I read in !emc-pstc that Adrian F Davies <[email protected]> wrote
(in <[email protected]>) about 'OK,
what's going on?' on Thu, 27 Mar 2003:

>this is not quite the case in the UK.
>
>EMC issues are policed by local Trading Standards Officers.
>
>There have been several successful prosecutions in the South Wales area.

MISLEADING! The main recent prosecutions, regarding household
appliances, were for safety standard violations. The EMC issue involved
introduced serious doubts about the adequacy of the relevant standard,
CISPR 14-1/EN 55014-1, which are still being studied.
>
>Experience has shown that a "CE" marked CPU unit will be close to the limit.
>However, plug another "CE" marked unit in - printer or monitor or mouse and
>......
CISPR 22/EN 55022 requires testing of products with typical peripherals
connected. 
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