Dealing with the ATEX Directive - Negotiating the Maze of National and International Rules and Regulations can Baffle a Product Manager.

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Dealing with the ATEX Directive - Negotiating the Maze of National and International Rules and Regulations can Baffle a Product Manager.

04 Nov, 2008

Published over 17 years ago. See the latest and most current information on Safety.

Gus H. Elias
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One of the new minefields for a product manager is the mandatory European Community (EC) Harmonised Safety Compliance Directives and Standards, with the most current being ATEX directive 94/9/EC. ATEX stands for “Atmosphere Explosives” (said in French) and it is the law in the EU since July of 2003.

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