So that's kind of like design validation by the customer, right? Build it, ship it, let the customer figure out what works and how? I know a few companies that work like that, why not the EU Commission?
Scott Douglas John Woodgate wrote: > 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. - 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>