The EU has a Warrantee Directive for consumer goods.

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John

John Allen
Product Safety Consulting, Inc
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> On Jul 1, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Doug Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Scott,
> 
> I had not heard of anything like this.It would seem a very difficult thing to 
> do since variations between products would result in a real mess of 
> regulations. Some products should not, in fact, could not, be warranteed for 
> a specific lenght of time like two years because of the nature of the 
> product. 
> However, I would like to see a 5 year warrantee on all medical treatements. 
> Doug Smith
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>> On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 19:17:16 -0700, Scott Douglas <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> Hello People,
>> 
>> This is not a compliance type question (at least I don't think so). 
>> Question comes up, is there anywhere written into law or regulation that a 
>> manufacturer of electronic product must provide a warranty on a product? 
>> More specifically, is there any term associated with such a requirement?
>> 
>> One of our international sales guys thought the EU had a minimum two year 
>> warranty requirement. But we can't find that in writing anywhere we have 
>> looked. Any input from the group will be much appreciated. 
>> Thank you in advance for your comments. 
>> Regards,
>> Scott
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