Can't disagree with any thing you state for units used in the USA & probably Canada. But the guy that posted the question is from Mozambique and their standards maybe, I'm 99.99999% certain they are) different. They may jsut adopt EU standards - often Canada rubber stamps US standards adn add a few extras of their own. For example, in the developed country of Japan, a UL Underwiters lable means nothing (they have their own standards) unless they import units into a country that recognizes the UL rating label (like the US in the NFPA 505, probably part of the OSHA or SAE standards now). In most cases they have to change the truck wire guage, starter, alternator and exhaust muffler and be tested by UL as a side note thedomestic Japanese forklift LBRE (load back rest extension) are not compliant to US standards either (wider than 6" between vertical members).

Certanly , JIVA, EU, ITA are working closer together to have a common standard but each country has special reasons - in the US we simply have too many "Phildephia Lawyers".