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Updated July 2008
Registrations and
Accreditations
VCCI is back!! We can now test to the VCCI 2007 Rules for: Conducted Emissions, Telecom Conducted Emissions and Radiated Emissions (See Accreditations for Certificates)
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Acme Testing is a supremely isolated electronics test facility providing the finest in equipment and personnel. We offer a complete and automated independent test facility that specializes in validation of electronic equipment to meet international consumer and commercial EMC standards for the FCC, Industry Canada, BSMI (Taiwan), VCCI (Japan), and the European EMC Directive for the CE Mark. We are Accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation to both ISO/IEC 17025 and EN 45001.
Acme Testing has now been designated as a Notified Body for the "New" 2004/108/EC EMC Directive, which came into full effect on July 20, 2007. Click here for the NIST Designation Authority Letter and Notified Body Number
Acme
Testing Co. at "A Glance"
Code of Ethics We adhere by the IEEE and the ACIL Code of Ethics Policies. ACIL Code of Ethics
"The FCC gets Really serious about punishing violators of Part 15 of the FCC Rules”.
New FCC Enforcement Policy Fish & Richardson,
P.C. a Washington DC based legal firm that specializes
in enforcement law, informed EMC test labs recently that
the FCC is evidently taking a much more serious approach
to enforcing its equipment authorization rules than has
typically been the case in the past. We provide portions
of that information your reference. This should be a
concern to all manufacturers, distributors as well as
EMC test labs. The FCC’s enforcement options for
unlawful equipment include equipment seizure, civil
fines, and possibly even jail for “knowing violations”
of law. The FCC sent a letter
dated July 7, 2003 to a company that allegedly marketed
unlawful recording equipment, an unintentional radiator.
In the past, this would ordinarily have prompted a short
letter of inquiry permitting a narrative response.
Instead, the FCC’s inquiry leaves no stone unturned, and
is one of the most comprehensive enforcement letters we
have ever. We understand from staff within the FCC’s
Enforcement Bureau that this is to be a standard
approach in the future. Accordingly,
manufacturers should now be extra vigilant to ensure
their products comply with all FCC rules to avoid the
onerous burdens of responding to an FCC investigation.
In the letter, the FCC
asked for details regarding the following information: Perhaps equally indicative of the FCC’s seriousness is the two-an-a-half pages of instructions for how to respond to the agency’s inquiry. The instructions read like a discovery request in a litigation matter, and include the following requirements:
READ THIS IF YOU SELL PRODUCTS IN EUROPE! Now available: 7th Edition of "The Acquis of the European Union under the management of the Enterprise DG - List of measures" Within the European Union [EU], The "Enterprise Directorate General" [Enterprise DG] of the European Commission is responsible for administering the legal framework for the "internal market" in the European Union. In response to years of complaints and requests, the Enterprise DG has finally made available TO THE PUBLIC the newly released 7th Edition of a document that give a structured "roadmap" listing of ALL of the 499 trade-related EU Directives and ALL of their implementing arrangements! This 150 page document is officially titled the "Acquis" (and is popularly called the "Pink Book"). It exhaustively details BOTH both "hard" law (legally binding requirements of statute law) and "soft" law (the implementing arrangements of administrative law). This 7th Edition of the document is dated 16 October 2003, and is current through June 2003. Where a hard law has been amended, adapted to technical progress, or has had implementing measures added or changed or deleted, all the changes are shown. With a view to EU enlargement, this new version of the "Acquis" also includes new sections on the free movement of goods, processed agricultural products, industrial policy, and small and medium-sized enterprises. The "Acquis" is updated twice a year to take account of legislative developments. The latest edition runs to the end of June 2003. The next edition will detail changes through the end of December 2003 and it will be available in July 2004. As stated above, the Enterprise DG is responsible for the production of the "Pink Book". The "Pink Book" is required to cover the EU provisions on industrial policy and small and medium-sized enterprises, and legislation in the field of industrial products, including over 499 Directives and their implementing arrangements. The "Pink Book" is a valuable resource for those selling or planning to sell in the EU. It provides a comprehensive listing, per market sector, of the applicable legislation and its implementing arrangements. According to its Table of Contents, The "Pink Book" addresses the following market sectors: Motor vehicles Download a PDF file containing the 7th Edition of the "Acquis" ("PinkBook")
ISO 9001:2000(E) REGISTERED Acme Testing Co. in Acme, Washington, recently passed an independent third-party audit of its Quality Management System by QMI (Vancouver , B.C.). We are proud that our Quality Management System is now registered by QMI to the new ISO 9001:2000(E) Standard. It's part of the ongoing Acme Testing Company commitment to remain "customer focused", and to work proactively with our clients so they can bring reliable, high-quality products to market in a cost-effective and timely manner. See what
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is doing
now: 1998 Biennial Regulatory
Review- Conducted Emissions Limits Below 30 MHz for
Equipment Regulated under Parts 15 and 18 of the
Commission's Rules Permissive change filing requirements for Part 15 Intentional Radiators
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