Doug et al, A sigh of relief knowing that Ireland will champion the English language within the EU, unless the Francophiles push to return French to its former prominence in official communication. However, Ireland may not continue to pursue the virginity of the English language within the EU communications in the same way the British have done. John Woodgate, unfortunately, will not carry the same weight in all of this as in former days. Americans will remain indifferent to the subtleties of the English language and continue in our slovenly ways.
:>) br, Pete Peter E Perkins, PE Principal Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs Consultant PO Box 23427 Tigard, ORe 97281-3427 503/452-1201 IEEE Life Fellow <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Entropy ain’t what it used to be From: Doug Powell <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 9:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] Brexit and impact on offical langugages All, With March 29 approaching, I've seen plenty of discussion on the impact of Brexit. However, I've seen virtually nothing on official languages of the EEC. And in particular how this might affect Declarations of Conformity/Incorporation as well as labeling and user documentation. In the past, my advice has always been to start with one of the official languages and if requested by the end user to provide in another language this then becomes mandatory. With implementation of Brexit is English no longer an official language of the community? This seems an interesting question to me because it seems that English / French will remain intact for the IEC in Brussels. I suppose we can continue to watch the O.J. after the withdrawal of Britain. Best to all, Doug -- Douglas E Powell [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) <http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html> List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Mike Cantwell <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > David Heald <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
