What is ROHS?
RoHS is European Union Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment. RoHS2 is an update to the original RoHS. A draft proposal was submitted to the EU in December 2008. The nature of the directive remains the same, however a few notable changes were proposed. Clarification of the product scope – scope no longer tied to WEEE. Broadening of the product scope to include medical devices and monitoring and control instruments. Clarified definitions including homogeneous materials, manufacturer, distributor, importer, conformity assessment. No changes to the hazardous substances were suggested, but four substances were listed for priority review, they include: hexabromocyclododecane (HBCCD), bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), butylbenzylphthalate (BBP), and dibutylphthalate (DBP). Introduction to standardized procedures for exemption requests and 4-year limits on exemptions. Introduction of CE marking for RoHS compliance. It s
Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS). The European Union Directive 2002/95/EC requires the substitution of various heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium) and brominated flame retardants (polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)) in new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market from 1 July 2006. See this Wikipedia entry on RoHS, and the external links at the bottom of that page for additional information. • Are your products RoHS compliant? Many of our products are RoHS compliant, and will be marked as such on each webpage if we know. For certain products, there is a RoHS exemption regarding “…network infrastructure equipment for switching, signaling, transmission as well as network management…”. Look here In particular, it is impossible to get lead free SC1100 CPUs, so all WRAP boards and products containing WRAP boards can only be 5/6 RoHS Compliant.
