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- From: naddy@mips.pfalz.de (Christian Weisgerber)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Buyers of US Robotics products outside of US BEWARE!
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 01:16:21 +0100
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- Richard.Town@f235.n254.z2.fidonet.org (Richard Town) writes:
-
- > This _was_ true. But within the EEA understand there's been a recent
- > ruling that country specific type approval has been held to be an
- > artificial barrier to trade. Not sure which euro-countries have yet
- > adopted this into their own domestic legislation; yet the intention is
- > clear: a modem type approved for one EAA country may be used in any
- > other (subject to correct mains voltage for an external and proper
- > 'phone cord of course :-)
-
- Er... the way I understood it, a modem approved in one EU country
- according to a set of *common European requirements*, will automatically
- be approved for use in all EU countries.
-
- The catch is that those common European requirements don't exist yet,
- rendering the above no-brainer utterly useless.
-
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