Hi Ingo

>>Perhaps one could define the vintage based devices as "re-use of electronic equipment".
> this is a really promising part of the directive.
> it would be too bad if the cem/ssm-based modules
> would vanish from the market.
> maybe the above sentence is valid for the a100-modules
> because the used cem/ssm chips were produced long
> before 2006. well, lets hope for the best.

There is also another comment on the mentioned sites: the directive speaks about "products published after the 1st of June 2006". This could mean any product is allowed, which has been released the first time before that date. Such a series can be continued as long as it is not changed...

Florian