John, Thanks for your detail explanation. If the substances of RoHS and REACH can be exchanged, why we need two requirements.
Regards, Scott On 7/10/12 8:59 PM, "John Allen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott > > RoHS is strictly about the substances which the manufacturer must limit in > his product where it is within the scope of the RoHS Directive, whereas the > various chemicals controls directives have a far wider application and > relate to many chemical products (including those in RoHS) and how they must > controlled in introduction to the market, handling, packaging, labelling and > instructions (etc.) > > Also, of course, the "RoHS" requirements apply only to the substances as > used in electrical/electronic products within the scope of the Directive - > whereas the same substances are widely used for vast numbers of other types > of products. > > Regards > > John Allen > Compliance With Experience Ltd > W.London, UK > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Xe > Sent: 06 October 2012 18:33 > To: ERA > Subject: Restricted substances in annex XVII of REACH > > Looking at this annex, there are some substances such as lead, mercury, > cadmium, chromium IV etc. They are already prohibited to be used in RoHS > directive. Why are they included in a chemical control regulation? > > Thanks and regards, > > Scott > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in > well-used formats), large files, etc. > > 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.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. 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]>
