> Date: 05 Jan 97 20:35:39 EST Hi Cortland. You wrote:
> Don't you agree it is fair to have one set of laws for everyone? > > Don't you agree we should be able to listen to radio even if the neigbhor > turns > on his computer? > Here my natural cynicism comes out... Don't lose sight of the fact that the Euro Directives, such as the EMC, LVD etc. were born out of the Treaty of Rome in 1968 (wasn't it?) and are colloquially known as the Single Market Rules. Their main purpose is to provide a common technical standard so as to allow the free passage of goods across European borders, or at least preventez certain states from stopping goods at le border because they don't meet some rule or autre. The reduction in Electronic Fog in our universe is a secondary effect of these rules, an admirable one, but nevertheless an effect rather than a cause. I think that the enforcement authorities would get far more excited if goods with CE marks were stopped at a border, than if the goods made too much EMI. There's a few centimes/Deutchmarks worth... Chris Dupres EMC Specialist. VG Microtech. [email protected] tel +44 (0) 1825 761077 fax +44 (0) 1825 768343 'Opinions expressed are personal, not necessarily Corporate'
