From: NAME: BERNARD MCEWEN
FUNC: 10687 Eng Product Certification
TEL: 613-274-6500 <BMCEWEN@A1@K>
To: NAME: MX%"[email protected]" <MX%"[email protected]"@MRGATE@K@WPC>
Jim,
What you say about stupid people buying products without CE marking
would be valid if the only risk of harm from the unmarked product
was to the purchaser. There must be very few products like that.
Can you think of one?
... False teeth, perhaps.
Many people, stupid or selfish, when it comes to saving a few bob,
consider harm to others very low on their priorities - especially
when that harm is not personal, such as interference with
television reception, or reduced quality of PTT service.
Therefore, I conclude that CE marking is NOT a cost increase that
can be sold to customers at face value (or it is not "value added",
if you prefer), which is why Euro-Nanny has made it compulsory.
Mind you, making CE marking a voluntary, market-driven device for
culling everyone not working in regulatory has its points, but what
would we all do when the good work was complete?
Best regards, Bernie.
