Dear Ken That is exactly what I am saying: under the EU's Product Liability Directive a company can be held liable for unlimited damages with no proof of negligence on the manufacturer's part.
It is of course a valid management decision to ignore a market that is almost as large as USA/Canada because of financial risk issues – but you'll notice that a lot of manufacturers are still making lots of money selling goods in the EU. Regards, Keith Armstrong In a message dated 05/01/02 01:31:03 GMT Standard Time, ken.ja...@emccompliance.com writes: > Subj:Re: EMC-related safety issues > Date:05/01/02 01:31:03 GMT Standard Time > From: ken.ja...@emccompliance.com (Ken Javor) > To: cherryclo...@aol.com, emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > > Interesting to note that this country (USA) got started in part because of > a tax on tea. I think you are saying here that a company can be held > liable for unlimited damages with no proof of negligence on the > manufacturer's part. If I were a manufacturer I would simply not market to > the EU. >
