I suppose if there were a "Directive for Decorative Items", (DDI), ugly products would be exempt? For example, certain stylish computers (I have a certain brand or two in mind!) might fall in the scope of LVD, EMC, and "DDI", whereas a typical "beige-brick" PC, being "merely" functional would only have to consider LVD & EMC requirements?
Further, I imagine that efforts to harmonize European and North American ideas of styling to produce a common definition of "decorative" could take years: "...Exception 7: Extensive usage of CHROME shall be considered 'decorative' in the following country/ies: ..." "...Exception 23: Wristwatches, and similar consumer products, consisting of black indicator-hands and black letters on a black background, mounted in a black case and furnished with a black wrist strap, shall be considered 'decorative products' in the following countries/economic areas:" ... Oh well, back to work... -Glyn (in a private capacity as usual...) ------------------------------------------- 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,"
