For those interested in the complete details of banned substances, Article 4 of the ROHS Directive states:- "Member states shall ensure that, from 1 July 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or poly brominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). The Annex details the applications that are exempted from these requirements.
You can find the latest ROHS Draft (dated 8 November 2002) at the following (copy it fully to make the one line URL) : http://www2.europarl.eu.int/omk/sipade2?PUBREF=-//EP//NONSGML+DOC-C+C5-2 002-0487+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&L=EN&LEVEL=1&NAV=S&LSTDOC=Y Alternatively, go to www.EurActiv.com and enter ROHS in the search facility and you will see a list to various documents. The one that is of interest is (today) a few documents down the list, just below the WEEE that may also be of interest. Hope this helps. Regards, Neil Helsby ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
