A small time operator shipping a few boards here and there can do it completely under the radar, not even aware that these rules exist.
If it pops into my head to make a circuit board, put it into bubble wrap and mail it to someone, I'm just gonna wake up, take a shower, have a coffee and then proceed to do that, and not think about anything else.
You would think there de facto already is one?
A small time operator shipping a few boards here and there can do it completely under the radar, not even aware that these rules exist.
If it pops into my head to make a circuit board, put it into bubble wrap and mail it to someone, I'm just gonna wake up, take a shower, have a coffee and then proceed to do that, and not think about anything else.