On 29/08/2014 18:09, Tim Watts wrote:
On 29/08/14 17:37, Clive George wrote:
On 29/08/2014 17:28, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Tim Watts wrote:
Maybe the manufacturer could have stockpiled better, but the root cause
is the EU being dicks. And no amount of debate is likely to change my
mind on the issue. But you are welcome to try.

Sensible types will wait for the latest more efficient makes to come on
stream - or buy one which already meets the spec. But of course that
wouldn't give people anything to moan about.

To give Tim some credit, it does appear that Miele were being very
unhelpful in that regard by failing to release stuff which does meet the
spec in time. But that's Miele's fault, not the EU's.



I hereby mandate you shall wear hi-viz shoes to reduce road accidents.

What - it's not my fault you cannot find any such shoes in time?

If you have the authority to produce such a mandate, and give due notice
of the new requirement, then no, it's the market's failure.

This particular regulation was signed off in July 2013. It'll have been
planned for rather longer than that, and the manufacturers will have
been aware of that. It's not something which has suddenly been sprung on us.