European Union and China to boost cooperation in custom controls and tackling counterfeit goods
Algirdas Šemeta, EU Commissioner for Taxation, Customs Union, Anti-Fraud and Audit, will open tomorrow an international conference at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 on building bridges to facilitate trade between China and the EU. The aim of the conference is to explore ways to enhance further customs cooperation between the EU and China, in order to allow a smooth trade flow between both sides while providing citizens with a high level of protection. Securing the supply chain, tackling smuggling (particularly of cigarettes) and protecting intellectual property rights will be high on the agenda. China is the EU’s second trading partner after the USA and its biggest source of imports. The EU is China’s largest export market. Both the EU and China therefore have a real interest in ensuring that safe, genuine and legal products can easily enter each other’s markets. Commissioner Šemeta will spend 3 days in China, discussing key issues related to customs and anti-fraud measures with national authorities and business representatives, and will visit the port of Shanghai to see first-hand how Chinese customs controls operate.
Why you need to have a look at the iPhone4 antenna problems
Have you been following the discussions about the antenna problems of the iPhone4? Yesterday, Apple responded during a special press conference and now also with a special page on their website. Being an Apple fanboy, of course I watched the recording of the press conference. And if you are interested in EMC and EMC testing, you should do the same…
London food company fined after worker’s fingers cut
Two London-based food companies have been fined a total of £15,000 ($22,600) after a worker had his fingers severed while using a food mixing blender at a factory in Ealing.
The cleaning hatch of the blender was open, exposing the rotating blade and as the worker started using the machine, three fingers and a thumb on his right hand were amputated.
Worker crushed in rotating machine
A factory in Ashton-under-Lyne in the UK has been fined £26,000 (approx. $39,500 or €32,000) after one of its workers suffered major injuries when he became trapped in rotating machinery.
The employee was pulled into a 14-foot-high metal-shaping machine when his overalls became entangled. He was working at ADA Machining Services Ltd on Kayley Industrial Estate, Richmond Street, on 2 January 2008.
European Commission Sues Estonia Over Medical Device Directive
Brussels, 24 June 2010. The European Commission has decided to refer Estonia to the EU’s Court of Justice for not implementing the revised Medical Devices Directive (2007/47/EC) within the deadline (December 21, 2008). A referral of the case has been decided today as Estonia failed to notify transposition measures as required by this Directive.
Directive 2007/47/EC enhances the criteria for the conformity assessment of medical devices and strengthens the procedures for such assessment. The Directive aims on the one hand to ensure a high level of protection of human health and safety and on the other hand to ensure that medical devices can circulate freely throughout the Single Market (thereby offering manufacturers economies of scale and users greater choice). Member States were obliged to notify the Commission of measures taken to implement Directive 2007/47/EC by December 21, 2008, but Estonia has so far failed to do so.
Source: European Commission
EN ISO 12100-1:2003 +A1:2009
Safety of machinery – Basic concepts, general principles for design – Part 1: Basic terminology, methodology
This European Standard defines basic terminology and methodology used in achieving safety of machinery. The provisions stated in this standard are intended for the designer.
Pages: 33
EN ISO 12100-2:2003 +A1:2009
Safety of machinery – Basic concepts, general principles for design – Part 2: Technical principles
This European Standard defines technical principles to help designers in achieving safety in the design of machinery. This European Standard is intended to be used together with EN ISO 12100-1 when considering the solution to a specific problem. The two parts of EN ISO 12100 can be used independently of other documents or as a basis for the preparation of other type-A standards or type-B or -C standards. The provisions stated in this standard are intended for the designer.
Pages: 32
EN 12198-2:2003+A1:2008
Safety of Machinery – Assessment and reduction of risks arising from radiation emitted by machinery – Part 2: Radiation emission measurement procedure
This European Standard defines basic technology and specifies general procedures for making and reporting measurements of quantities related to radiation emitted by machinery. It covers the different radiation emissions as defined in EN 12198-1. This standard applies to machinery as defined in 3.1 of EN 292-1:1991.
Pages: 15
