In message <f51035525f51b14d9b6e90f85793591324ea5...@pysxmb02.dialogic.com>, dated Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Daniel Roman <dan.ro...@dialogic.com> writes:
>And while the Directive applies to household and professional >equipment, Article 10 states in part ?Member States shall ensure that >users of electrical and electronic equipment in private households are >given the necessary information&? so does that mean B2B or professional >equipment does not require user instructions because it is assumed >non-household users will already know the proper way to recycle the >equipment? Not uniquely, the WEEE Directive is a mess at the detail level. So don't ask! This mess in accordance with the Commission policy of introducing Directives half-baked, if they can't be fully-baked within some arbitrary time-scale, and sorting out the problems later - a policy that used to exasperate M Thatcher. The Automotive Products Directive is another example. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Things can always get better. But that's not the only option. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@ptcnh.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>