CE Conformity Marking: and New Approach Directives: And New Approach Directives
£25.99
Excellent reference source - I had always found New Approach Directives difficult to understand until I read “CE Confomity Marking”! This book is an excellent reference source that is well laid out and enables the reader to quickly find the pertinent points of the Directive that they are researching. It is easy on the eye, uses non technical terms and is something that I regularly ”dip into”.
Thank you! - This book has been invaluable during my post-graduate studies, it has been a cornerstone in my understanding of the European Harmonised Directives and I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone wishing to further their knowledge of these regulations or implement them in a practical environment
Well done! - Having read the previous reviews I was, I must admit, initially put off from purchasing a copy of Mr Tricker s book. At a recent meeting, one of my colleagues lent me his copy of the book. Far from finding it Disappointing or Not really worth the money (see previous reviews) I found this book exceedingly useful. It achieves what it says it intends to do and clearly outlines (in the form of a reference manual) the current status and requirements of the New Approach Directives together with CE Marking. I disagree with your Danish reviewer s comment that the Commission s Guide is much more clearer that Mr Tricker s CE book. This Guide, as it has been written mainly by non-native English speakers, is full of Eurospeak and difficult to comprehend. CE Conformity Marking on the other hand is clearly written and easy to follow. Whilst I agree with both your reviewers that there are a few typos in the book (as well as shamefully missing Denmark of the EU map!) I have yet to find a better book on this topic. Well done Mr Tricker and thank you!!
disappointing - This could have been a useful reference in providing a concise overview at a reasonable price. Unfortunately every time I pick this book up I find more careless errors in the details - as a result it is an unreliable source. The author is apparently a quality consultant - it s a shame he didn t apply quality control procedures to his own product and give it a good proof-reading before publication
Not really worth the money - Maybe CE-marking is just not a very gratifying subject to write about in a manner which is interesting to the reader. In any account, Ray Trickers book is rather lifeless. The first part of the book deals with the New Approach Directives. But the exposition is not half as clear or well written as Guide to implementation of directives based on the new approach and the global approach by the European Commission which can be downloaded for free from the internet. Another major part of the book is used for recapitulation of the approximately 20 New Approach directives one by one. Not very interesting, and if you need to use any of the directives you will need the full directive text anyway. The book has countless figures, but - in my opinion - they are seldom very well constructed or very helpful. I also think, that I spotted a few factual errors. E.g.: the whole page figure 1.4 shows Denmark as not belonging to the EU. Conclusion: Not really worth the money (nor the time spent reading it)