FCC Approval

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 21.05.2007 um 04:57 schrieb Joe Friedrichsen:

> It would be great to know if any of the P0 folks are US-based as well.
> The majority sound European, save Rod :-)

Well, the EU has similar rules but there is no central "FCC". It is  
called "CE" and the entity (you personally, a distributor, a local  
operation of a foreign company etc.) importing something has to prove  
that the rules are ok. For GSM, I think there is even more precise  
regulation.

Otherwise the tax&duty authorities can ban it from import and request  
high penalties. It is even harder for patent infringement claims.  
During CeBIT there are always some unused booths - because the  
company trying to show a faked iPod or an MP3 player without paying  
patent licenses was not able to get the devices through customs...