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. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [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://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
