Richard,
I found an interesting article in ElectronicWeekly.com, a UK web magazine. Dated March 14, 2005, it says, “The UK has put forward the more complete documentations, but even that’s pretty vague,” said Kubin. “Given the fact that they have not released formal documentation, [the UK government] will initially assume that companies are complying by the fact that they are selling product in Europe.” http://www.electronicsweekly.co.uk/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=39038 <http://www.electronicsweekly.co.uk/art cles/article.asp?liArticleID=39038&liAr icleTypeID=4&liCategoryID=1&liChannelID=110&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1> &liArticleTypeID=4&liCategoryID=1&liCha nelID=110&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1 This may an indication of the initial environment when RoHS comes into force. Jim _____________________ James L. Knighten, Ph.D. Teradata, a division of NCR http://www.ncr.com 17095 Via del Campo San Diego, CA 92127 tel: 858-485-2537 fax: 858-485-3788 _____ From: [email protected] mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stone, Richard Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 1:14 PM To: Marko Radojicic; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: RoHS Directive Exemptions Its to bad the EU couldnt focus first on the WEEE, they are both stringent important new EU directives, yet, we have seen little positive information we can use as MFR'RS. And the directive is slated for Aug. 2005 implemenation. The ROHS is certainly harder to meet, than the WEEE from a design/manufacture standpoint, but it is still 16 months away. I feel the sand is escaping the bottle and no one has a grasp on registration, who to contact, what information is required. thank you, Richard, From: [email protected] mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Marko Radojicic Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 1:52 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: RoHS Directive Exemptions Chris, Your products are by no means exempt from the RoHS directive. Here’s the key wording from RoHS Article 1: 1. Without prejudice to Article 6, this Directive shall apply to electrical and electronic equipment falling under the categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 set out in Annex IA to Directive No 2002/96/EC (WEEE) and to electric light bulbs, and luminaires in households. If you look-up WEEE directive Annex 1A, you’ll find that your products will fit into one of the categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 10. Now you may have an exemption from some of the RoHS substance bans as outlined in the RoHS Annex. The one that gets most people excited is the lead exemption: 7. — Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. tin-lead solder alloys containing more than 85 % lead), — lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems (exemption granted until 2010), — lead in solders for network infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as network management for telecommunication, — lead in electronic ceramic parts (e.g. piezoelectronic devices). Your products may be eligible for other exemptions. You’ll have to read the Annex and decide for yourself. Unfortunately the European Commission has not yet published an application document that gives you any guidance. It’s a bit of a mess really. Good luck, Marko _____ From: [email protected] mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 1:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RoHS Directive Exemptions Group, We are a reseller of Telecom, Semiconductor manufacturing and IT equipment. We are hearing that Telecom, Semiconductor manufacturing equipment and some IT equipment will be exempt from the 2006 RoHS deadline. Can anyone confirm or deny this wonderful rumor? Is the same true or false for the WEEE Directive? Thanks, Chris Technical Marketing Associate ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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