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". – This is a matter which, strictly speaking, falls largely within the competence of my colleague, Mr Liikanen. However, having consulted with his services, I am in a position to inform you that essential safety requirements concerning computer equipment to be used privately or in the working place are prescribed by a directive relating to electrical products, the Low Voltage Directive, as well as by the Directive on Radio Equipment and Telecommunication Terminals.
Specific standards have been developed by standardisation bodies on a number of these safety aspects. There are also some safety requirements for eye protection at work in the Directive on the Safety in the Workplace but none yet for private use. Moreover, the Council recommendation on the limitation of exposure of the public to electro-magnetic fields is applicable to safety aspects of computer equipment. Concerning these aspects, the Commission has already prepared a mandate for the standardisation bodies to draft standards on the use of computers over long periods.
As far as advice to be given to parents and teachers, whose children and pupils use computers, is concerned, manufacturers are obliged, under the present legislation to provide an instruction for safe use of the equipment if deemed necessary. The general product safety also puts an obligation on producers to provide consumers with information on risks.
This autumn the Commission will ask CENELEC to consider the development of standards on the effect on eyes of display units and computer screens for private use, as well as the inclusion of information and warnings for parents and teachers on this aspect. Ergonomic aspects will also be assessed to find if action at Community level is needed. At this stage the Commission does not consider that a specific directive is required to cover the issue of warnings for parents identified by the honourable Member. Standardisation can meet the concerns expressed. This is the same approach which has been followed to address, for example, the specific needs of the elderly and the disabled in relation to information and communication technologies.
For the more general question on the follow-up by Member States to the Council resolution on operating instructions for technical consumer goods, it should be noted that this resolution is addressed to Member States and to the economic operators and does not involve any specific follow-up by the Commission. However, the Commission will ask the Member States to provide information on the follow-up given the resolution."@en1
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