On 01/11/13 21:37, Adrian wrote:
On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:56:49 +0000, bert wrote:

That favours the larger manufacturers who can invest in production
changes necessary to meet the standard.
Supposing yo have s small manufacturer supplying larger toilets to the
North West of Scotland. A standard designed to save water in Spain would
be irrelevant but could put him out of business. This is just an
illustration.

A manufacturer who is incapable of making such basic and straightforward
design changes is not a viable business.

Well I will give you a better example.

A disability wheel chair. In fact two, One British well made and cheap.
One German. More expensive and no better.

German company approaches EU and a 'directive' is issued saying that any
disability chair MUST be able to withstand correct operation in a high
gauss magnetic field. Such as you MIGHT just find in a hospital cat
scanner room, or scrapyard sorting metal. British design uses reliable
reed switches and fails test. German design uses expensive unreliable
electronic switches and passes. British manufacturer goes down. German
manufacturer raises prices 50%.


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