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Aldo, this may hold only for professional working. You are right, there are Europeen standards, these have to be transposed into national legislation, don't they. I will ask a friend and my girlfriend, they are both in this very certifikation business. regards Matthias "Aldo P. Solari [APS]" schrieb: > > Matt et al. > > I believe there are several euro-laws regulating the handle and > use of "risky" equipment & tools such as water & smoke diving > equipment, demolition machines, high pressure tools/cylinders, > dangerous chemicals and the similar, etc. As far as I am aware, > children are not allowed to handle/use such equipment and they > cannot engage in any SCUBA training unless they are 16 years + 1 > day old. > > At the age of 16, the lungs + CNS are considered to be "fully > developed" (although the CSN may not be; some biologists say it > takes almost 26-30 years to fully develop the brain and brain > functions ...). > > You might find some info at the Swedish "ArbetsSkyddsnaemden" ... > > cheers, > > aldo.solari@ho*.se* > www.ccbb.ulpgc.es/fish-ecology/solaris > ___ > Canary Islands > Latitude 27º 37' - 29º 25' North, > Longitude 13º 20' - 18º 10' West > > mat.voss@t-*.de* > > >> This is amazing because, as far as I know, breathing compressed > >> gas underwater is banned for children up to 16 years of age in > >> the EUnion. > > MV> ? pls. show evidence. > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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