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ROHS & REACH

COMPLIANCE STATEMENT

We are committed to manage the use of chemical substances in accordance with governmental regulations, industry standards, and customer-specific requirements in order to protect the environment. Under observation of all specified limits, we confirm that all products are in compliance with RoHS and REACH, unless the products are manufactured to the Customer's specifications where the lead (SnPb) assembly processing is required or the products are deemed specifically out of the scope of the ROHS directive, including:

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  • Equipment specifically designed and is to be installed as part of another type of equipment

  • Large-scale industrial tools, fixed installations and stationary industrial tools

  • Means of transport (apart from certain two-wheeled electric vehicles)

  • Non-road mobile machinery for professional use

  • Products for research and development available on a business-to-business basis

  • Active implantable medical devices

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EU 2015/863 (RoHS 3)

RoHS 3 (EU Directive 2015/863) adds Category 11 (catch-all) products and adds four new restricted substances - all phthalates. The four phthalates are mainly used as insulation plasticizers, and are on the REACH list of SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern). The expanded list for RoHS 3 is thus as follows:

Rohs control levels

Cite the source: https://www.rohsguide.com/rohs-substances.htm

RoHS Category

Cite the source: https://www.rohsguide.com/rohs-categories.htm

(EC) NO 1907/2006 (REACH)

REACH stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals. It is a regulation of the European Union.

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  • Regulation number 1907/2006

  • Concerns chemicals and their safe use

  • Has a defined process that must be followed for risk and chemical management

  • New substances are added to the candidate list every 6-9 month

  • Proposed SVHCs (Substance of very high concern) are put to a 45-day public comment

 

REACH Restricted Chemical List:

Chemicals that are "substances of very high concern" (SVHC) are to be phased out and replaced with safer alternative chemicals. See the REACH Restricted Substances List.

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Difference between RoHS and REACH

Comparison of RoHS and REACH

*Remark: RoHS 2 requires additional compliance recordkeeping (which must be kept for 10 years) from everyone in the supply chain.

*Remind: RoHS Initiatives Worldwide

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If your products don't sell in the EU market, the following countries have implemented their own version of RoHS as well: https://www.rohsguide.com/rohs-future.htm

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