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'''Regulatory issues''' affecting the [[Manufacturing|manufacture]] of electronic music gear are complex, difficult and ever-changing . Simply putting a circuit-board in a box and offering it for sale is not a viable possibility in the 21st century, due to a lengthy list of factors evolving from government regulations. Not only do nearly all industrialized countries have regulations and court-case precedent covering electrical safety, the issues of [[radio frequency interference]] (RFI) and [[electromagnetic compatibility]] (EMC ) must be considered. EMC is a major issue for any electronic device sold with a [[microprocessor]] inside. And the enactment of [[ROHS]] laws by the European Union in 2006 severely restricts the types of materials that a manufacturer can use in an electronic product.