<83d652574e7af740873674f9fc12dbaa675...@utexh1w2.gnnettest.com>, Chris Maxwell <chris.maxw...@nettest.com> inimitably wrote: >Doug Massey, Mike Sherman and I have corresponded privately regarding this >thread. > >Doug and Mike have found language in the General Product Safety Directive >that explicitly excludes "commercial" (my paraphrase, see exact quote below) >equipment. I stand corrected on a previous email of mine that applied the >General Product Safety Directive more liberally to any equipment falling >outside of the scope of a specific (i.e. Low Voltage, Machinery, Toy...) >directive. > >They forwarded the quote to me, I figured that I would share my lesson. > >The language is found in one of the "Whereas" clauses. > >See quote below.
Now imagine you are a defendant in a court case. Prosecuting counsel says to you, 'So, Mr. Maxwell, you have explained to the court that your company is not responsible for the dreadful injury inflicted on Mr. Smith by your company's product, because the General Product Safety Directive does not apply to 'commercial equipment'. Do you not agree that what you are asking the jury to accept is that Mr. Smith should be protected from injury by the law in his home, but that he forfeits any such protection as soon as he sets foot in his workplace?' Go the extra mile: don't assume a 'whereas' will save you! -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. Phone +44 (0)1268 747839 Fax +44 (0)1268 777124. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Why not call a vertically- applied manulo-pedally-operated quasi-planar chernozem-penetrating and excavating implement a SPADE? ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
