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5. Instructions for use and warnings: a few principles
Here we recall a few principles and refer to the literature (ISO/IEC Guide 37, CPSC Guide ) for further information.
5.1 Before writing an instruction manual
• Risk reduction begins with the product itself; instructions for use or warnings only serve to limit residual risk and inform users.
• Instructions for use are designed to respond to users' difficulties, after observing and understanding them.
• Only a small proportion of the population reads instruction manuals, and the majority never look...
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Bibliography
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Standards and norms
- Safety aspects – Guidelines for including them in standards - Guide ISO/CEI 51 - 2014
- Instructions d'emploi des produits par les consommateurs - Guide ISO/CEI 37 - 2012
- Sécurité des machines. Principes généraux de conception. Appréciation du risque et réduction du risque - NF EN ISO 1200 - 2010
- Modèles anthropométriques de la population masculine et féminine - X 35-002 - 07-82
- Machine...
Regulations
Consumer Code http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do?cidTexte= LEGITEXT000006069565
European regulations :
Directive 2001/95/EC of December 3, 2001 on general product safety.
Directive 85/374/EEC of July 25, 1985 on product...
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DGCCRF (Direction générale de la concurrence, consommation et représion des fraudes): market surveillance http://www.economie.gouv.fr/dgccrf/
French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry http://www.economie.gouv.fr
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