Chris & Friends
See 85/374/EEC, as amended by 1999/34/EC,
The General Product Liability Directive
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/dat/1999/en_399L0034.html
Regards
John Allen
Thales Defence
Bracknell
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Maxwell [mailto:chris.maxw...@nettest.com]
Sent: 11 June 2001 13:56
To: 'John Woodgate'; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Subject: RE: FW: Product Safety: A Matter of Law or Litigation?
Hi all, (refer to John's "inimitable" :-) reply below)
Even though my previous response may not sound like it; I agree with you on
this one John. Manufacturers should go the extra mile. I think that we're
all trying to figure out which road to go the extra mile on. (with regard
to products that fall outside the scope of the Low Voltage Directive,
Machinery Directive, Toy Directive, RT&TTE Directive......even the General
Product Safety Directive).
I saw a reply from a collegue at Agilent. He mentioned a "Product Liability
Directive".
Ever heard of that one? Anybody have a copy of it that cares to comment?
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> Now imagine you are a defendant in a court case. Prosecuting counsel
> says to you, 'So, Mr. Maxwell, you have explained to the court that your
> company is not responsible for the dreadful injury inflicted on Mr.
> Smith by your company's product, because the General Product Safety
> Directive does not apply to 'commercial equipment'. Do you not agree
> that what you are asking the jury to accept is that Mr. Smith should be
> protected from injury by the law in his home, but that he forfeits any
> such protection as soon as he sets foot in his workplace?'
>
> Go the extra mile: don't assume a 'whereas' will save you!
> --
>
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