Re: Hmm
"It was supposed to get rid of red tape."
Only it doesn't. While we were in the UK for Christmas we picked up some bayonet light bulbs as you can't easily get them in NL and we need them for some light fittings. They still have the same indication (coloured bars and letter code) of the energy efficiency printed on the packaging. Only "[EU flag] ENERG" at the top has been covered by a "[Union flag] ENERG" sticker, and there's a sticker with the UK manufacturer's representative. So a fair amount of unnecessary work, making the supply chain more complex and increasing the cost to the UK consumer - while not resulting in any substantive change, let alone benefit of any kind.
And if the UK decided to invent its own energy efficiency classification you would need completely different packaging or even products or the UK = more costs, more hassle.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
