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EU Pressure Equipment Directive. In May 2002, the EU Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) entered into force, imposing new requirements on manufacturers of such equipment...Manufacturers using the ASME Code may now be excluded from the EU market because the European standards incorporate material specifications slightly different from those found in the ASME Code. Read More

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Draft Standard on Mexican Tequila. In 2003, the Mexican Government developed a draft standard that would have required the bottling of tequila at the source... Read More

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