On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:01:51 +0100, Rob Morley wrote:

Except there isn't a "statutory warranty period". A purchased item
should last as long as it can reasonably be expected to last - if it
fails within six months of purchase it is assumed to be faulty unless
the supplier can prove otherwise, after six months it's up to the buyer
to prove fault. There is a statutory limit to the time within which a
claim can be made (6 years in the UK) but that's all.

This draft has been ratified. Make of it what you will.

http://europa.eu.int/abc/doc/off/bul...04/p102148.htm

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressRele...guiLanguage=en

Means that you might have to take it to Brussels, but you have little risk
of that. A supplier dare not get such a case in the national press.

John Schmitt

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