CE marking is now a well-known classic. It is a prerequisite for placing equipment on the market in the European Union. Affixed to a product, it certifies that it complies with all applicable directives, i.e., that it conforms to the essential requirements laid down by these directives. The purpose of CE marking is to ensure the free movement of products within the EU internal market, to limit the environmental impact of products placed on the market, and to guarantee the safety of people, pets and property. Emitech carries out design checks, inspections, tests, etc. on behalf of economic operators (manufacturers, importers and distributors).
Since 2017, however, economic players have had a new, much less well-known imperative: to draw up a document with a view to ensuring protection against hazards associated with reasonably foreseeable misuse of their products. This is known as a risk analysis, and must be carried out for each of the directives concerned.
As part of its global support approach, Emitech offers risk analysis support in addition to its traditional activities.
Risk analysis is built around the definition of hazardous phenomena, their causes and the associated risks. These definitions are broken down according to two criteria: probability and severity. Risks are ranked according to these two criteria, the aim being to achieve the lowest possible probability of occurrence for the lowest possible severity. The French Emitech Group, which specializes in environmental testing (radio, electrical safety, EMC, human exposure to electromagnetic fields, climatic, mechanical, reliability and acoustic), has the expertise required to approach risk analysis within the framework of the various essential requirements specified by the directives referred to by the CE mark.
It has drawn up a guide for those responsible for risk analysis, to ensure that it is consistent with CE marking. For example, the EMC directive sets out requirements for electromagnetic compatibility, one of which involves checking a product's behavior in the presence of a continuous radio-frequency field that could disturb it. The risk analysis must assess what risk the presence of a continuous disturbance phenomenon would pose to the user and his property. Once the analysis has been established, it serves as a basis for verifying product conformity during tests designed to reproduce the disturbance phenomenon.
Help in defining this risk analysis enables economic operators to ensure the relevance of the criteria used to demonstrate their conformity, and becomes even more important when these criteria are themselves verified as part of procedures requiring the intervention of a notified body.
It should be noted that this risk analysis document is iterative in its use, and also ensures that adding elements to address a risk does not open up other constraints.
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