Brussels, 04/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - Thousands of pressure equipment products, from pressure cookers to divers' air bottles to non-nuclear power stations, will be subject to strict new safety standards from 30 May 2002, when the directive on such equipment (OJ L No181 of 9/7/1997) is fully implemented throughout the EU. The provisions of the directive now replace national rules with European safety rules based on hazard categories, managed in terms of permitted pressure. Conformity with...