Statement of reasons from the official authorities in Leipzig, Germany:
a) no Bitmain european postal address printed on the device
b) warning notes on the device not in German language
c) CE sign and test certificate for Low voltage devices is not applicable, by that falsified CE sticker (this one impresses me ... Bitmain overperform by making sure they even do the LVP test, and get punished for it ?)
We are clarifying with the official authorities in different states in Germany (expecting different statements than the one from Leipzig) , as well as we handed the whole topic to our lawyers.
On this at the moment.
Seems like the responsible government agency in Germany does list the following as a reason:
- missing or wrong CE sticker
- CE indication wrong or misleading
- not fulfilling 2001/95/EG standards
I am totally lost on where to find the issue here - and can't imagine Bitmain trying to ship hundreds of these ASICS to the EU, well knowing they will get sent back or destroyed.
There is a clear distinction between PSU and simply electrical hardware actualy.
PSU must have the CE logo but electrical hardware powered by less 50v doesn't
https[Suspicious link removed]mpt-from-emc-testing-altogether/
As a result, if you buy only the miner it is not subject to CE marking as it's doesn't have a PSU.
If you buy a PSU from bitmain and it has the CE marking, you are safe. Just check with Bitmain or other people on the forum who purchased a PSU from bitmain to check if the PSU has the CE marking.
I'm pretty certain that the CE marking claim is bogus and the miner itself doesn't require one.
The postal address requirement is also completly bogus otherwise they would have to send back almost everything coming for USA, Japan, Taiwan, China etc... I never heard about this requirement for imports. Maybe they are claiming as as the address is missing, they have no way to contact the company to check the regulation but that also bullshit because i never heard the authority contacting a company on behalf of the customer for that kind of query.
No warning notes in German looks also bogus to me.
However it's does indeed require a sheet form showing it does follow 2001/95/EG standards.
Usually it's a simple sheet of paper with some reference on it that everybody throws away. Unfortunately, if it was not in the box, your friend is out of luck and got hit by some overzealous agents :-/
Indeed lawyering up it the right way to go if there is many units bought.
