation
-
NCC - Net Connection Corp. (Mexico, Central & South America
Approvals)
- NEC - Mike Holt's NEC Internet
Connection
- NEC - Joe Tedesco's NEC
Electrical Inspection Information
- Newton's
International Electrical Journal (NEC and related matters)
- NEK - Norsk
Elektroteknisk Komite (Norway - in Norwegian)
- NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturer's
Ass'n
- NEMKO - Norwegian Test Lab
- NESF - National Electrical Safety Foundation
(U.S.)
- NETA - InterNational Electrical
Testing Association
- NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
- NHTSA - National Highway
Transportation Safety Agency
- NIST - National Institute of
Standards & Technology (Gopher)
- NIST - National Institute of Standards
& Technology (Website)
- NLSI - National Lightning Safety
Institute
- NNI - Netherlands
Standarization Institute
- NRTL - Nationally
Recognized Testing Labs (includes scope of recognitions)
- NSAI - National Standards Authority
of Ireland
- NSC - National Safety Council
- NSF International
- NSF - Norges Standiseringsforbund (Norway
- in Norwegian)
- NSSN - National Standards System Network
- NTSSS - North Texas System Safety
Society
- NVLAP - NIST's
Laboratory Accreditation Program
- OSHA Web Site
- OSHA's Salt Lake City Technical Center
- OSHA
- 29 CFR 1910, Subpart S - Electrical - Definitions
- OVE - Austrian Electrotechnical Committee (in
German)
- SACI - State
Administration of Import and Export Commodity Inspection (China)
- PSB - Singapore Productivity and
Standards Board
- PSI - Product Safety Int'l (Expedites
UL, CSA & other NRTL Approvals)
- Product Safety Online -
Recalls, Risk Assessment, etc. (Bill Kitzes)
- PTB - Physikalisch
Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany)
-
Professional Testing (Worldwide Regulatory Compliance Testing)
- QAS - Quality Assurance Services Pty. Ltd.
(Australian Test Lab)
- RCIC - Regulatory Compliance Information
Center
- RWTUV - Rheinisch-Westfalischer TUV (Germany)
- SABS - South African Bureau of
Standards
- SASO - Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
- SCC - Standards Council of Canada
- SEE - Service de l'Energie de l'Etat (Luxembourg)
- SEKOM - Swedish Electrotechnical Commission
(in Swedish)
- SEMKO - Home Page (Sweden - An Intertek
Testing Services company)
- SESKO - Finnish Electrotechnical Std's
Ass'n (in Finnish)
- SEV - Swiss Electrotechnical
Association
- SGS Group - Societe Generale
de Surveillance Holding S.A.
- SII - Standards Institution of Israel
- SIQ - Slovenian Institute of
Quality and Metrology
- SIRA Test & Certification
Ltd. (U.K.)
- SIRIM - Standards & Industrial Research
Institute of Malaysia
- SIS - Standardiseringen i Sverige (Sweden, in
Swedish)
- SMIS - Standards &
Metrology Institute of Slovenia
- SNIMA - Service de Normalisation
Industrielle Marocaine (Standards Org., in French)
- SNZ - Standards New Zealand
- Slaughter Co. (Dielectric
Test Equipment)
- SP - Swedish National Testing & Research
Institute
- SSS - System Safety Society
- STRI - Icelandic Council for Standardization
(some English)
- TAC/THK -
Telecommunications Administration Centre, Finland
- TISI - Thai Industrial Standards
Institute
- TestMark Labs (An ITS Co.)
- TMO - TMO Update (A Conformity Assessment
Newsletter)
- TSE - Turk
Standardslari Enstitusu (in Turkish)
- TUV America
-
TUV Essen
-
TUV Product Service
- TUV Rheinland - World
Headquarters, Cologne, Germany
-
TUV Rheinland of N.A., Inc.(Testing & Certification, NRTL, CE
Marking, ISO9000)
-
UL - Underwriters Laboratories Inc.(a NRTL offering global conformity
assessment services)
- ULC - Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (a
UL affiliate)
- UNI - Italian
National Standards Body
- UTE - Union technique de l'Electricite (in
French)
- VDE - Verband
Deutscher Elektrotechniker Testing & Certification Inst.
- VNIIS - All-Russian Scientific and Research
Institute for Certification of GOSSTANDARDT of Russia
- Warnock Hersey - West Coast Offices
of Intertek)
- Wyle Laboratories
- Restricted
Access-Administrator Only
Safety Articles, FAQs, MRAs, etc.
- Aluminum
Wiring - CPSC
- American Access to the
European Standardization Process (ANSI)
- Amish Buggy Safety (Electrical
Lighting & Markings)
- CE Marking Guide (by
Amplicon - UK)
- Certification Markings (for
approx. 19 Countries)
- Certification Markings (examples
for approx. 14 Countries)
- Certification Markings for
BABT clients (downloadable, including CE marking file with many graphic
formats
- Chinese Regulations
& Laws Regarding Import & Export Inspection
- China Safety License
System (includes "Catalogues of Equipment"
- CMSU Product Safety &
Liability Library Resources
- Conformance (UK) - An
Introduction to CE Marking
- Conformity - An E-mail
Newsletter re conformity-assessment
- Directory of U.S. Private
Sector Product Certification Programs, NIST SP-903 (Scope, Contacts, Marks)
- DGIII's (EC) Reference to
Harmonized Standards (Extensive & Authoritive Guide to 18 Directives)
- TICQA - Testing-Inspection-
Certification-Quality Assurance Data Base (for EU) by EOTC (very comprehensive)
- Electrocution
- Graphic Photos of Man VS 16.6KV Power Lines
- EU
Standards - An Introduction (by Allen-Bradley/Rockwell Automation)
- EU Consumer's Guide
to the Single Market, Ch. 4, General Product Safety
- EU Directives
Factsheet for Consumer Electronics Manufacturers (EIA/CEMA)
- EU Info & CE
Marking Information - Courtesy of SEMI Organization
- EUR-LEX - Official
Journal (OJ) of the European Communities (no charge for the most recent 20
days)
- European Standards Bodies
(Contact info for 32 entities)
- EU List of Member States
- FAQs Directory (at Oxford U.
in U.K.)
- FAQ - Auto Battery Charging
(by Exide)
- FAQ - Sources
of EMC & Safety Compliance Information (Bill Lyons - U.K.)
- FAQ - Safety &
EMC, Organisations (Paul Bennett - U.K.)
- FAQ - Safety &
EMC, European Standards (Paul Bennett - U.K.)
- FAQ - Safety & EMC,
Books and Guides (Paul Bennett - U.K.)
- FAQ
- Data Communications Cabling (Peter Macaulay)
- FAQ -
Electrical Wiring, Part 1 of 2
- FAQ -
Electrical Wiring, Part 2 of 2
- FAQ - IEEE Standards FAQs
- FAQ -
International Standards, with Answers (by Markus Kuhn)
- FAQ - About Lightning Standards
Institute
- FAQ - National
Electrical Safety Code
- Fire Hazards in Oxygen
Systems (NASA)
- A Global Model
for Regulatory Reform (An ITI position paper)
- IPSN - Int'l Product Safety News
- UK-PSMA
EMC Guide - Guidance on CE Marking & Power Supplies
- European PSMA Guidance -
CE Marking of Power Supplies
- NIST
- Standards Information
- NIST - The ABC's
of Certification Activities in the U.S. - NBSIR 88-3821
- IS
- Intrinsically Safe Circuitry - A Six-part Tutorial (Courtesy of Crouse-Hinds)
- Mexico - Standards and
Labelling Documents (Courtesy of U.S. Gov't)
- Standards Organizations
(U.Kentucky, Shaver Engineering Library)
- Guidelines
for Laser Safety and Hazard Assessment(an OSHA Document)
- The Low Voltage Directive-1973
- (73/23/EEC)
- Guidelines
on the Application of Council Directive 73/23/EEC (July 1997 - in .pdf)
- The Low
Voltage Directive - An IEE Lecture by Iain G. Moffat (U.K.)
- The
Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive - 91/263/EEC
- The EMC
Directive - 89/336/EEC
- EC Guidelines to the
EMC Directive 89/336/EEC (10/97 - in ASCII)
- EC Guidelines to the
EMC Directive 89/336/EEC (10/97 - in Word 6.0 format)
- Standards Setting in
the EU - NIST SP-891 (download in .pdf format)
- Standards Development
Organizations - ANSI's Guide to more than 600 SDOs)
- U.S.
FDA Requirements of Laws and Regulations for Electronic Products
- Wire Styles, UL
and CSA (Courtesy of Storm Products)
- World Electric Guide by Steve
Kropla
- World
Mains (power outlet) Standards - From BBC Aberdeen
- Guide to Worldwide
Plugs and Sockets (Panel Components Corp.)
- Interfacing with Testing
Laboratories, ("Appliance Magazine") U.S.-EU Mutual
Recognition Agreement (in the entirety)
- U.S.-EU MRA, Entire
Agreement, All Sectors (ASCII file, 233KB)
- U.S.-EU MRA, Entire
Agreement, All Sectors (downloadable, WP6.0, 460KB)
- U.S.-EU MRAs - U.S.-EU Mutal
Recognition Agreement - (A directory, 7 files, WP6.0 uuencoded) U.S.-EU
Mutual Recognition Agreements - By the part
- U.S.-EU MRA, Umbrella
Agreement (78K-WP6.0, uuencoded)
- U.S.-EU MRA,
Electrical Safety Sectoral Annex (42K-WP6.0, uuencoded)
- U.S.-EU MRA, Telecom
Sectoral Annex (49K-WP6.0, uuencoded)
- U.S.-EU MRA, EMC
Sectoral Annex (45K-WP6.0, uuencoded)
- U.S.-EU MRA, Medical
Devices Sectoral Annex (86K-WP6.0, uuencoded)
- U.S.-EU MRA, Press
Guidance (15K-WP6.0, uuencoded)
- Additional Product Safety
Resources (Restricted Access - for IPSN's Subscribers Only) [Under
Construction - Not yet functional]
Telecommunications Resources
EMC/EMF/RFI Resources
Ergonomics & Occupational Health Resources