UL/CE/CSA Marking FAQs

Compliance

• It is all just EMC isn't it?
• Isn't this just a technical barrier to trade?
• Which standard should we use?
• Where can my company buy standards?
• Who makes these standards and why?
• When do I get to choose the standard and when do I not?
• Why are the European and American standards different? Can't they just make them the same?
• Are any American and European standards the same?
• What is the LVD?
• What is the EMC directive?
• What is a harmonized standard?
• Why should we use ELMG to do product compliance when our test lab say they can do it all for us?
• What is a declaration of conformance?
• We have made a product and it sells well in NZ and Australia. What do we need to do to sell it in the USA?
• What is UL?
• What is a FUS document?
• What is the IEC?
• What is EN?
• What is CSA?
• What is CCC?
• What is C-Tick?
• What is CE?
• What is AS/NZS?
• What is ANSI?
• What is the FAA?
• What is the FDA?
• What is the USDA?
• Why do some markets require testing against standards and some do not?
• What does UL Listed mean?
• What is the difference between UL listed and UL recognized? Which one is best?
• If I use a UL recognized component how does this help me with getting a product UL Listed?
• Can I use a non-UL-recognized component even if a recognized component is available?
• What are the most common standards?
• What is the NEC? How is it relevant to selling products in the USA?
• Currently our company sells non UL marked product into the USA. It goes pretty well. Should we not do this?
• What is a UL shop?
• What is the best advice for a company considering or moving toward getting product tested and marked for CE, UL or any other mark?
• Are standards deliberately written to be incomprehensible?
• Is there a way to simplify what the engineers need to know about the standards?
• What is a PWB?
• What is a field wiring terminal?
• I plan to design a product, get UL to test it and then change it a bit where it fails and get UL to test it again. Is this a good plan?

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