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Since WEEE and RoHS pertains only to European Community member countries, can lead-containing solders still be manufactured in the United States and other non-EU countries?

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Since WEEE and RoHS pertains only to European Community member countries, can lead-containing solders still be manufactured in the United States and other non-EU countries?

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Yes, but selling for use in the EU countries will be prohibited after July 1, 2006. Most manufacturers are global and most certainly will not produce one product lead-free for Europe and another lead-containing product for other global customers.

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