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Quoting Dan Goldstein:
"We should probably take a look at that "white paper that is en route to be
adopted as a law in all European states." It's easy to imagine a future in
which documentation must conform to this law in order for a product to be
marketed in EU countries. <shudder>"
In response to my original posting
"[The german branch of Intecom] has actively been promoting a European work
on
the quality of goods documentation. The result is a white paper that is en
route to be adopted as a law in all european states..."
The questionnaire's results were compiled into a guideline. You must be a
member of one of the organisations who work on this project to access the
guideline. So far, it has been translated into 11 languages. http://www.tceurope.org/securedoc/guideline.htm
I don't quite know how long it takes for such a guideline to grow up to be a
white paper, and then mature to a law. By the look of it, it could take a
long time.
The idea of this guideline is to help small or medium-sized companies to
produce quality documentation. There already is a law that details what
information must appear on the labels of consumer goods. I have a copy of it
at home, so please wait for tomorrow so that I can post the references.
Hope this helps, and is constructive.
Solena Le Moigne
Rédactrice Technique
solena.lemoigne[at]fr.thalesgroup.com
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