Afternoon All, If one of my suppliers sends me paperwork that tells me that they get so many requests in different format that they have a standard response...
All, Sorry if this question has been asked before. Our company makes test equipments for testing optical components, line cards, and systems etc. Our...
Rajesh, If your products fall within the scope of the directive then from 1st July 2006 they must be fully RoHS compliant. There are exemptions for some parts...
There are exemptions to RoHS compliance for certain types of products. I don't know what the specific story is on test appliances but will try to research this...
John and all This is definitely NOT enough. EC people have made it clear to me that, although a Certificate of Compliance (that is what this is) is necessary,...
Hello Unfortunately ROHS is still very ambiguous but here are some guidelines to follow: If you are going to be exempt then you must state the reason for...
Mark Can you offer the group any auditable documentation from EC regarding their opinion that CoCs assembled into a Technical Construction File would be...
There is no prescribed level of documentation and opinion varies - some seem to have a vested interest in pushing the level of detail required to the maximum. ...
The best definition of "due diligence" that I have seen by an enforcement authority can be found on the UK National Weights and Measurements website at ...
That is a nice resource...thank you, Jackie. Jeff ________________________________ From: RoHS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:RoHS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jackie...
Hi, I'm sure this question is old hat by now...but how in the world are we supposed to know if our instruments fall under the very vague catagories listed in...
... seem to have a vested interest in >pushing the level of detail required to the maximum. At last a sensible statement on here! Long replies that then try...
Annex IB of the WEEE directive lists some examples of medical devices under section 8. One example is "Analysers" and the good news for you is that all of...
And what is perhaps less known is that the UK enforcer will investigate complaints made against UK companies in other member states by that member's enforcer....
That seems a little odd as the French (as an example) adoption of the directive can be applied slightly differently to another EU countries so in your example...
Good Afternoon all, Well after reading all the responses to my post over the past couple of days I get even more confused. It seams to me that each individual...
Materials Declaration is indeed a pretty hot topic and ELFNET has been tracking it for a while. This webpage is a collection of information and links relevant...
The RoHS directive is common in all member states, unlike WEEE which can vary. The French enforcer has no legal jurisdiction in the UK so other than stopping...
If you only started addressing rohs 3 weeks ago you have a daunting challenge - general industry opinion was that if you started to address the issues 2 years...
Good Afternoon, I am finally just catching up after a long holiday break. There certainly is a lot of grey area as far as due diligence is concerned. This is...
As far as out approach, we're assembling Technical Constructions Files (think of your CE compliance files) for each product with CoC's from suppliers that...
My company is a CEM. What I have started to do is to collect CoC's from manufacturers that we buy from. Some of the manufacturers have made it very easy to...
I do consulting work for CEM/OEM relationships. . Most CEMs are placing the burden on their customers (OEMs) in terms of providing them a RoHS clean AVL...
I don't think you will find anyone with authority that will tell you what you need to do in order to prove due diligence. It varies from company to company...
This has been a great discussion. I thought the UK NWML discussion of due diligence was excellent, and the dti guidance continues to be a great reference. The...
The following RoHS poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Do you feel that it is an easy task to drop a RoHS compliant part into a...
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I am looking for information regarding US companies and registration responsibilities for WEEE. I know it differs from country to country, and that a US...
If you sell direct from the USA and have no legal entity in the member state being sold to then you have no obligation. Even for Eire who would like...
Hello all. I am new to the group here (although I've been reading it for some time) and I am working on my company's compliance. We are an electronics company;...