Brian, I'm not sure I understand your urgency in updating your DoCs. RoHS2 has not yet been adopted and I expect that, before that it is, at least your Issue #2 will have been resolved.
Your supplier questionnaire will be interesting however particularly for the PCB fab vendors and anyone using PVC insulation! I wonder if anyone has seriously thought about the "socio-economic impacts" of the four additional substances. [FYI to the group - "Socio-economic impacts" is a new term in RoHS2 which is really unclear!] ...Marko From: Brian O'Connell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 1:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] RoHS version 2 Good People, The context of this subject is that I am writing a REACH/RoHS/etc questionnaire for my suppliers; and I am updating some of my Dec of Conformity and TCFs. I have noted that marking requirements specified in 768/2008/EC state: "The presumption of conformity to a legal provision conferred by conformity to a harmonised standard should enhance recourse to compliance with harmonised standards." and also says "The CE marking should be the only marking of conformity indicating that a product is in conformity with Community harmonisation legislation. However, other markings may be used as long as they contribute to the improvement of consumer protection and are not covered by Community harmonisation legislation." Issues/Questions 1. RoHS #2 is a CE-marking directive. Conformity assessment will be based on (as far as I can determine) non-existent standards. 2. Limits have yet to be established for the four additional substances. 3. Basis of additional marks that are required (WEEE, 'e', etc). Comments ? Advice ? Maniacal laughter ? - 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]> Important : This message is intended only for the recipient(s) identified above by the originator or forwarder of this message and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or legally privileged. If you have any reason to believe or suspect that this message may have come to you in error, please notify the originator of this message of your receipt of it, refrain from sharing this message with anyone else, delete it from each computer or server on which it is stored (without copying it or printing it out) and take no other action based on its content. Thank you. - 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]>
