What is Apple's stand regarding OWC offering to exchange the CPU in a new MacPro 2013?

I thought to have already put this question here a short time ago.
However I cannot find it for reasons I do not understand.
Therefore here a second try.
Since a couple of days OWC is offering to swap the CPU of a new ("End 2013") Mac Pro.
They pretend their CPUs are more powerful and less expensive.
They quote the "Magnuson Moss Warranty Act" which in the USA states that a manufacturer cannot force his customers to use only the replacement parts he sells.
In their view therefore Apple could not legally void the 1 year limited coverage or the 3 year Apple Care coverage because a third party (OWC) modifies a Mac Pro.
On the other side the only "user replaceable" part in a new MacPro End 2013 according to Apple and mentioned as such in their owners manual is RAM.
While OWC says that the exchange of the CPU is performed by "highly skilled Apple technicians", even if we accept this, those technicians are not doing it in the name and as employees of Apple but working for OWC.
Therefore, either Apple approves and agrees with the changes OWC makes to their new MacPros, in which case the customer will continue to enjoy full Apple support to the so modified machine, or such a step isn't at all done with Apple's blessing and voids every coverage by Apple.
I am therefore waiting for a urgently needed clarification of this matter by Apple.
If any such third part modification of an Apple product voids all commitments of Apple to the owner of that piece of equipment, people should be warned in time before taking any risk of that kind.
However until now I find no statement whatsoever coming from Apple, either approving such measures or disapproving them entirely.
Strangely OWC pretends to deliver by themselves full coverage to a modified computer and not only regarding the CPU they exchanged but the ENTIRE MacPro!
Should that be true, then why mention the "Magnuson Moss Warranty Act" to prove that Apple CANNOT legally refuse coverage to a computer they modify?
The second point difficult to understand is that such an entire coverage of a modified MacPro would mean being able to replace if necessary ANY PART in one of these new machines, something only possible if Apple delivers to OWC whatever they need.
I hardly believe that they could get by themselves any and every part of such a new computer bypassing Apple.
Surely Apple has exclusive agreements with the suppliers of at least most of the parts needed to assemble a new MacPro.
I believe that a clear statement of Apple regarding this matter should be made and the sooner the better!

Apple has not made any public statement that I've seen, and won't do so here, these being user-to-user support forums.
While OWC says that the exchange of the CPU is performed by "highly skilled Apple technicians", even if we accept this, those technicians are not doing it in the name and as employees of Apple but working for OWC.
That would correct. The technicians may be certified by Apple for doing Mac repairs, but the technicians will not be Apple employees.
The second point difficult to understand is that such an entire coverage of a modified MacPro would mean being able to replace if necessary ANY PART in one of these new machines, something only possible if Apple delivers to OWC whatever they need.
I hardly believe that they could get by themselves any and every part of such a new computer bypassing Apple.
Surely Apple has exclusive agreements with the suppliers of at least most of the parts needed to assemble a new MacPro.
OWC is not using any Apple-provided parts. They are getting processors from other suppliers.
The normal legal stance, at least in the US, is that a manufacturer cannot refuse warranty service due to a third-party or user modification unless that modification can be shown to have led to the problem. So whether Apple would refuse or accept warranty on a modified Mac Pro would depend entirely on what the problem is, but this is what OWC is referring to.
I very much doubt that Apple will make any statement on the issue other than to direct the user to the official warranty statement. For the US, see:
http://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/products/embedded-mac-warranty-us.html
but if they do choose to make a statement, it will not be here in these forums.
Regards.

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