No John, I don't think this is a fair interpretation. In fact my impression from the discussion was that the civil service approach, in this case at least, is to try to ensure the UK implementation consists of the absolute minimum which is required by the Directive.
Clearly (and has already been said by other contributors) radiation shielding which is not part of any kind of electrical apparatus is not affected by the RoHS Directive. However electrical apparatus which needs to contain shielding and which is not otherwise excluded from the scope of the Directive or covered by one of the agreed exemptions will obviously need to comply. Nick On 4 Jun 2010, at 19:57, John Woodgate <[email protected]> wrote: > In message <p06240806c82ec3ba8ce8@[192.168.1.80]>, dated Fri, 4 Jun > 2010, Nick Williams <[email protected]> writes: > >> The reason I bring this up in the context of this discussion is >> because the example which Steve used in his discussion was the use >> of lead in shielding against ionising radiation. > > So, is the UK civil service up to it's tricks again, trying to 'gold- > plate' Directives (make them more stringent than they are)? > > How can radiation shielding be 'electrical and electronic > equipment', which is what RoHS is concerned with? Or is everything > 'electrical' because it contains protons and electrons? > -- > OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk > John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK > I should be disillusioned, but it's not worth the effort. > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc- > pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e- > mail to <[email protected]> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to > that URL. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/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: > Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> > David Heald: <[email protected]> - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/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: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
