What's Going on in France

[jongood]

But it was never simple before, but you had to do 4, 5 or more times, each country having its own quirk. A total nightmare and a big expense, multplied by the number if countries you wanted to sell in.

The difference was pre EU you could choose just to sell your product in the UK so you didnt have to through the rigmarole. The EUs idea of standardisation seems to be to push all the rules together into one regulation .

Btw are you confusing EEC and EU?

 

[Widge]

The difference was pre EU you could choose just to sell your product in the UK so you didnt have to through the rigmarole. The EUs idea of standardisation seems to be to push all the rules together into one regulation .

Btw are you confusing EEC and EU?

Here in france i can buy french electrical sockets etc, which are not used in other countries, they do not have the CE mark on them but do have the french equivalent of what used to be the uk British standards kitemark, my understanding was that as long as the product was only for the domestic market it only needed to comply with local regulations. Maybe i am mistaken.

 

[jongood]

Here in france i can buy french electrical sockets etc, which are not used in other countries, they do not have the CE mark on them but do have the french equivalent of what used to be the uk British standards kitemark, my understanding was that as long as the product was only for the domestic market it only needed to comply with local regulations. Maybe i am mistaken.

Thats not how I believed it was supposed to work but then again the French always were a law unto themselves.

tbf I think the biggest issue with EU regulations was actually our civil servants gold plating them. The HGV/PSV driver CPC was a case in point where the UK adopted 2 years before some others and have still not dropped it despite most people considering it to be a pointless waste of time and money.

Coming back to the general issue, as small business owners we seemed to endure a constant barrage of new regulation and were always assured they were European rules so we had no choice, it was therefore not surprising that so many voted leave. Even though its inconvenient for us personally, Looking at the Turmoil in the EU powerhouse economies I think it was a good decision for the UK but it would have been better for all concerned to have found a better compromise.

 

[Widge]

Thats not how I believed it was supposed to work but then again the French always were a law unto themselves.

tbf I think the biggest issue with EU regulations was actually our civil servants gold plating them. The HGV/PSV driver CPC was a case in point where the UK adopted 2 years before some others and have still not dropped it despite most people considering it to be a pointless waste of time and money.

Coming back to the general issue, as small business owners we seemed to endure a constant barrage of new regulation and were always assured they were European rules so we had no choice, it was therefore not surprising that so many voted leave. Even though its inconvenient for us personally, Looking at the Turmoil in the EU powerhouse economies I think it was a good decision for the UK but it would have been better for all concerned to have found a better compromise.

I have tried wading through various texts trying to understand, and some of it is a bit vague.

But regarding my example, i did find this that might explain the anomaly.

Domestic plugs and sockets

Directive 2006/95/EC, the "Low Voltage" Directive, specifically excludes (amongst other things) plugs and socket outlets for domestic use which are not covered by any Union norm and therefore must not be CE marked.[27] Throughout the EU, as in other jurisdictions, the control of plugs and socket outlets for domestic use is subject to national regulations.

And life is too short to dig any further

 

[Lenny HB]

Flipping heck I only asked what the farmers were up to!

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[MitchandJenny]

Farmers appear to be at it a again, this a post from a Motorhome travel writer that my wife follows, he posted this yesterday:-

If I didn't laugh, I'd cry!

Today, my plan was a short four hour drive to Montreuil sur Mer, using a mixture of Tolls and N roads. Well, it wasn't to be!

I arrived at the toll entrance to find a load of French farmers had barricaded the road with bales of hay. Not content with that, they'd also set fire to it! Meanwhile, the police were sat in their vans, playing on their phones!

Anyway, I finally arrived at Montreuil just under 7 hours later. I was looking forward to a shower and a stroll into the centre. But guess what? As I turned into the street where the motorhome aire is, I was met with around 50 trucks, parked everywhere. Nightmare! There's a fair in town. Nowhere for us motorhomers!

Knackered and fed up, I'm sleeping in the Carrefour carpark! Crisps and beer will cheer me up!

Next stop and the M25.

Safe travels, Andy & Gordi
#andytravelwriter #imisscantabria #backtoliverpool #franceiscold

We used tunnel across on 10Dec and from Calais to the Med we didn’t see any at all.
Mitch

 

[scousebird]

The only thing we've seen since being here is town/village signs having big stickers on them saying "Uruguay" or "Argentina" or "Paraguay" etc. There were also some signs covered with black plastic with protest messages sprayed on them.