"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote:

wrote:

Woody wrote:
I thought under EU law any appliance had to have a minimum two
year guarantee.

EU law requires you to be able to enforce your statutory rights
against the retailer for a minimum of two years. Irrelevant in
Britain, as the limitation period is six years from purchase anyway
(five in Scotland, from the discovery of a fault). Some countries in
the UK had much shorter periods, or the period could be limited by
contract.

I think you will find they can't take your statutory rights away by
contract.

If 1999/44/EC was a EU Regulation, it would apply directly in all EU
countries, but it's a EU Directive, which means it needs to be implemented
individually into each country's laws.

The relevant UK Statutory Instrument is "The Sale and Supply of Goods to
Consumers Regulations 2002" which claims to implement 1999/44/EC, but
makes no mention of any two year guarantee period.

because there is no such thing as an EU mandated warranty period

tim