In message <1672c357-c6fb-4553-b36e-7d0f23626...@mac.com>, dated Wed, 10 Jul 2013, Douglas Nix <d...@mac.com> writes:

IMO, the key words are "...intended to beĀ used permanently at a predefined location". If the machine could be purchased by any customer and used in any location, even if it's a one-off, then it is apparatus under the definitions in the directive.

It is very unlikely that a 'one-off' would be made without a specific customer for it. So 'any customer in any location' is not appropriate. While I agree that the wording is not entirely clear, the overriding point is that it is a 'one-off' or one of a very few. The intention is to relieve the burden of very costly testing for these rare products.

If it can

Not 'can' but 'will'.

only be installed in one location and is designed specifically for that location and application, then it would be a fixed installation under the definition.

In practice, all such installations are 'designed specifically for that location', and ipso facto, by being a 'one-off' or one of very few, are designed for a specific application.
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