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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