FCC Approval
Jim Thompson
jim at netgate.com
Tue May 22 06:11:12 CEST 2007
Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>
> 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...
it can get much worse in the EU. You can go to jail for importing a
non-CE compliant device.
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