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Notice for European Union Customers: This non-RoHS product has been placed
on the market prior to the compliance deadline and continues to be made
available on the EU market under product numbers EU3458A / EU3458AX. Please
contact Keysight Sales for quotation and ordering. Keysight will continue
service and support for this product throughout worldwide support life.

Maybe something to do with compliance to GDPR? Just a thought, maybe a long one... Dan > This struck me as a bit odd - an EU3458A 8.5 digit multimeter. I thought at > first that perhaps it had been re-engineered to use lead-free solder, but > on reading the description, that's not the case. > > https://www.keysight.com/en/pd-2831253-pn-EU3458A/digital- > multimeter-8-digit-for-eu-sales-only?nid=-536902435.1217937&cc=GB&lc=eng > > The Keysight website says > > ======= > Notice for European Union Customers: This non-RoHS product has been placed > on the market prior to the compliance deadline and continues to be made > available on the EU market under product numbers EU3458A / EU3458AX. Please > contact Keysight Sales for quotation and ordering. Keysight will continue > service and support for this product throughout worldwide support life. > ========= > > I can't see what is the point of giving it a new part number. But at least > is dismisses some of the myths that used 3458As would go up in value in the > EU, since it would be impossible to buy a new one. >

I doubt that it has anything to do with GDPR as the EU3458A has been around for at least a year. David