What is required for Products under the RoHS Directive?
If you decide the RoHS Directive covers your product and you can demonstrate that you comply, you will need to make a self-declaration (similar to the self-declaration statements made for the European EMC Directive). To support your self-declaration you will need to maintain a technical construction file (TCF) which records your decision and includes all the supporting information such as material declaration forms for each component and sub-assembly used within your product. Remember, for a complex system or instrument to be RoHS compliant, every single solder joint on every circuit board and cable assembly MUST be compliant with the limits defined by the Directive. For marketing purposes, many countries use a variety of symbols to indicate ‘lead-free’ manufacturing; however, there is no legal requirement to mark the product to indicate compliance with the RoHS Directive. How are RoHS and WEEE Monitored within the European Union? The WEEE Directive is monitored formally via the assign
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