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Richard,
You are correct that, at least in this case, much of this is written in fudge. On this side of the pond, to many producers it appears that the UK has the timeliest information and many are taking this as the norm for the entire community. In addition, I don’t have the resources to track every member of the EU and their implementation dates. So my policy has been to use the EU deadlines, as they are published. Last Friday, there is an interesting article from the BBC. In this article both the UK and Germany are apparently delaying. My question is this, “How can a single nationality delay beyond the mandated dates published for the community? “ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4393347.stm Regards, -Doug Fort Collins, Colorado USA _____ From: richhug...@aol.com [mailto:richhug...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:58 PM To: POWELL, DOUG; charles.gra...@echostar.com; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: WEEE Diective Doug, I'm not sure why you would expect a statement regarding the UK situation on the Europa web site. I agree that it is always a good idea to look at the source rather than relying on info 3rd hand, and since the details of the DTI's web site have already been posted there is no reason why you and others should not do this. Perhaps you and/or others are thinking that the announcement refers to what is happening in Europe generally - it doesn't, it relates only to the way the UK Government is approximating the WEEE (and RoHS) Directives into UK law. Some other Member States have already enacted the WEE Directive while others are in the process of doing so. As far as companies are concerned, EC Directives should be taken as pointers to what national legislation SHOULD look like. Directives direct Member States (e.g. national governments) to pass national laws, they do not direct private companies to do anything. Directives contain a date by which Member States "must" pass national legislation to place into force the requirements of the Directive. Sometimes Member States don't comply with this date and sometimes the Commission them prosecute as a result. If you read the DTI announcement then you will see that far from being written in stone, it is written in fudge. Enjoy! Richard Hughes
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Richard, You are correct that, at least in this
case, much of this is written in fudge. On this side of the pond, to many producers
it appears that the Last Friday, there is an interesting article
>from the BBC. In this article both the http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4393347.stm Regards, -Doug From:
richhug...@aol.com [mailto:richhug...@aol.com] Doug, I'm not sure why you would expect a
statement regarding the I agree that it is always a good idea to
look at the source rather than relying on info 3rd hand, and since the details
of the DTI's web site have already been posted there is no reason why you and
others should not do this. Perhaps you and/or others are thinking
that the announcement refers to what is happening in Europe generally - it
doesn't, it relates only to the way the UK Government is approximating the WEEE
(and RoHS) Directives into Directives contain a date by which Member
States "must" pass national legislation to place into force the
requirements of the Directive. Sometimes Member States don't comply with
this date and sometimes the Commission them prosecute as a result. If you read the DTI announcement then you
will see that far from being written in stone, it is written in fudge.
Enjoy! Richard Hughes |
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