Hi all, Doug Massey, Mike Sherman and I have corresponded privately regarding this thread.
Doug and Mike have found language in the General Product Safety Directive that explicitly excludes "commercial" (my paraphrase, see exact quote below) equipment. I stand corrected on a previous email of mine that applied the General Product Safety Directive more liberally to any equipment falling outside of the scope of a specific (i.e. Low Voltage, Machinery, Toy...) directive. They forwarded the quote to me, I figured that I would share my lesson. The language is found in one of the "Whereas" clauses. See quote below. Catch ya's later. !!!!!!!!!PLEASE NOTE THE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS!!!!!!!! Chris Maxwell Design Engineer NetTest 6 Rhoads Drive, Building 4 Utica,NY 13502 email: [email protected] phone: 315-266-5128 fax: 315-797-8024 > -----Original Message----- > From: Massey, Doug C. [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 4:43 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: Product Safety: A Matter of Law or Litigation? > > Hi Mike : > > 1. Agreed. In fact, the Directive explicity states: " Whereas production > equipment, capital goods and other products used exclusively in the > context > of a trade or business are not covered by this Directive;" > > 2. Agreed. > > 3. Yikes ! You're right ! I stand corrected, and a little sheepish. > > Thanks for the input. > > Doug > > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
