Maybe I've been scanning postings too quickly. If this has already been covered I will try to scan the archive for the postings, but I am wondering about concern with the proposed amendments of RoHS II (early November from the Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, rapporteur Jill Evans) which would create a new category, category 11 "11. Other electrical and electronic equipment not covered by any of the categories above" and which also removes the "Large-scale Stationary Industrial Tool" exemption - all within amendment 67.
Ref http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/get oc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-430.424+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=SK If this proposed change to RoHS II gets through, it seems that anything connected to the grid or batteries will be in scope (and require CE marking for RoHS evaluation). I've seen postings on this in EDN and Electronics Weekly, but no outrage. Has anyone heard of groups trying organize opposition to these proposed amendments? Regards, Lauren Crane Product Regulatory Analyst Corporate Product EHS Manager Applied Materials Inc. Austin, TX 512 272-6540 [#922 26540] External Use Save paper and trees! Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. - 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]>
