BH Williams wrote:

"Olof Lagerkvist" wrote in message
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D7666 wrote:


Having said that, they are on sale in UK, and (not sure) I think I read
somewhere they carry CE marks which sort of makes them European legal
(cue pedantic discussion UK v. EU law).

The CE mark does not make them legal, it is just a guarantee from the
manufacturer that they are legal in the EU. The real difference is that if
they in fact are illegal the manufacturer is held responsible and not the
consumer/user.


Surely the CE mark simply indicates that they conform to the norms/standards
applicable to their construction, and has no bearing on their legality or
illegality in use?

AFAIK it is legal when it conforms to the CE standards. It would not
have become a CE standard unless the entire EU has accepted it as a
legal-to-use construction. But I may have got this part wrong, anyone
knows more about CE marks?

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